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Creative Practice as an Act of Faith
 • Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer
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Episode 117: Tim Kreider on the Artist at Midlife
 • Christie Aschwanden
2
Putting Our Fear to Use in Our Creative Practice
 • Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer
Writing the Book You're Meant to Write
 • Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer
4
How the Story You Tell Matters
 • Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer
2
Permission to Go Through Our Own Fumbling
 • Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer
15:54
Episode 140 Bonus: Lisa S. Gardiner on the Sticky Notes Method
“Being sincere, being yourself builds trust with the reader,” says Lisa S.
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Christie Aschwanden
30:55
Episode 140: Lisa S. Gardiner on Learning From the Past
How can looking at the past help us understand what to do about a current crisis?
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Christie Aschwanden
2
Discovering the Story as We Write the Story
How science writer Lisa S. Gardiner combines exploration with explanation
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Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer
2
18:43
Episode 139 Bonus: Adam Becker on Getting Your Butt in the Chair
Unlike many writers, Adam Becker doesn’t suffer from writer’s block.
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Christie Aschwanden
3
31:57
Episode 139: Adam Becker on Why Doubt is a Strength
What happens when the subject of your creative practice scares you?
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Christie Aschwanden
2
Putting Our Fear to Use in Our Creative Practice
Adam Becker on Standing Up to Bullsh**
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Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer
12:35
Episode 138 Bonus: Bil Lepp on Repsonding to an Audience in Real Time
Knowing your audience is everything for a storyteller, and sometimes that information comes in real time.
 • 
Christie Aschwanden
27:24
Episode 138: Bil Lepp on Humor and Storytelling
Humor for the joy of it is reason enough, but in this episode we speak with storyteller Bil Lepp about how humor might also be a way to earn trust with…
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Christie Aschwanden
2
The Art of Storytelling
Bil Lepp on bringing in humor and our common humanity
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Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer
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A newsletter about creativity from Christie Aschwanden and Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer, makers of Emerging Form, a podcast about the creative process.
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