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There’s no one “right” way to write. All writers have our go-to moves as well as the things that just don’t work for us the way they do for others. And what works today isn’t guaranteed to work tomorrow. But most of us do have something we carry from project to project. This is a show about those somethings, as novelists Ted Fox (SCHOOLED, DATE WEEK) and Lindsay Lewis (IT’S A BUSINESS DOING PLEASURE WITH YOU) talk with other writers about the craft of writing through the lens of a specific question: What’s your best writing tip?
*Note: From May 2023 to January 2026, this podcast was called Working Drafts.
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Ted and Lindsay are joined by Carol Davis, whose novel, Restoration—which Dave Eggers has called “intimate, vivid, and deeply felt”—will be published by Rise Books later this month. A writer, researcher, and archivist, she tells us about the book, a literary novel that is also her debut, and how it grew out of a short story about a mother and daughter arguing with each other that Carol wrote a number of years ago. She then shares her best writing tip, a way to start your writing day away fro...
Ted and Lindsay are joined by Alisa Dean, whose debut novel, The Jezebel List, earned a starred review from Publishers Weekly and will be published later this month by Alcove Press. Alisa tells us about the book, which she describes as possibly the first-ever religious trauma rom-com, and how she started to write creatively again after over a decade away due to severe anxiety. She then shares her best writing tip, advice that’s sure to resonate with anyone who has ever doubted whether their o...
Past guest Lindsay Lewis returns to the show to join Ted for a special announcement, which directly affects whether "past guest" is still the most appropriate way to introduce her. Trust us--it will all make sense after like 60 seconds. For Lindsay's upcoming book tour dates, visit lindsaylewiswrites.com.
Ted is joined by Lindsay Lewis, who fell in love with books when she realized she could escape algebra class by peeking at the romance novel hidden on her lap. Now she entertains herself by making the characters in her head kiss. Her debut novel, a sports rom-com titled It’s a Business Doing Pleasure With You, will be published by Alcove Press this August. Lindsay tells us about the book and why she aims to give readers a sense of found sisterhood through her work before she and Ted bond over...
Ted is joined by Marc S. Perlman, whose debut novel, The Riddle of the Trees, was published this March, more than a decade after he first conceived of it while biking through the Belavezskaya Forest from Poland to Belarus. Marc gives us an overview of the book, an espionage thriller, and the role that place played in inspiring its writing before offering his best writing tip, which he first heard articulated by the legendary Ken Follett and involves the strategic sprinkling of unresolved deta...
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