Listen "Reading and Writing Fiction Expands Your Thinking -- with Chris Walker"
Episode Synopsis
Watch the episode on YouTube -- https://youtu.be/xNaqmeugIzc
How do you find the time to read and write? Fiction or nonfiction? How do you come up with ideas for your stories? Do English language exam preparation courses really teach writing? English teacher, writer, and editor (of the International House Journal) Chris Walker joins me in one of the most insightful conversations about writing I've ever had. Enjoy!
Links
Get Chris' books -- https://www.amazon.co.uk/stores/Christopher-Walker/author/B01N80YT77
The blog post I mentioned -- https://fabiocerpelloni.com/read-like-a-writer/
The blog post I read out -- https://fabiocerpelloni.com/exams/
Any Language You Want (my book) -- https://fabiocerpelloni.com/any-language-you-want/
My group for non-native English writers (opening soon) -- https://fabiocerpelloni.com/rga/
Other books we mentioned:
The Penguin History of The Second World War
2666 by Roberto Bolano
The Pillars of Hercules by Paul Theroux
Someday Is Today by Matthew Dicks
The Secret Lives of Somerset Maugham by Selina Hastings
Earthly Powers by Anthony Burgess
Consider the Lobster by David Foster Wallace
The English Verb by Michael Lewis
100 Ways to Improve Your Writing by Gary Provost
Chapters
00:00 Intro
02:00 Why Writing
06:11 Fiction vs Nonfiction (Pt.1)
09:56 Finding Writing Ideas
16:07 Chris' Writing Approach
25:29 Reviews & Amazon
30:42 Finding the Time to Write
39:23 Being an Editor
42.52 Fiction vs Nonfiction (Pt.2)
50:54 Useful Writing Strategies
54:30 English Is a Simple Language
59:32 English Exams vs Writing
01:09:12 Tips for Non-Native English Writers
01:15:24 Bye Bye
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Visit my website: https://fabiocerpelloni.com/
How do you find the time to read and write? Fiction or nonfiction? How do you come up with ideas for your stories? Do English language exam preparation courses really teach writing? English teacher, writer, and editor (of the International House Journal) Chris Walker joins me in one of the most insightful conversations about writing I've ever had. Enjoy!
Links
Get Chris' books -- https://www.amazon.co.uk/stores/Christopher-Walker/author/B01N80YT77
The blog post I mentioned -- https://fabiocerpelloni.com/read-like-a-writer/
The blog post I read out -- https://fabiocerpelloni.com/exams/
Any Language You Want (my book) -- https://fabiocerpelloni.com/any-language-you-want/
My group for non-native English writers (opening soon) -- https://fabiocerpelloni.com/rga/
Other books we mentioned:
The Penguin History of The Second World War
2666 by Roberto Bolano
The Pillars of Hercules by Paul Theroux
Someday Is Today by Matthew Dicks
The Secret Lives of Somerset Maugham by Selina Hastings
Earthly Powers by Anthony Burgess
Consider the Lobster by David Foster Wallace
The English Verb by Michael Lewis
100 Ways to Improve Your Writing by Gary Provost
Chapters
00:00 Intro
02:00 Why Writing
06:11 Fiction vs Nonfiction (Pt.1)
09:56 Finding Writing Ideas
16:07 Chris' Writing Approach
25:29 Reviews & Amazon
30:42 Finding the Time to Write
39:23 Being an Editor
42.52 Fiction vs Nonfiction (Pt.2)
50:54 Useful Writing Strategies
54:30 English Is a Simple Language
59:32 English Exams vs Writing
01:09:12 Tips for Non-Native English Writers
01:15:24 Bye Bye
***
Visit my website: https://fabiocerpelloni.com/
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