The Writing University Podcast

Nerve: Some Kinds of Courage Necessary for Writing: Lon Otto

The Art of Play: Jeffery Renard Allen

Clarity and Depth: Writing between the Lines w/ Venise Berry

Ghosts, Battlefields and Hallucinations: Creative Writing from Research w/ Lauren Haldeman

Mysteries of Love and Grief: The Long Way from Impulse to Family Story w/ Sandra Scofield

Hybrid Writing w/ Elizabeth Robinson

Writing in the Digital Age w/ Ned Stuckey-French

Actually Writing: The Outer, Inner & Secret Practice w/ Diana Goetsch

Against Ideas w/ Paula Morris

The Power and the Place of Place w/ Eric Goodman

Please, Just Don’t Call It Journaling: Writing for Self Versus Others w/ Sarah Saffian

The Poet As Collector w/ Sabrina Orah Mark

Writing for Strangers: A Question of Audience w/ Lon Otto

From Conception to Delivery: The Birth of One Novel w/ Amy Hassinger

Until the early 20th Century, almost all literary artists, including essayists, felt compelled to picture recognizable figures and images that seemed “factual.”

A single lecture compressed from a popular weekend workshop: you have your favorite story, poem, limerick, song, theater piece, and you keep getting close—so close—to completing it.

In this Eleventh Hour, authors Hope Edelman and Naomi Jackson will engage in an informal conversation about the joys and challenges of writing about family relationships.

While some people don’t realize just how much of a joke they are to us, the vast majority of people who consider themselves to be funny are not funny.

We will review the elements of composing your own essay, including how to develop a script, edit, use animation, sound, incorporate found footage, and chose a strong title.

All good fiction is built around a writer’s fascination with made-up people. And as practicing writers, we’re well aware that our characters should be more than “talking heads”; they should have depth and range and complexity. But how does this happen?