Podcast: Write-minded Podcast

Write-minded: Weekly Inspiration for Writers is for writers craving a unique blend of inspiration and real talk about the ups and downs of the writing life. Hosted by Brooke Warner of She Writes and Grant Faulkner of National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo), each theme-focused episode of Write-minded features an interview with a writer, author, or publishing industry professional. There’s always a takeaway at the end of each show for listeners, too. Brooke and Grant interview writers, authors, and publishing industry folks, and bring to this weekly podcast their shared spirit of community, collaboration, and a deeply held belief that everyone is a writer, and everyone’s story matters.

Playing with Narration in Memoir, with Maggie Smith

This interview covers narration, structure, and Maggie’s process of constructing this memoir, as well as how her background as a poet informed her approach to the writing.

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For the Love of Fanfiction, featuring Rainbow Rowell

Whether you already love fanfiction or don’t really get it, you’ll want to tune into this episode for the sheer appreciation of its presence in the literary world.

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The Art of Coauthoring, featuring Helen Macdonald and Sin Blaché

This week’s co-authoring duo, Helen Macdonald and Sin Blaché, take us inside their relationship and share authentically and honestly about some of the considerations unique to writing your book with someone else.

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The Best Way to Learn to Write a Novel? Write It!, featuring Kayvion Lewis

One month out from National Novel Writing Month, this episode hopes to inspire listeners around the truism that the very best way to write a novel is simply to try it.

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Dreaming and Writing, featuring Tzivia Gover

This week’s episode considers the intersection between dreaming and writing and how to harness not dreaming per se, but the midnight mind.

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What Short Stories Do That Novels Can’t, featuring Ghassan Zeineddine

This week’s episode is an exploration of form, and why some stories are better contained in short story form rather than a novel.

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Unconventional Points of View, featuring Jimin Han

This week Write-minded explores point of view, especially those stories told with less conventional points of view.

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Agent Insights, featuring Lisa Leshne

Write-minded is kicking off our sixth year this week with an episode focused on the skinny around what agents do, what they’re thinking about, and how to think about working with an agent—all through the lens of our guest, Lisa Leshne of The Leshne Agency.

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The Art of Memoir, featuring Rebecca Carroll and Jeannine Ouellette

Two of our favorite memoir episodes from last year revisited, with guests whose memoirs showcase exceptional craft

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Storytelling from Legacy Authors, featuring Gish Jen and Peggy Orenstein

Grant and Brooke talk about the joy of interviewing authors we’ve long admired, and highlight these two fabulous shows with Gish Jen and Peggy Orenstein

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