Be a Freaking Hero, Writers. Be One. Make One! You’ve Got This.
carriejonesbooks In this podcast’s Random Thought of the Pod, we tell the story of Gabby the Dog who has an aversion to people who have dabbled with cocaine and also talk…
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Writers, Go With Your Gut and Bring Out the Big Emotion
A lot of the times that Carrie works with writers, she notices that they are pulling back from the emotion that is happening in the story. Instead of allowing the…
Worst Case Scenario. Getting Story Ideas.
Shaun used to call Carrie, “WC,” because he is evil. No. Really. He called her that because she was always thinking up the worst case scenario for every situation and…
Finding Direction. Facing Failure.
Editor Cheryl Klein talked about reading writer Dave Eggers’ interview in Harper Magazine. She talked about it during a time in her life where she felt like she was in…
Writing Heroes Who Don’t Suck
Who do you root for? In your own life, this question is easy. We root for ourselves. A lot of the time we root for our friends, our family. We…