The black sheep of the family

admin | August 4, 2009

If you had told your family at a young age that you wanted to be a writer for a living, what reaction could you have expected? Or, If you’ve already lived through this scenario, what do you wish the reaction had been instead?

length: 2 minutes 57 seconds
featuring:
Anita Rau Badami, David Adams Richards, Charlotte Gill, [...]

I’ll fix it in the next draft

admin | July 28, 2009

Writing means re-writing.
Actually, writing means re-writing what you’ve re-written, then giving it another re-write.

length: 2 minutes 23 seconds
featuring:
Mark Billingham, Wayson Choy, Mary Lawson, Yasmin Crowther, Jonathan Safran Foer, Marisha Pessl, and Anita Rau Badami

Not thinking about the audience

admin | July 16, 2009

Now that the argument has been made for writing to a reader, even if that reader is yourself, it’s time to hear the other side of the argument; writing for the book itself.

length: 2 minutes 12 seconds
featuring:
Keith Maillard, Andrew Taylor, Yasmin Crowther, Ronan Bennett, Sandra Sabatini, Anita Rau Badami, and Laura Elise Taylor