Craft of Fiction Writing
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Episode 255: Holly Tavel!
Episode 255 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on iTunes, or right click here to download. In this week’s episode, I talk to fiction writer Holly Tavel about the urge to experiment in fiction, the need to subvert grand narratives, and the joys of the avant-garde and children’s schlock and obsessions of Continue reading
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Episode 248: A Craft Discussion About E. L. Doctorow’s Creationists, with Vanessa Blakeslee!
Episode 248 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on iTunes, or right click here to download. In this week’s episode, I talk with Vanessa Blakeslee about E. L. Doctorow’s Creationists. NOTES I’ll be appearing at Lil Indies, in Loose Lips on March 7, the Henao Contemporary Center, in the Second Saturday reading series ($5 cover), Continue reading
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Pensive Prowler #4: How Not to Write a Short Story
Pensive Prowler #4 by DMETRI KAKMI How Not to Write a Short Story The intention was to write a short story, inspired by a friend’s painting. Five thousand words, at most. By the time I finished, I had more than 14,000 words, which hardly constitutes a short story. It was a novella, one that dug Continue reading
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Episode 245: Tom McAllister!
Episode 245 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on iTunes, or right click here to download. In this week’s episode, I talk to the novelist and memoirist Tom McAllister about structuring long-form fiction, the mystery of love, the addictive horrors of football, and other important matters. TEXTS DISCUSSED NOTES Follow Bookmark It on Facebook to Continue reading
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Episode 241: A Craft Discussion About Jennie Jarvis’s Crafting the Character Arc, with Vanessa Blakeslee!
Episode 241 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on iTunes, or right click here to download. In this week’s episode, I talk with Vanessa Blakeslee about Jennie Jarvis’s Crafting the Character Arc: A Practical Guide to Character Creation and Development. Plus Scott Hoffman reads his essay, “I read Ethan Frome every January.” TEXTS DISCUSSED Episode Continue reading
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Episode 240: Irvine Welsh!
Episode 240 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on iTunes, or right click here to download. In this week’s episode, I talk to fiction writer Irvine Welsh about his latest novel, A Decent Ride, Edinburgh as a character, the influence of climate and populace on characterization, and the way to balance Continue reading
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Episode 237: Glendaliz Camacho!
Episode 237 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on iTunes, or right click here to download. In this week’s episode, I talk to fiction writer Glendaliz Camacho near the end of her residency at the Kerouac House in Orlando. NOTES Check out Glendaliz’s work: Pigeons (short story) Full Battle Rattle (personal essay) Continue reading
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Episode 224: A Craft Discussion About Virginia Woolf’s “Modern Fiction” and “Mr. Bennett and Mrs. Brown,” with Vanessa Blakeslee!
Episode 224 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on iTunes, or right click here to download. In this week’s episode, I talk with Vanessa Blakeslee about Virginia Woolf’s “Modern Fiction” and “Mr. Bennett and Mrs. Brown,” plus Mingzhao Xu writes about Diana Gabaldon’s Outlanders series changed her life. TEXTS DISCUSSED Mr. Kim (Kindle Continue reading
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Episode 223: Vu Tran!
Episode 223 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on iTunes, or right click here to download. In this week’s episode, I talk to the novelist Vu Tran about the appeal of detective fiction, the importance of literary substance over style, the problem with femme fatale characters, the Iowa MFA experience, and Continue reading
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Episode #222: Ryler Dustin!
Episode 222 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on iTunes, or right click here to download. In this week’s episode, I talk to the poet and novelist Ryler Dustin near the end of his residency at the Kerouac House in Orlando, after a weeklong tour of weddings. We speak about the Continue reading
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