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Writing Is Annoying
by Kevin Joffré
How many podcasts are devoted to improving your craft as a writer? All of them. How many are devoted to sharing everything that is annoying about being a writer? This one. Writer and essayist K. Joffré hosts this podcast attempting to demystify the strange world of publishing. They say writing is a solitary art, but it can also be obnoxious. Let's commiserate.
Episodes
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Is fanfiction annoying?
Dissecting the fanfic discourse and determining whether fanfiction or writers on twitter are annoying
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"Every villain is the hero of their own story" is annoying
Join K.Joffré for a candid talk on the popular phrase meant to make villains more complicated but that has a tendency to explain away the last 4 years of American politics
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Plotters vs pantser is stupid
K.Joffré discovers plotters, pantsers, and plantsers. Listen as I have a conniption fit
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Hating your own writing is toxic and annoying
Yo we talk about how "hating your own writing" is a toxic mess, especially for marginalized writers. Also includes funny Toni Morrison slander.
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Comp titles are evil
New episode talking about how comp titles in queries are evil and how exercise is annoying
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Being a good literary citizen is annoying and possibly racist
Join the return of K. Joffre as he takes on the concept of being a "good literary citizen" and how it can be used against writers by gatekeepers.
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Outlining your book is annoying
On this special quarantined episode of Writing Is Annoying we will discuss outlining your very own King Lear. We talk chapter lengths, word counts, and I do my best in defaming writers who don't plan
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Writing query letters is annoying
You think writing a book is annoying? Try spending weeks writing two paragraphs that condense the book that will only be ignored. Let's talk query letters and Oprah's Book Club. ALSO check out my newly republished story in OPOSSUM http://opossumlit.com/the-power-of-letting-everything-go/
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JK Rowling's Transphobia is Annoying
Starting the year off right talking about TERFs and why writers (even highly successful ones) are idiots. Also check out the recently published short story by your host K. Joffré https://thespectacle.wustl.edu/?p=1346
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Writing the Other is Annoying
Let's talk about writing the other, THAT Vulture article, Mexicans in Indiana, and how you can write other races without getting cancelled. (J/k) New essay - http://breadcrumbsmag.com/blog/539
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Getting feedback is SCARY
What do you do when someone offers feedback to a story you wrote beyond telling the person to stuff it? K. Joffré covers a recent real life example of accepting feedback from a publication and how to deal with it.
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Writing good dialogue is annoying
Ever had two characters in your story have a staring contest because you have no idea how they should talk? Join K. Joffré for a little story on how he learned to stop worrying about dialogue and loving it.
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Finding time to write is annoying
Do you think you don't have time to write? You're probably right. Let's figure out how you can cheat your way into finding time to out of your busy schedule to stare at a blank screen.
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Editors who are sexual predators are AGGRAVATING
We're going to talk about Editors of publications who turn out to be sexual predators and we're naming names.
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ANNOUNCEMENT: Join me this 6/10 at Cinderblock people, 7 PM, and I'll read you a short story
Smoking hot breaking news. Writer K. Joffré will be reading this 6/10 at Cinderblock People in New York city at around 7PM. Come say hi and get messy.
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Writing a good ending is annoying
Avengers Endgame's ending was amazing! Game of Thrones? Not so much. So what makes a good ending? Who knows! I just work here. Maybe we can find out together.
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"Show, Don't Tell" is annoying
Have you ever raged against the machine that is Writing Rules? If you've had it with people telling you to "show don't tell" then join me as I attempt to demystify what that rule actually means.
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Finding beta readers is annoying
If you're a writer you need readers! So how do you sucker in your friends and family into reading your novel? Find out in this episode of Writing Is Annoying
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YA harassment campaigns are annoying
I want to talk about Amelie Wen Zhao and this new wave of YA influencers who go out of their way to shame fellow marginalized debut authors. I develop a massive headache in the process, and learn that my uncle accepts me for who I am!
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Writing scammers are annoying
On the new episode I spend some time talking about writer scams and I definitely mention THAT Dan Mallory article.
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Rejections are annoying
Get over your rejection blues and start making them work for you. Also my cats attempt to co-host.
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Publications are weird
Want a publication to publish some of your work? Get ready to be annoyed.
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
How many podcasts are devoted to improving your craft as a writer? All of them. How many are devoted to sharing everything that is annoying about being a writer? This one. Writer and essayist K. Joffré hosts this podcast attempting to demystify the strange world of publishing. They say writing is a solitary art, but it can also be obnoxious. Let's commiserate.
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