All Episodes
The Writing University Podcast — 128 episodes
Episode 132: Crafting "Excess" - Darius Stewart
Episode 131: Prepping for Publication: How and Where to Submit Your Manuscripts - Kelly Dwyer
Episode 130: Writing into (and out of) Trope, Cliche, and Abstraction - Anna Bruno
Episode 128: Poetry and Questions of Peace - Zach Savich
Episode 127: Writing the Elegy - Challenges and Approaches - Suzan Aizenberg
Episode 126: Me, Myself and I - The Transformative Power of Reflection in Nonfiction - Juliet Patterson
Episode 129: Refine Your Writing With Attention to Style - Sandra Scofield
Episode 125: Better Talky Talky - The Art and Craft of Strong Dialogue - Kelly Dwyer
Episode 124: Notan - How Visual Art Informs Writing - Sandra Scofield
Episode 123: Writing From the Central Channel - Diana Goetsch
Episode 122: The Memory Curve and Transitions - Anna Bruno
Episode 121: Writing and the Power of Now - Mary Allen
Episode 120: Revising Like a Hack - Screenwriting "Rules" as a Guide for Rewrites - Kerry Howley
Episode 119: The Writing Life - Christine Hemp
Episode 118: The Music of Language, the Language of Music - Sands Hall
Episode 117: Writing About Family in Nonfiction - Mieke Eerkens
Episode 116: Transforming Life Into Writing - Eric Goodman
Episode 115: The Art of Humor Writing - Lyz Lenz
Episode 114: Mixed Feelings - Lon Otto
Episode 113: Memoir from the Middle of Things - Zach Savich
Episode 112: Writing with Death Looking Over Your Shoulder - Lori Erickson
Episode 111: The Life-Altering Magic of Revision - How Revisiting, Reassessing, and Reframing a Story Just Might Change Your Life - Hope Edelman
Episode 110: Me, Myself, and I - The Transformative Power of Reflection in Nonfiction - Juliet Patterson
Episode 109: On the Feminine vs. the Masculine Narrative Voice - Mieke Eerkens
Episode 108: Making and Breaking Taboos - Charles Holdefer
Episode 107: Gratitude for Time - Poetry and Moments of Thanks - Zach Savich
Episode 106: Titles - Diana Goetsch
Episode 105: Writing Under the Influence - Gordon Mennenga
Episode 104: Writing Resistance - Suzanne Scanlon
Episode 103: The Story Lens - Sandra Scofield
Episode 102: Why Not Quit? Tips for Becoming a Durable Writer - Tim Bascom
Episode 101: The Small [And Pixelated] Made Large - From Grievance To Groundbreaking Change - Amy Butcher
Episode 100: Writer as Witness - Katie Ford
Episode 98: The Everyday Writing Retreat - Mary Allen
Episode 97: The Crying Room - Reconsidering the Writing Workshop - Sabrina Orah Mark
Episode 96: Echo, Letter, Tweet - Writing as Correspondence - Michael Morse
Episode 95: The Novel Continuum - Sandra Scofield
Episode 92: How to Write the Ten-Minute Play - Kelly Dwyer
Episode 91: Where Experience Starts - The Image - Juliet Patterson
Episode 90: Nerve - Some Kinds of Courage Necessary for Writing - Lon Otto
Episode 89: Same Content / Different Form - Jim Heynen
Episode 87: The Art of Play: Jeffery Renard Allen
Episode 86: From Conception to Delivery: The Birth of One Novel w/ Amy Hassinger
Episode 85: Writing for Strangers: A Question of Audience w/ Lon Otto
Episode 84: The Poet As Collector w/ Sabrina Orah Mark
Episode 82: Please, Just Don’t Call It Journaling: Writing for Self Versus Others w/ Sarah Saffian
Episode 81: The Power and the Place of Place w/ Eric Goodman
Episode 80: Against Ideas w/ Paula Morris
Episode 79: Actually Writing: The Outer, Inner & Secret Practice w/ Diana Goetsch
Episode 78: Writing in the Digital Age w/ Ned Stuckey-French
Episode 77: Hybrid Writing w/ Elizabeth Robinson
Episode 76: Mysteries of Love and Grief: The Long Way from Impulse to Family Story w/ Sandra Scofield
Episode 75: Ghosts, Battlefields and Hallucinations: Creative Writing from Research w/ Lauren Haldeman
Episode 74: Clarity and Depth: Writing between the Lines w/ Venise Berry
Episode 73: Tim Bascom—As I See It: What Essayists Can Learn from Visual Artists
Bonus Episode: Beau O’Reilly — Finish the Thing
Episode 72: Hope Edelman and Naomi Jackson—Writing Family and Grief
Episode 71: Amber Dermont—The Joke Is Always on Me: A Writer Walks into a Bar (Again) and Other Tales of Repetition, Juxtaposition, Self-Deprecation and the Understated Power of Stealing from Stand-Up Comedy and Deploying Humor to Reveal, Heighten and Distract or Is This Craft Talk Just One Long Practical Joke (Yes, But It’s on Me)
Episode 70: Ned Stuckey-French—Moving Pictures, Moving Words: The Arrival of the Video Essay
Episode 69: John Dalton—Ten Ways of Thinking about Character
Episode 68: Mary Allen—Edit Like a Zen Master
Episode 67: Margaret Patton Chapman—The Craft of Enchantment: What Fairy Tales Can Teach Us about Writing
Episode 66: Juliet Patterson—Alternative Fuel Sources: Powering the Non-narrative Essay
Episode 65: Michael Morse—Metaphor as Building Block: Idea to Image and Image to Idea
Episode 64: “Please, Just Don’t Call it “Journaling”: Writing for Self Versus for Others”
Episode 63: Lon Otto—When Bad Bets Pay Off
Episode 62: Susan Taylor Chehak — Self-Publishing and the Small Press
Episode 61: Elizabeth Robinson -- You Can Start a Press/Publication
Episode 60: Juliet Patterson -- How Poets See the World: The Art of Description
Episode 59: Kelly Dwyer -- Better Talky Talky: The Art and Craft of Strong Dialogue
Episode 58: Sarah Saffian -- The Politics of Writing About Loved Ones
Episode 57: Joyelle McSweeney—Contemporary Gothic(s)
Episode 56: Éireann Lorsung -- ‘Productivity’ and ‘Failure’ for Writers
Episode 55: Hope Edelman -- The Story Behind Your Story
Episode 54: Kate Aspengren -- Who Are These People and Who Invited Them?
