Write The Book: Conversations on Craft
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An interview from the archives with the author Jessica Hendry Nelson, who has a new book out - co-authored with fellow former Write the Book Guest Sean Prentiss: Advanced Creative Nonfiction: A Writer's Guide and Anthology, just out from Bloomsbury. During this interview, we talked about her memoir, If Only You People Could Follow Directions (Counterpoint).
This week’s Write the Book Prompt is inspired by the title of my guest’s memoir, If Only You People Could Follow Directions. Write a list of simple directions concerning how to do something - how to change a tire, how to make pasta, how to tape a room before painting it - and then expand on that list, making it into an essay that has deeper meaning.
Good luck with your work in the coming week, and tune in next week for another prompt or suggestion.
Music Credit: Aaron Shapiro
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Andrew Goldstein - Archive Interview #434 (1/9/17)
Carol Anshaw - Archive Interview #433 (1/2/17)
Maggie Kast - Interview #432 (12/26/16)
Castle Freeman, Jr. - Interview #431 (12/19/16)
Cardy Raper - Interview #430 (12/12/16)
Martin Magoun - Archive Interview #429 (12/5/16)
Tony Whedon - Interview #428 (11/28/16)
Mary Dingee Fillmore - Interview #427 (11/21/16)
Megan Mayhew Bergman - Archive Interview #426 (11/14/16)
Pamela Heinrich MacPherson - Interview #425 (11/7/16)
C.D. Bell - Interview #424 (10/31/16)
Meg Little Reilly - Interview #423 (10/24/16)
Susan Cain - Archive Interview #422 (10/17/16)
Charlie Nardozzi - Archive Interview #421 (10/10/16)
Eowyn Ivey - Interview #420 (10/3/16)
David Budbill - Recalling the Poet's Life - Archive Interview #419 (9/26/16)
Zoe Zolbrod - Interview #418 (9/19/16)
Christine Sneed - Interview #417 (9/12/16)
Fomite Press - Interview #416 (9/5/16)
Laurie Calkhoven - Archive Interview #415 (8/29/16)
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