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That's a wrap! Inspired by NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month), we set out to launch a podcast and produce 30 episodes in 30 days. While we did hit the 30-episode mark, it took us a little longer than 30 days. Technically, this means we di
Vanessa Lowe is not a night owl, but she is an explorer of the night. Her podcast, Nocturne, illuminates the daily hours of darkness through engaging, well-researched, expertly scored storytelling. In this episode of Writing Drafts, Vanessa exp
Writer Sarah Stodola wrote the book on process — Literally. Titled: "Process: The Writing Lives of Great Authors," Sarah explores the creative methods used by writers who have written some of our most celebrated books. It’s the perfect book, an
Sean Johnson is a television producer who cut his teeth in news, which means he had to meet deadlines in a fast-paced and high-pressure environment where the work he delivered had to be ready to go, live and on the air, day after day. In this e
Gordon Clemmons has been kind enough to take time out of his busy NaNoWriMo-focused November to check in with us throughout the month and share his writing and productivity insights. In this episode of Writing Drafts, we get some final words of
Jane Friedman runs a go-to website if you are a writer that is looking to understand the publishing process and build a platform that connects and grows an audience. Now that NaNoWriMo has come to a close, you may be looking for next steps. We’
Summer Pierre is an artist who has published zines, books, and comics, and done illustrations for all manner of publications and websites. In this Writing Drafts episode, Summer discusses how she approaches her work and gets it done, and how sh
As writers recover from the physical and mental exhaustion of NaNoWriMo, we have a special episode of Writing Drafts today. Whether you've hit the 50,000 word mark or not, whether you have a document on the computer, or a hand written manuscrip
Carina Sitkus helped us launch the Writing Drafts podcast on the first day of NaNoWriMo 2015, so it's fitting that we got a chance to check in with her on the last day of NaNoWriMo 2015. She shares openly and honestly about this year's effort —
Through this race to create a podcast and produce 30 episodes in a month, we've gotten to interview some fantastic people — here's a round-up of some of the inspiring things they've shared about fostering creativity and getting work done.
On this episode of Writing Drafts, Narativ's Murray Nossel interviews Aaron Hicklin — Editor-in-Chief of Out Magazine — on the writing life, under pressure and on constant deadline.
Laura Macaulay is the publisher of Daunt books — an independent press that is actually part of a full spectrum publishing operation, because it also includes bookstores. It's from this unique vantage point that she and her colleagues get to hea
Nina MacLaughlin began her career as a journalist, but for the past six years, she’s been learning the carpentry trade and working as a carpenter. The transition is the subject of her book, Hammer Head, which came out last year. On this episode
We get an update from Gordon Clemmons, who was featured on our second Writing Drafts episode, on his NaNoWriMo progress. Originally, Gordon was all set to work on book 2 of his Izzy Fuller Series. But he's actually at work on a completely diffe
Julie Russell has done NaNoWriMo in the past, multiple times, and keeps getting more engaged in the project. Not only is she on the NaNoWriMo board, but she’s fully engaging the community through the NaNoWriMo publication on Medium.com — which
Kate Gavino goes to lots of author readings and book events, and there's proof of it — on her Instagram, her Tumblr, and in a new book — "Last Night's Reading." She does wonderful drawings of the authors and highlights particularly impactful qu
On this episode of Writing Drafts we hear from actress and writer Jenny Mollen, the author of "I Like You Just the Way I Am: Stories About Me and Some Other People." Jenny shares with us the gratification of getting down a story that won't leav
Murray Nossel is, among other things, a playwright, a documentary filmmaker, and co-founder of Narativ — the company behind this very podcast. He’s also just happens to be deep in the process of writing a book, or, well, three books, because th
Ah, the fresh coffee, the baked goods options, the quiet — it’s the idealized vision of writing in a cafe — and likely the type of environment many of the writers participating in NaNoWriMo are seeking out. We spoke to Kate Deck — a writer hers
Producers Jeffrey Yamaguchi and Bart Warshaw discuss how much fun and inspiring it has been to grab onto the energy of NaNoWriMo with this podcast project — learning all the nuts and bolts and underlying nuance of the various audio programs, ge
Today on Writing Drafts we hear from Carlene Bauer, the author of "Not That Kind Of Girl," a memoir (published years before Lena Dunham's book of the same title), and "Frances and Bernard," a novel. With two well-received books under her belt,
Pat Ryder works at Ends Meat, which is a butcher shop with a storefront in our building in Industry City. It’s not uncommon to walk through the doors and see four pigs on the table. They take meat seriously — where it comes from, and how it’s c
Alyssa Norman is an artist living in Buffalo, NY, who does beautiful ink and watercolor illustrations. Right now, her business as an artist is growing, which means she’s got lots of deadlines to meet. In this episode of Writing Drafts, she shar
You may have noticed — or maybe not — that there wasn’t a podcast on Saturday — in the true spirit of NaNoWriMo, we fell a little off track. Sometimes, that’s just the way it goes. Fortunately, we still have plenty of time to make up for it. In
In a great medium.com post in the National Novel Writing Month publication, author Kim Purcell likens writing a novel to running a marathon. It has to be noted that this year, the New York City marathon was held on the very first day of NaNoWri
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