November 15, 2014 Leave a Comment

Exclusive Content for Subscribers

Last night my wife and I went to see Christopher Nolan’s new film, Interstellar. Our discussion afterwards about the problems in Interstellar‘s plot inspired me to create an exclusive podcast for subscribers to The Comic Muse Email Newsletter.

In the podcast, I use Interstellar to zip you through the basics of storytelling structure. Just 15 minutes and you’ll have completed your mission to a new storytelling galaxy.

Don’t get left on the ground! Enjoy the podcast by signing up right here for The Comic Muse Email Newsletter. It’s FREE!

I'm Ready for the Turning Point

Also, please keep in mind that throughout November I am presenting a series of posts at danielmcinerny.com which will itself comprise a very brief introduction to storytelling structure, a series I’m calling THE HAPPINESS PLOT. It’s perfect for fiction writers of all kinds as well as writers of narrative non-fiction, not to mention those doing work in brand storytelling.

I hope you’ll stop by and that you’ll sign up for The Comic Muse Email Newsletter and enjoy the exclusive content.

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October 11, 2014 Leave a Comment

Flannery O’Connor, “Writing Short Stories”

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“For the writer of fiction, everything has its testing point in the eye.” –Flannery O’Connor, “Writing Short Stories”

Today The Comic Muse Podcast returns with a short introduction to Flannery O’Connor’s marvelous essay, “Writing Short Stories,” from her posthumous collection, Mystery and Manners.

In this audio hors d’oeuvre, you’ll hear

  • O’Connor’s definition of “story”
  • Whether O’Connor approached her writing as a “plotter” (someone who outlines everything before proceeding) or a “pantser” (a seat-of-the-pants writer who concocts fiction one sentence at a time)
  • About the genesis of O’Connor’s hilariously disturbing short story, “Good Country People”
  • O’Connor’s insistence that fiction operate through the senses
  • How the writer’s judgment, his sense of the mystery of existence, operates through vision

I hope you enjoy the podcast and that you’ll continue the discussion in the com boxes here at danielmcinerny.com or directly to my email at [email protected].

 

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