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Live from our garage, a day late and a dollar short, in the middle of a global pandemic, Angie and Elizabeth have the following, just for you: An update on middle school math and distance learning; the asymptotic process of editing and how to cooperate with and counter your perfections; internal obstacles v external ones. Have we let go of the expectations of our normal reality? Have we accepted the radical not knowing of our situation? What free time? We compare Angie’s youthful two weeks alone in Mexico writing with sheltering in place during a global pandemic with work and kids…The episode also touches on point of view, perspective, premise, protagonists, and the narrative uses of The Royal We. Angie and Elizabeth express deep gratitude for Book Writing World and Book in a Year students and the worlds they are creating and recreating, taking them out of their limited rooms! The power of the word to connect all of us when we are far apart…
Links Discussed:
Crisis teaching is not home schooling
Episodes that touch on subtext
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Story Makers is a podcast that features in-depth conversations with accomplished writers, filmmakers and industry experts about story craft, technique, habit and survival–everything you need to know to stay inspired, connect to your creativity, find others’ wonderful stories and your own success.
The hosts:
Elizabeth Stark is a published, agented novelist and distributed filmmaker who teaches and mentors writers at BookWritingWorld.com.
Angie Powers is a distributed filmmaker and published short story writer with an MFA in creative writing and a certificate in screenwriting from UCLA who teaches story structure at BookWritingWorld.com.