Write The Book: Conversations on Craft
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An interview from the archives with the author Jessica Hendry Nelson, who has a new book out - co-authored with fellow former Write the Book Guest Sean Prentiss: Advanced Creative Nonfiction: A Writer's Guide and Anthology, just out from Bloomsbury. During this interview, we talked about her memoir, If Only You People Could Follow Directions (Counterpoint).
This week’s Write the Book Prompt is inspired by the title of my guest’s memoir, If Only You People Could Follow Directions. Write a list of simple directions concerning how to do something - how to change a tire, how to make pasta, how to tape a room before painting it - and then expand on that list, making it into an essay that has deeper meaning.
Good luck with your work in the coming week, and tune in next week for another prompt or suggestion.
Music Credit: Aaron Shapiro
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Carolyn Conger, PhD - Archive Interview (8/23/21)
Tony Trigilio (8/16/21)
Caroline Leavitt - 8/9/21
Barbara Henning - Archive Interview (8/2/21)
Christina Baker Kline - 7/29/21
Kyle Ferguson - 7/19/21
Patrick Hicks (7/12/21)
Rachel Donohue (7/5/21)
Daniel Lusk - Archive Interview (6/28/21)
Natasha Sajé (6/21/21)
Marcia Butler (6/14/21)
Alec Hastings - Archive Interview (6/7/21)
Rupert Thomson (May 31, 2021)
Diane Setterfield - Archive Interview (5/24/21)
Erika Nichols-Frazer with A.E. Hines (5/17/21)
David Laskin - Archive Interview (5/10/21)
Joseph Covais (5/3/21)
David Arnold (4/26/21)
Ralph Culver / James Fallon - Archive Interviews (4/19/21)
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