Episode 95: The Novel Continuum - Sandra Scofield

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Episode 95: The Novel Continuum - Sandra Scofield

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Jul 11, 2017

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Jul 11, 2017

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The Writing University podcast features recordings of illuminative craft talks from the renown writers, novelists, poets, and essayists who present at the Eleventh Hour Lecture Series during the University of Iowa's Iowa Summer Writing Festival.

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Christine Hemp on Writing About Happiness: In her presentation, "Yikes! Elysium: Writing About Happiness," Christine Hemp tackles what she describes as a necessary tension between "sunlight" and "the underworld" in fiction and nonfiction writing. Hemp examines how mundane objects such as puzzle p by The Writing University Podcast
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Tim Bascom: "Picture That: Creative Nonfiction For The Visual Learner by The Writing University Podcast
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Jim Heynan: “Same Content/Different Form”: In this podcast, recorded on 6/19/07 at the Iowa Summer Writing Festival Elevenses novelist and poet Jim Heynen discusses the relationship between content and form. Heynen advises writers to revisit thematic "obsessions" and to attempt "re-exploring the by The Writing University Podcast
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David Bouchier: “The Word Diet - Avoiding Verbosity” by The Writing University Podcast
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Karen Bender—How to Find the Short Story within your Novel by The Writing University Podcast
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Marcos M. Villatoro: “Finding Inspiration from the Work Itself” by The Writing University Podcast
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Mary Allen:"Bending the Spoon: Writing as a Path to Mindfulness and Other Spiritual Practices" by The Writing University Podcast
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Dora Malech -- Talking It Out: Writing as Conversation: Although writing is a seemingly solitary and introspective act, this craft talk investigates the myriad ways in which the process of writing is, in fact, always a conversation. by The Writing University Podcast
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Lon Otto: "Avoiding Literary Thin Ice" by The Writing University Podcast
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Michael Morse—Lost and Found: Reading and Writing the Elegy by The Writing University Podcast
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Marc Nieson, “Making Words Count”: Marc Nieson proposes the free-writing exercise as a disciplined process of seizing inspiration and later tackling revision. Nieson talks about how to reconcile the writer's often opposing mindsets of creator and editor, the journey of refining the " by The Writing University Podcast
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Katie Ford: "Ghost Forms: Using Traditional Form in Free Verse" by The Writing University Podcast
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Douglas Goetsch—The Three Poisons by The Writing University Podcast
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Carol Spindel—The Art of Juxtaposition by The Writing University Podcast
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Lon Otto: "Touchstones, Templates, & The Train Tracks Your Mule's On" by The Writing University Podcast
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Kathryn Rhett & Jessica Handler—The Tough Stuff: Write Well, Feel Better by The Writing University Podcast
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Eric Goodman—Transforming Life Into Art by The Writing University Podcast
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Cheryl Fusco Johnson—Shy Writers Do It, Too: Enlivening Writing by Harnessing the Power of Effective Interviewing Techniques by The Writing University Podcast
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Christine Hemp—Yikes: A Deadline! Limitation as Liberation by The Writing University Podcast
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Susan Taylor Chehak -- Storytelling and Time by The Writing University Podcast
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Episode 95: The Novel Continuum - Sandra Scofield

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