Show Notes Episode 148: How to Plan a Threesome
Today on our show, we bring you a story by Pamela Druckerman that has voice, laugh out loud humor, and self knowing, which makes for a reliable narrator. The best part is the narrator doesn’t wait...
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On this episode, we bring you a story written by Dr. Jane Marks, a conservation ecologist and professor of Aquatic Ecology at Northern Arizona University (NAU). Jane came to Writing Class Radio with...
View ArticleShow Notes Episode 150: In Transition: How to Write a Story About an Ongoing...
Today on our show, we’re talking about how to write about a situation that is ongoing. Typically, at the end of an essay, the narrator writes about what they learned or how they changed. But what if...
View ArticleShow Notes Episode 151: Follow the Story Spine to Get Published
This episode showcases the effectiveness of using the story spine structure. The story spine is a story structure as old as time. It’s the model every fairytale follows. It works really well for all...
View ArticleShow Notes Episode 152: How Music Inspires Storytelling
Today on our show, we bring you a story by Danielle Huggins. Danielle has been featured twice before on WCR. In Episode 105: Teach Us Something We Don’t Know where she shared her experience with...
View ArticleShow Notes Episode 153: Want To Get Published in HuffPost? Editor Noah...
Today’s episode features a story by one of our favorite students, Margery Berger. She has been taking classes with us since way before the pandemic. Margery has told stories on our podcast twice...
View ArticleShow Notes Episode 154: Are Thin People Allowed To Write About Weight?
Today on our show, we bring you a story by Sari Botton. Sari’s story is a great example of how to tell a story that encompasses your whole life. It is also a great example of how to end a story while...
View ArticleShow Notes Episode 155: Every Word Matters
Today on our show, we bring you a story by Laurie Eynon. This story is a behind-the-scenes Jeopardy! audition revealed and a good lesson in how every word matters. And the voice of the narrator is...
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Show Notes Episode 156: Outsourcing My Orgasm
Today on our show, we bring you a story by Jenny Powers. Jenny is a New York-based freelance reporter. She writes for HuffPost, The Cut, Business Insider, Fortune, and more. She is working on a memoir...
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Show Notes Episode 157: I’m the Black Crayon Nobody Wants
Today on our show, we bring you a story by Corey Devon Arthur. Corey has served 25 years on a life sentence for robbery and murder and is currently housed at Otisville Correctional Institution in New...
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Show Notes Episode 158: My Dead Mother Brings My Sister and Me Together Once...
Today on our show, we bring you a story by Maxine Poupko. Maxine’s story is a great example of character development, showing the tiny details in a complex relationship, and bringing the reader into a...
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Show Notes Episode 159: Rash Decisions
Today on our show, we bring you a story by student Kim Costigan. Kim wrote this story while on our December 2022 writing retreat in Key Largo. This story crushed us and made us love Kim even more....
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Show Notes Episode 160: Cliches Saved My Life
Today on our show, we bring you a story by student Emily Henderson. The story is called Cliches Saved My Life.Emily Henderson has been featured before on Writing Class Radio: Ep 144: When Is a Gift...
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Show Notes Episode 161: You Look Great BECAUSE You’ve Aged
On this episode, we bring you a story by our own Andrea Askowitz. A version of this essay was published April 2023 on CNN and titled What Justine Bateman Gets Exactly Right About Beauty. You’ll hear...
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Show Notes Episode 162: Do As I Say Not As I Do
On this episode, you’ll hear a story by our own Allison Langer. You may have read her story in HuffPost, where she was published on Jan 16, 2023. The story ran with this title: People Say I'm A Grief...
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Show Notes Episode 163: Letters to My Son in Prison - Why Writing Matters
On this episode, we bring you a story by Ken Guidroz. Ken’s story shows us the importance of writing and sharing stories, especially with people we either don’t understand or who don’t understand us....
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Show Notes Episode 164: Can We Live on Through Our Writing?
Today on our show, we bring you a story by Amy Paturel, which is a great example of how to write about someone else while still including the narrator in a big way. Paturel incorporates her husband’s...
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Show Notes Episode 165: A Psychiatric Hospital Nearly Ruined My Life
Banning Lyon is the author of The Chair and The Valley, which will be available June 2024. His writing has been featured in the New York Times and the Washington Post. He currently lives in the San...
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Show Notes Episode 166: The Most Unique Essay We've Ever Aired
Today on our show, we bring you a story by Kimberly Elkins. Kimberly is the author of the novel, WHAT IS VISIBLE, which was a New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice and named to several Best of...
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Show Notes Episode 167: Even Though I'm Judging You, Don't Judge Me for Being...
Today on our show, we’re talking about writing with personality and being vulnerable. And when we say vulnerable, we mean including the hard things, good and bad, about ourselves. You’ll hear a story...
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