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The Write Attention Podcast
by The Write Attention
The Write Attention is a podcast where we explore the questions and challenges we are paying attention to in our journey as emerging writers
Episodes
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An Unresolved Ending
In the final episode of The Write Attention Podcast, Brittany and Jeannetta discuss why they are bringing the project to a close after two years, new projects they are working on, and finally their favorite episodes, guests and moments. The Creative Act: A Way of Being by Rick Rubin Episodes...
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The Pace of Creativity
Multi-disciplinary musician and artist, Drew “Hondo” Felder, joins Brittany and Jeannetta for Episode 6. Drew "Hondo" Felder is a true multidisciplinary artist who has written fiction for over 25 years and played music professionally for 15. Throughout his artistic journey, he has composed and...
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Breaking Down the Structure of Your Writing
In episode 5: Breaking Down the Structure of Your Writing, Brittany and Jeannetta discuss structure with the first chapter of Jane Alison’s Meander, Spiral, Explode, “Point, Line and Texture”, as their guide. They discuss Alison’s framework for looking at structure, which proposes to look at the...
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Emotional Beats (Part 2)
In Episode 4: Emotional Beats (Part 2) Kara, Brittany, and Jeannetta discuss who they write for (themselves or a specific audience), how writing rooms have affected Kara’s craft/process and what we gain from being in community. Kara Smith to The Write Attention podcast. Kara is a Bermudan-British...
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Emotional Beats (Part 1)
In Episode 4: Emotional Beats (Part 1) Jeannetta and Brittany welcome Kara Smith to The Write Attention podcast! Kara is a Bermudan-British screenwriter based in the UK who has worked on the HULU drama series BLACK CAKE, the UK’s highly acclaimed streaming series: HBO/Sky’s horror-comedy THE…
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The Many Faces of Style
In episode 3, season 2 of The Write Attention podcast Brittany and Jeannetta discuss style in light of Miciah Bay Gault’s craft essay on style (link below) and the influence our real and adopted selves have on the form and content of the work we create. They jointly work on the exercise offered…
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The Emerging Reader in All of Us
Brittany and Jeannetta welcome Amelia Louise Herridge Ishak to the podcast to discuss reading as a writer. Amelia comes from London, England and has an MPhil in Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic and moved to Aarhus, Denmark hunting for viking myths and monsters. Norse mythology and the rawness of...
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New Year, New Vision for Your Work
As Brittany and Jeannetta bring in the new year and season 2(!) of The Write Attention podcast, they discuss time, Susan Rich’s craft essay on revision (link below), especially her thoughts on slow writing, how to connect inward to move revision forward and figuring out the start and the finish…
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Let Go, Let Come
Join us for Episode 11, our final episode of The Write Attention podcast Season 1. Brittany and Jeannetta reflect on the conversations and lessons learned this year. We discuss how our process has changed over a year, including how we have learned from other art forms, which guests/ideas from the...
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Mentorship & Community
Join us in welcoming guest Nicola Andrews to The Write Attention podcast Episode 10: Mentorship & Community. Nicola Andrews (Māori, Pākehā) is a member of the Ngāti Paoa iwi, currently living on Ramaytush Ohlone territory. They are the winner of the 2023 AAALS Indigenous Writers Prize for Poetry,...
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Personal Revelation & Reader Responsibility
Join us in welcoming guest Colette Walker on The Write Attention podcast for our discussion on personal revelation and audience responsibility in Episode 9. The group dives into when they first identified as writers and share effective strategies and resources for making writing workshops work to...
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Cultivating and Caring for Our Creativity
Cultivating and caring for our creativity with full schedules is no easy task. Jeannetta and Brittany dive into questions about boundaries, balancing work, weathering those summer social invitations, and ways to feed their imagination and creativity. Working full time has changed quite a bit…
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Place, Peculiarity, & Persistence
Our guest co-host. Arianna Reiche, is a Bay Area-born writer based in London. She is the author of the two-story chapbook Warden / Star (Tangerine Press), and At The End Of Every Day (Artia Books/Simon & Schuster). She was also nominated for the 2020 Bridport Prize and the 2020 PANK Magazine Book...
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Support and Embodiment for the Writing Self **
Our guest co-host, Lauren Samblanet, is a hybrid writer who cross-pollinates with other forms of making & other makers of forms. Her first book, like a dog, is forthcoming from punctum books. Some of her writing has been published in A Shadow Map: An Anthology by Survivors of Sexual Assault…
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Poetics, Performance, & Personhood
We welcome guest co-host, Míša Hejná, to The Write Attention podcast to discuss poetics, performance, and personhood. Míša Hejná writes and performs poetry in Aarhus, Denmark. She is also a member of Aarhus Women Write. Her work is primarily meditative and focuses on existential questions by...
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Rejection and Failure
Inspired by an audience member writing in, Episode 4 explores ways we are reframing rejection and failure to best aid us on our writing journey. The following are questions regarding rejection and failure from our hosts: 1. How do you process rejection other than the generic , get yourself back…
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Imagination and Identity
Today’s podcast episode surrounds the concept of imagining and one particular genre: science fiction. Although the conversation focuses on one specific genre, the subject elicits questions about what writing within a particular genre does for your work. Which genres do you write in and what ways…
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Permission and Possibility
Jeannetta & Brittany discuss permission and possibility in Episode 2. Questions 1. How do you steal while still being original? 2. Do you feel like you already have an inclination where you need to go, which form you need to use, do you experiment with different forms, or do you just start…
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Show, Tell, and Practice
In this debut episode of The Write Attention podcast, Brittany Felder and Jeannetta Craigwell-Graham talk about where they are on their writing journeys and answer questions about discipline and discernment. Questions How do you discern what to keep or remove from your writing? What does…
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