Writing Stories
Each episode of Writing Stories features an interview with a contemporary author about how her book went from an idea in her head to an object on a shelf. Join us on Writing Stories for honesty, struggle, and triumph, for writing community, publishing insight, and inspiration to persist in whatever difficult but meaningful journey you've chosen for yourself.
Writing Stories
Once I found the voice and the mode of the narrative, I could just PLAY — Shubha Sunder tells the story of Optional Practical Training
Shubha Sunder talks about:
Constructing a narrative through the things that people say to the main character
Characterization as a "portrait in the negative"
Writing through divorce and Covid lockdown
Writing from an immigrant perspective and immigration as a step in one's path to becoming an artist
Characters as caricatures and the ways some caricature can strengthen a narrative
How long it took for 'the gate to open' for Ursula LeGuin's writing