The Writer Files: Writing, Productivity, Creativity, and Neuroscience
“Learn how acclaimed writers keep the ink flowing, the cursor moving, and avoid writer’s block.”
Each week, host Kelton Reid chats with guests like Nobel Prize winner Abdulrazak Gurnah, on life after becoming a laureate; #1 New York Times bestselling author, Emily Henry on her past life as a YA mid-lister; Celebrated author, Walter Mosley, on his conflicted feelings after winning a National Book Award; NY Times bestselling author, Lisa Scottoline, on what she learned from literary lion Philip Roth; #1 NY Times bestselling author Dennis Lehane on what he borrowed from Clint Eastwood; and bestselling author, Matt Haig, on the process behind his novel, The Midnight Library, and serial guest hosts: neuroscientist Michael Grybko, journalist Adam Skolnick, and short story writer Robert Bruce.
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- How NY Times Bestselling Author Emma Knight Writes: Redux
- How NY Times Bestselling Author Peter Heller Writes: Part One - Redux
- How Bestselling Ghostwriter, Award-Winning Journo & Debut Novelist Adam Skolnick Writes: Part Two
- How Bestselling Ghostwriter, Award-Winning Journo & Debut Novelist Adam Skolnick Writes: Part One
- How #1 NY Times Bestselling Author Mitch Albom Writes
- How Bestselling Author & Award-Winning Podcaster Barbara DeMarco-Barrett Writes
- How #1 New York Times Bestselling Author E. Lockhart Writes
- How NY Times Bestselling Author Jami Attenberg Writes: Bonus
- The Writer Files x Diary of a Book Babe: Vol. 2
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- How Acclaimed Debut Novelist Penny Zang Writes
- How to Become a Professional Screenwriter with Ted Braun and Melissa Rosenberg
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