Nefertiti Austin - Author of Motherhood So White
12/19/19 • 24 min
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Elissa Bassist - Essayist, Humor Writer, & Editor at The Rumpus
“Read, read, read! Read all the time!” - Elissa Bassist
This week, Sara interviews essayist, humor writer, and editor Elissa Bassist on her writing process.
In this episode, we discuss:
- Writing one good sentence
- What the first goal should be for any professional writer
- What’s changed since her letter to Dear Sugar (Cheryl Strayed)
- And more!
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This Week’s Writing Prompt
Each week the featured author offers a writing prompt for you to use at home. I suggest setting a timer for 6 or 8 minutes, putting the writing prompt at the top of your page, and free writing whatever comes to mind. Remember, the important part is keeping your pen moving. You can always edit later. Right now we just want to write something new and see what happens.
This week’s writing prompt is: Tell me what you do not want people you knew in high school to read about you.
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Julia Kolchinsky Dasbach - Author of The Many Names for Mother
Poet Julia Kolchinsky Dasbach emigrated from Ukraine as a Jewish refugee when she was six years old. She shares two poems; one of them Hanukkah-themed.
In this episode, we discuss her writing process, and
- How many rejections her first manuscript received
- Are more submissions better?
- How parenting affects her writing practice
- And more!
If you’re a new listener to Fierce Womxn Writing, I would love to hear from you. Please visit my Contact Page and tell me about your writing challenges.
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- Her poetry collection, The Many Names for Mother, is available now
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- Visit QuillsEdge Press (dedicated to the poetry of womxn over 40) and submit for their next anthology
- Learn more about We Need Diverse Books, whose mission is to put more diverse books into the hands of all children
This Week’s Writing Prompt
Each week the featured author offers a writing prompt for you to use at home. I suggest setting a timer for 6 or 8 minutes, putting the writing prompt at the top of your page, and free writing whatever comes to mind. Remember, the important part is keeping your pen moving. You can always edit later. Right now we just want to write something new and see what happens.
This week’s writing prompt is: Write a poem that uses a foreign language and plays with the way it enters into the English. Use it to make music or meaning or a little bit of both. Use it to play.
Explore these Womxn Authors
In this episode, the author recommended these womxn writers:
- Kelly Grace Thomas, author of Boat Burned
- Luisa Muradyan, author of American Radiance
- Maya Jewell Zeller, author of Yesterday, the Bees
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Check Out More Fierce Womxn Writing Programming
- Episode 3: Nefertiti Austin - Author of Motherhood So White: A Memoir of Race, Gender, and Parenting in America
- Episode 2: Elissa Bassist - essayist, humor writer, and editor at The Rumpus
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