Character Development with Suzanne Nugent

Suzanne Nugent

Author-Screenwriter Suzanne Nugent talks to innovators, authors, and artists about their creative process and real-life character arcs.

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Bringing Fiction into Real Life with KJ Dell'Antonia

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04/11/23 • 30 min

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“I write about happiness. I write about people who have all the physical things that they could want but struggle finding ways to make themselves happy. I write about all the illusions that we have about what will make us happy.”

In today’s episode, Suzanne talks to New York Times Bestselling author KJ Dell’Antonia about her ever-evolving writing process and the joyful themes that live within her work as an novelist and a journalist.

About Our Guest:
KJ Dell'ANtonia the New York Times bestselling author The Chicken Sisters, In Her Boots and the forthcoming Playing the Witch Card and former editor and lead writer of The New York Times Motherlode blog. She is also the author of the nonfictionbook How to Be a Happier Parent and the co-host of the #amWriting podcast.
Learn more about KJ | kjdellantonia.com

Follow KJ on Instagram: @kjda

About the Host:
Suzanne Nugent is the bestselling author of Brunch and Other Obligations and an award-winning screenwriter of heartbreaking comedies and funny dramas.
Learn more | suzannenugent.com
Instagram | @suzannenugent
Medium | @suzannenugent
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Innovation as a Practice with Jeremy Utley

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04/04/23 • 42 min

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“There were times where I'd surprised myself, where I didn't know where that idea came from. And there were these epiphany moments that became somewhat addictive, and I thought, ‘Wow, I wanna help other people have that experience.’ ”

On today’s episode, Suzanne talks to Director of Executive Education at Stanford's renowned Hasso Plattner Institute of Design Jeremy Utley about innovation, context, and collaboration.
About Our Guest:

Jeremy Utley is one of the world's leading experts in innovation. He's a General Partner at freespin capital and co-author of "Ideaflow: The Only Business Metric That Matters."
For over 12 years, he served as the Director of Executive Education at Stanford's renowned Hasso Plattner Institute of Design (aka "the d.school"), where his courses were experienced by nearly a million students of innovation worldwide. He advises corporate leaders on how to imbed the methods and mindsets of design thinking into their organizations, and works with professionals to cultivate a robust personal creative practice.
As co-host of "Stanford's Masters of Creativity," Jeremy shines the spotlight on exemplars of creative practice across disciplinary boundaries, from entrepreneurs like Randy Hetrick (TRX) to authors like Kim Scott (Radical Candor) and Daniel Pink (Drive, To Sell Is Human) to corporate innovation leaders like Astro Teller (Google X).
A self-proclaimed “recovering MBA, spreadsheet junkie, and management consultant,” he now studies innovation in large enterprises and startups. He advises CEOs and senior leadership teams in the United States, Europe, and Asia on growth and innovation strategy, and has led scores of capacity-building initiatives worldwide.
He's a prolific blogger and podcaster, and is co-author (alongside Perry Klebahn) of “Ideaflow: The Only Business Metric That Matters.” (Penguin Portfolio, 2022)
Learn more about Jeremy | jeremyutley.design

Follow Jeremy on LinkedIn | @JeremyUtley

On Facebook | @JeremeyUtley

Breaking Through Creative Blocks with Kate Van Devender

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03/27/23 • 51 min

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“The stories we tell ourselves, that's how we understand ourselves. That's on a collective level. And so it does matter what we put out there and it does matter the process we go through to make those stories.”

On today’s episode, Suzanne talks to writer Kate Van Devender about Sand Mirror, a unique and playful method that sparks intuitive creativity.

Learn more about Kate and Sand Mirror | sandmirror.com

The Ripple Effect of Creative Mentorship with Keren Taylor

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03/21/23 • 30 min

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“Writing is a solitary act, but when you bring it into a community and use the community to help inspire each other and to help support each other, your own solo voice then has almost like more of a grounding around it. You know, kind of like a flower alone is just a flower, but if you put it in a vase with all the other the branches and the different colors, and a different setting, and a different background, well now, you’re giving that flower a place to really live.”
- Keren Taylor, WriteGirl

In today’s episode, Suzanne talks to WriteGirl Founder Keren Taylor, who talks about WriteGirl’s mission to mentor girls and gender-expansive teens to express themselves through writing. And how these young women’s self-expression creates impactful changes in their lives and in the world.

