#88: Ariadne, with Woz Flint

Tonight we welcome writer Woz Flint to the pod to chat about her forthcoming book, The Distraction-Free First Draft.  We chat about typewriters and Woz's unique ways of using them to get into her characters' heads. Then cometh the stories. It's been a long while since we had to pause recording multiple times just to laugh, but... here we are. Stories begin around the 16:50 mark and include a girl who becomes Ariadne; Ariadne in her new, unexpected job; a modern retelling of the legend; a poem about the heroine;  the thread of destiny; and a touch of time travel.  From Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable:  Ariadne (Greek arī, intensive prefix, and adnos, 'holy'). In Greek mythology daughter of the Cretan king, MINOS. She helped THESEUS to escape from the LABYRINTH and later went with him to Naxos where he deserted her. Here, Dionysus found her and married her. Like this weeks episode and wish you could read as well as listen? Subscribe to our Substack for a summary of our opening discussion, a story from the episode, and a writing prompt!  Be sure to follow us on Instagram (if that's your sort of thing). Please do send us an email with your story if you write along, which we hope you will do. Episodes of Radio FreeWrite are protected by a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-ND 4.0) license. All Stories remain the property of their respective authors.