DiscoverWriting Excuses20.04: Metaphor 1 - Puppetry
20.04: Metaphor 1 - Puppetry

20.04: Metaphor 1 - Puppetry

Update: 2025-01-26
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For our 20th season, we are focusing on this belief: that the lived experience that we all have affects the way we think about writing. We’ve all heard Mary Robinette talk about puppetry for seventeen (or so) seasons. Today, she dives into puppetry as a metaphor that helps her understand writing– specifically character, voice, and genre. And she invites you to start thinking about metaphors you can use and make in your own life to help you think about writing in a new way. 

Homework: Watch a puppet show. 

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Credits: Your hosts for this episode were Mary Robinette Kowal, DongWon Song, and Howard Tayler. It was produced by Emma Reynolds, recorded by Marshall Carr, Jr., and mastered by Alex Jackson.

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20.04: Metaphor 1 - Puppetry

20.04: Metaphor 1 - Puppetry

Mary Robinette Kowal, DongWon Song, Erin Roberts, Dan Wells, and Howard Tayler

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