About Our Guest:

WriteGirl Executive Director, Keren Taylor, founded WriteGirl in 2001. An afterschool program director and trainer for more than 25 years, Keren has led WriteGirl’s expansion into a thriving community that helps hundreds of youth annually. In 2013, WriteGirl received the National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Award, the highest national honor awarded to exemplary after-school programs. Under Keren’s direction, WriteGirl has published 38 award-winning anthologies of youth writing, and in 2020, Keren received the Los Angeles Times Innovator’s Award, “spotlighting efforts to bring books, publishing and storytelling into the future.” Keren is a 2014 CNN Hero and has received the Humanitas Prize, the President's Volunteer Call to Service Award and commendations from the Los Angeles mayor’s office. WriteGirl is a founding member organization of the Arts for Healing and Justice Network (formerly Arts for Incarcerated Youth Network) for which Keren has served as a board member. Keren holds a Bachelor’s Degree in International Relations from the University of British Columbia, a Piano Performance Degree from the Royal Conservatory of Music, Toronto, and a Diploma from the American Music and Dramatic Academy, NYC.

Learn more about WriteGirl | writegirl.org

Follow WriteGirl on Twitter and Instagram | @WriteGirlLA

On Facebook | Facebook.com/WriteGirlOrganization

Follow Keren: Twitter: @kerentaylor | Instagram: @kerentay |Facebook: facebook.com/kerentaylor1111

Writing, Publishing, and Other Adventures with Lynne Golodner

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03/14/23 • 33 min

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“I've always been really focused on this idea of like, how do we make meaning, what's the purpose of our lives? ...Even when I was in my twenties as a journalist, you know, I like to say that I wrote about how people find meaning in the mundane.”

In today’s episode, Suzanne talks to author Lynne Golodner, who reveals some big news about next steps in her publishing career and talks about how she incorporates travel into her writing life.

About Our Guest:
Lynne Golodner is the author of eight books and thousands of articles as well as a marketing entrepreneur, writing coach and host of the Make Meaning Podcast. After working as a journalist in New York and Washington, D.C., Lynne returned to her native Detroit to pursue a freelance writing career and teach writing. In 2007, she created Your People, a marketing and public relations company with a focus on storytelling that guides authors in building their brands and marketing their work. Lynne’s writing has appeared in Saveur, the Chicago Tribune, Better Homes and Gardens, Midwest Living, the Detroit Free Press, Porridge Magazine, the Jewish Literary Journal, The Good Life Review, Hadassah Magazine, The Forward, Valiant Scribe, Story Unlikely, The Dillydoun Review, QuibbleLit and YourTango, among many more publications. Plus, one of Lynne’s creative nonfiction essays was a finalist in the Annie Dillard Creative Nonfiction contest at Bellingham Review. Lynne teaches writing around the world, leads writers retreats and facilitates The Writers Community (an intimate 6-month cohort). She also fuses her Marketing expertise with her Writing background in webinars and masterminds focused on arming writers with the tools to market their work and build consistent author brands. A former Fulbright Specialist, Lynne graduated from University of Michigan (BA, Communications/English) and Goddard College (MFA, Writing). She is the mother of four young adults and lives in Huntington Woods, Michigan.

Learn more about Lynne | lynnegolodner.com
Learn more about Scotia Road Books | scotiaroadbooks.com

Follow Lynn: Instagram: @lynnegolodner | Facebook: @lynnegolo | Twitter: @yourpeople

Identity & Tenacity with Nicole Blades

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03/07/23 • 32 min

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“You have to really bet on yourself and believe... For me, writing is a vocation. I don't believe that there's anything else that I would do with the same amount of dedication and the same amount of passion because it feels like this is what I'm here to do.”

On today’s episode, Suzanne talks to Nicole Blades about identity and the tenacity it takes to write novel and run a marathon.

About Our Guest:
Nicole Blades is a novelist, speaker and journalist. With 20 years in the journalism game, Nicole's work has been published in The New York Times, Runner’s World, Women’s Health, Good Housekeeping, Health, MarieClaire.com, and more. Her three novels, HAVE YOU MET NORA?, THE THUNDER BENEATH US, and EARTH’S WATERS, are out there moving around in this world at bookstores and libraries and on people’s bookshelves, which continues to make her heart sing.

Learn more about Nicole | NicoleBlades.com

Follow Nicole: Instagram: @nicole_blades | TikTok: @just_blades | Twitter: @NicoleBlades

Letting Go of Plans with Jolie Jenkins

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02/28/23 • 26 min

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“I've found a lot of magic and fun in the [surrender]. Just working to really create something in a moment or a scene or in a role, where I'm trying to make my co-star laugh, there's so much more lightness about it. It's a good life lesson.”

