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Episode 6 : Wendi Tells the Story of her Ex-husband’s Murder. Writing Is an Exercise in Trust.
Category: Arts
Duration: 00:20:14
Publish Date: 2015-12-02 18:00:00
Description: Writing Class Radio is a podcast of a writing class. Andrea Askowitz is your host and teacher. The purpose of Writing Class Radio is to connect with people who love stories and who get inspired by hearing other people tell their stories and who want to learn a little bit about how to write their own stories. This podcast broadcasts stories that were written and read in class. Some are raw bursts inspired by in-class prompts. Other stories may have started from a prompt and are then reworked at home. Writing anything is an exercise in starting over, every single time. Writing is facing a blank sheet or a blank screen. And writing is trusting the story will come out the way it wants to. Today we give you Wendi the way she revealed herself in the first semester. Andrea talks about hot topic, cold prose, a writing technique where the narrator pares down the writing in a difficult moment. The story is told without sentiment. It’s just reported. Two weeks into the semester, Wendi came back with some of the answers to students’ questions. In her first story she hinted at not feeling like she can publicly express how she really feels, a theme she repeated in the next story. In her writing though, she seems to express how she really feels. Wendi responds to the prompt: What is the story you tell about your relationship with your mom? Writing Class Radio is sponsored by Favor. Favor delivers anything you need except alcohol and people. You pay a $6 delivery fee and a tip to the runner. Go to FavorDelivery.com. Enter the promo code WRITING and get $6 off your first order. Writing Class Radio is also sponsored by University of Miami School of Communication. Sometimes prompts bring up memories we don’t consciously realize are still affecting us. In response to the prompt Lies, Wendi realizes people think she’s happy even when she’s not. And later in the same class Wendi responds to the prompt: Your last intimate moment. Andrea says, “I think Wendi’s working on a bigger story. More than just what happened, which was that her ex-husband was murdered. Her bigger story is about what it means for her to be authentic. Wendi writes a lot about how people react when they hear her story. She also writes about her own reactions--how she wishes she could be as true in person as she is in her writing.” Andrea spoke to Wendi about her experience in class. Wendi said she felt good about the classes’ reaction. She says she felt empowered to tell her side of the story. If you live in or near Miami, we have a class at Books & Books in Coral Gables on January 23, 2016, from ten to one. Just $75 and you’re in. To sign up, go to writingclassradio.com. A story you write in class may end up on our podcast. Writing Class Radio is produced by Diego Saldana-Rojas, Allison Langer, and me, Andrea Askowitz with the help of Alejandro Santiago and Tobi Ash. Theme music by the local Miami band, Astro Maps. Study the stories we study, listen to our craft-talks, follow our daily prompts and time yourself. You can do this today, right on our website. You can either write directly into the comment section, or record on your voice memo and send us your story at info@writingclassradio.com Here’s the prompt: Write about a time you felt one way and acted another way.
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