In the second episode in the Plot season of Elements, I talk to Dan Kois about plot and narrative and what it is to write it.
Some of the things we talk about are:
You can read about Dan's novel Vintage Contemporaries here https://www.dankois.com/vintage-contemporaries
We talk about Laurie Colwin's book Happy all the Time https://www.lauriecolwin.com/books
Jenny Offill's Department of Speculation https://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/mar/14/dept-speculation-review-jenny-offill
Ep 32 Brannavan Gnanalingam: A Briefcase, Two Pies, and a Penthouse
Ep 31: Bill Nelson Talks about Two Poems
Ep 30 Aaron Lister: Fiona Pardington's A Beautiful Hesitation
Ep 29: Simon Sweetman and Pip Adam talk about Stranger Music by Leonard Cohen
Ep 28 Porirua People's Library
Ep 27 Sarah Jane Barnett: The Time of the Giants by Anne Kennedy
Ep 26 Work by Sarah Jane Barnett
Ep 25 Rebel Moon: An AK Benefit
Ep 24 R.H.I. by Tim Corballis
Ep 23 Pukeahu: An Exploratory Anthology
Ep 22 Joe Buchanan: Solaris by Stanislaw Lem
Ep 21 Lynn Jenner: Lost and Gone Away
Ep 20 Natasha Dennerstein: The Bengal Engine's Mango Afterglow by Geoff Cochrane
Ep 19 Carl Shuker: 10th Anniversary of The Method Actors
Ep 18 Overland Launch
Ep 17 Clare Needham: The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks
Ep 16 Helen Heath: Men Explain Things to Me by Rebecca Solnit
Ep 15 John Summers: The Scarecrow by Ronald Hugh Morrieson
Ep 14: Dougal McNeill: Writing the 1926 General Strike by Charles Ferrall and Dougal McNeill
Ep 12 William Brandt: Under the Skin by Michel Faber
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