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Episode 34: Let's Ignore Writing Class Protocol and Talk About Our Lives
Category: Arts
Duration: 00:30:09
Publish Date: 2017-08-18 19:00:00
Description: Episode 34: Let’s Ignore Writing Class Protocol and Talk About Our Lives. Writing Class Radio is a podcast that brings you true, personal stories written in an actual memoir writing class and ideas about how to write your own stories. Student Allison Langer loves the process of pouring her heart out on paper then reading it out loud. She’s all heart. Teacher Andrea Askowitz loves tearing stories apart. She asks, “What is this story about?” and then helps to find the answer. She’s loves the craft, the art. This podcast is equal parts heart and art. In this episode, we go off the rails...a little. We invited our class into Allison’s living room where in addition to writing advice, we gave life advice. Allison believes that the better we know ourselves, the better our writing will be. Andrea was scared shitless. She thought the class would be more like a therapy session. Andrea likes the boundary set up in class. She thinks not being allowed to talk about someone’s life allows everyone to write more freely. She doesn’t want to be judged on her life, only on her writing. Since Allison was making the rules for this class, she allowed the students to comment on the narrator’s life and allowed the narrator to defend herself. Allison threw out the prompt, “good enough” and gave everyone 20 minutes to write. In addition to Andrea and Allison, you will hear a prompt response from student Lis Mesa as well as feedback from producer Virginia Lora and student Viccy Simon. Allison loved the experiment. She loved getting advice and thinks the discussion will help her writing. She loved being able to explain what she meant. And, unlike in class, she got to have the final word. But hearing everyone talk about everyone’s life and blabbing back and forth could become a total shit show in class. Complete chaos...Because, let’s face it, nobody really wants life advice. Thank you for listening to Writing Class Radio. If you want to hear your story on the show, pick one of our website daily prompts or follow us on twitter (@wrtgclassradio). Then record what you wrote using your voice memo and send it to us at info@writingclassradio.com. If you have a business or a startup and need help telling your story, Andrea will come to your office and teach all your employees how to better articulate why they do what they do. Do it! Stories sell. Allison will come to your retreat and help guests write through their shit so they can live free and happier. Writing Class Radio is produced by Misha Mehrel, Virginia lora, Allison Langer and Andrea Askowitz. Theme music by Ari Herstand (https://ariherstand.com/ari-herstand). Additional music by Jayarathna, Wall Matthews, Ryan Little, Roger Plexico, Tamikatz, Lake South, Niño Polar, Audiobinger, Smle, and Misha Mehrel (http://www.writingclassradio.com/musicians/). Writing Class Radio is sponsored by and recorded at the University of Miami School of Communication (http://com.miami.edu/). This episode is sponsored by Gold Valley Consulting (http://goldvalleyconsulting.com/). Founder Cristina Baldor loves admin. Hire her so you can focus on making the big bucks. There’s more writing class on our website (http://www.writingclassradio.com/), twitter (@wrtgclassradio) and Facebook. Study the stories we study and listen to our craft-talks. Write along with our community by posting on our daily prompt page or record what you wrote with the voice memo on your cell phone and email it to us at to info@writingclassradio.com. Study the stories we study and listen to our craft-talks. There’s no better way to understand ourselves and each other, than by writing and sharing our stories. Everyone has a story. What’s yours?
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