Episode 53: Nancy K. Barry -- The Sixth “W” in Nonfiction Writing and Research
Episode 52: Carolyn Lieberg -- Write What You Know: The Scary Truism That Haunts Writers
Episode 51: Faculty Reading: Sabrina Orah Mark, Michael Martone, Beau O'Reilly, Robin Hemley, Elizabeth McCracken
Episode 50: Mary Allen -- Harnessing Time: The Key to Writing
Episode 49: Talk Pretty, Talk Turkey—Just, You Know, Talk To Me
Episode 48: Stephen Lovely—Marathon Training for the Fiction Writer: Conditioning Your Mind and Body to Go the Distance
Episode 47: Michael Morse -- Rebel With a Clause: The Prose Poem
Episode 46: Jim Heynan: “Same Content/Different Form”
Episode 45: Hilary Plum -- Approaching Fact in Fiction
Episode 44: The Art of Juxtaposition | Carol Spindel
Episode 43: Stephen Lovely—Marathon Training for the Fiction Writer: Conditioning Your Mind and Body to Go the Distance
Episode 42: Jim Heynen—Write What You Don’t Know About
Episode 41: Mary Allen—Working with Time, the Key to Writing
Episode 40: Susan Taylor Chehak—Going Graphic: What the Storytelling Secrets of Comics Can Tell Us About Narrative Technique
Episode 39: Robert Siegel—Haiku for Prose Writers: Exploring the Power of the Image
Episode 38: Robert Fernandez -- The Language of Music, the Music of Poetry
Episode 37: Juliet Patterson & BK Loren -- Poetry as Foundation of Fiction and Nonfiction
Episode 36: Timothy Bascom—Sudden Riches: The Surprising and Satisfying Role of Research in the Personal Essay
Episode 35: Sands Hall—Into the Woods, Down to the Underworld
Episode 34: Kathryn Rhett & Jessica Handler—The Tough Stuff: Write Well, Feel Better
Episode 33: Christine Hemp—Yikes: A Deadline! Limitation as Liberation
Episode 32: Amber Dermont, Blueberry Morningsnow, Nick Twemlow, & Vinnie Wilhelm—Influence & Inspiration
Episode 31: Cheryl Fusco Johnson—Shy Writers Do It, Too: Enlivening Writing by Harnessing the Power of Effective Interviewing Techniques
Episode 30: Kate Aspergren -- Playwriting: from Page to Stage
Episode 29: Susan Taylor Chehak -- Storytelling and Time
Episode 28: Elizabeth Robinson—Giving a Good Reading and Why it Matters
Episode 27: Michael Morse—Lost and Found: Reading and Writing the Elegy
Episode 26: Eric Goodman—Place, Race, and History: Writing About Subjects That Compel and Terrify Us
Episode 25: Diane Goetsch—The Three Poisons
Episode 24: Karen Bender—How to Find the Short Story within your Novel
Episode 23: Robert Siegel—Flash Fiction
Episode 22: Carol Spindel—The Art of Juxtaposition
Episode 21: Emily Pettit, Mark Leidner, Madeline McDonnell, & Bianca Stone—Influence & Inspiration
Episode 20: Anjali Sachdeva—Step Away From the Desk: Experiential Writing
Episode 19: BK Loren: "Process is Practice: Making Your Writing Matter"
Episode 18: Dara Wier—Chance, Risk, and “Getting Away With It”
Episode 17: Marcos M. Villatoro: “Finding Inspiration from the Work Itself”
Episode 16: Lon Otto: "Touchstones, Templates, & The Train Tracks Your Mule's On"
Episode 15: Katie Ford: "Ghost Forms: Using Traditional Form in Free Verse"
Episode 14: Lon Otto: "Avoiding Literary Thin Ice"
Episode 13: Tim Bascom: "Picture That: Creative Nonfiction For The Visual Learner
Episode 12: Eric Goodman—Transforming Life Into Art
Episode 11: Christine Hemp on Writing About Happiness
Episode 10: Marc Nieson, “Making Words Count”
Episode 9: David Hamilton: “A Baker’s (Half) Dozen Ways of Looking at a Literary Magazine”
Episode 8: Mary Allen:"Bending the Spoon: Writing as a Path to Mindfulness and Other Spiritual Practices"
Episode 7: David Bouchier: “The Word Diet - Avoiding Verbosity”
Episode 6: Marcos M. Villatoro: “Finding Inspiration from the Work Itself”
Episode 5: Venise Berry: "Writing with Ethnic Diversity"
Episode 4: Sands Hall: Building Characters
Episode 3: Jim Heynan: “Same Content/Different Form”
Episode 2: Christine Hemp on Writing About Happiness
Episode 1: Dora Malech -- Talking It Out: Writing as Conversation