Actress Jolie Jenkins talks to Suzanne about going with the flow, surrendering to the process, and to surrendering life in general.

About Our Guest:
Jolie has performed all her life. She started working professionally in musical theatre during high school and then moved to NYC to sing and dance. Her fave shows while there include The Who's Tommy on Broadway and The Fantasticks off-Broadway. She moved to LA at age 24 and has been consistently working in TV ever since. She's done a lot of guest stars, commercials, comedies, dramas, many pilots that never saw the light of day. For many years she wrote a blog called Joeycake about food and living in crazy Los Angeles, and several mostly comedic essays for the Huffington Post. She is most recently known for the Netflix family hit, "Alexa & Katie" and currently can be seen on Nickelodeon's "The Really Loud House," which is a live-action version of the popular cartoon "The Loud House". She plays the mom of 11 kids, but in reality, she just has 2:) Louie and Hugo, ages 8 and 4. Jolie also does voiceover and teaches acting in her spare time.

Follow Jolie on Instagram | @joliejenkins

Saying Yes to New Challenges with Zuzana Lova

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02/21/23 • 24 min

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“She asked me if I would want to direct [this documentary], and I said yes, even though I never directed a thing before and I didn’t know what I was saying yes to."
Documentary film director Zuzana Lova talks to Suzanne about career transitions, learning new skills on the job, the challenges of shooting a documentary on a tight budget, and what it’s like to direct a film that took almost 8 years to make...
Learn more about the documentary She Is... | sheisdocumentary.orgOn Instagram | @sheis_powerfulLearn more about the non-profit She Is... | sheispowerful.org

Writing the Story That Wants to Be Written with Robin Finn

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02/14/23 • 28 min

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" It's a practice to learn how to open the portal and let what wants to be written out. That is a process. But there's this other place where you get into your mind and you discern like, is this something I wanna share? Is this writing just for me?"
Suzanne’s guest, Robin Finn, shares insight on some of the challenges of being in the early stages of a new writing project and offers unique take on writing the story that wants to be told.
About Our Guest:
Robin Finn is an award-winning writer, teacher, and coach, and the founder and creator of Heart. Soul. Pen.,® a Los Angeles-based course blending writing and radical self-expression for women, and Hot WritingTM where midlife inspires the desire to say what you mean without apologizing. She brings her unique background in spiritual psychology, public health, and writing to everything she does.
Learn more about Robin | robinfinn.com

The Healing Power of Music with Maggie Wheeler

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02/07/23 • 26 min

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In part two of our conversation, actress Maggie Wheeler talks about her work as a singer/songwriter and her workshops that help communities and individuals heal through singing.
“I act for my supper and I sing for my soul.”
**Listen to Part 1 this interview on Spotify or Apple Podcasts.
About Our Guest:
Maggie Wheeler is best known in the U.S and internationally for her work as an actress in film, television and voice-over and most notably as the character of Janice on NBC’s hit series Friends.
Maggie is a passionate singer, songwriter, choir director and workshop facilitator. She has been teaching her vocal workshop "Singing In The Stream" for over 30 years at retreat centers, universities, communities and schools to provide the experience of creating interpersonal harmony and internal harmony through the powerful act of creating vocal harmony.
Maggie directs the 100-voice Golden Bridge Community Choir in Hollywood, an inter-generational, non-auditioned choir now in its 16th year. She is a prolific songwriter with a catalog of powerful and timely songs that have been sung by choirs worldwide. Maggie’s original music for choirs and communities is available on Apple Music and other music platforms. To accompany her CD entitled 'Walk With Me’, Maggie has created a songbook available by request through her website www.goldenbridgechoir.com
Throughout this time of change, Maggie has hosted a weekly online community gathering called Together In Song, bringing together over 4,000 people from around the world to join in the healing power of singing.
To learn more about Maggie’s work, visit: www.goldenbridgechoir.com and maggiewheeler.net

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How many episodes does Character Development with Suzanne Nugent have?

Character Development with Suzanne Nugent currently has 14 episodes available.

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The podcast is about Writer, Artist, Filmmaker, Creativity, Author, Podcasts and Arts.

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The episode title 'Bringing Fiction into Real Life with KJ Dell'Antonia' is the most popular.

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The average episode length on Character Development with Suzanne Nugent is 29 minutes.

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The first episode of Character Development with Suzanne Nugent was released on Nov 19, 2022.

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