NEW PODCAST -- LES AND JACK ON WRITING--UNCENSORED
Hi folks,
I’ve teamed up with fellow writerJack Holland and we’ve created a podcast on writing I hope you’ll tune into andgive a listen. It’s called “Les and Jack on Writing.” (Catchy title, eh?)
Here’s the setup: Jack is a studentin my online writing class, “Les Edgerton’s Bootcamp for Writers.” For the past29 years, Jack has worked as a screenwriter and playwright in L.A. Last year hedecided to write his first novel and joined my class. While possessing a vastknowledge in the film business, he found out quickly that writing fiction is amuch different enterprise. He moved to Ft. Wayne for two reasons. His lovelywife Kim is from here originally and contacted some health problems thatnecessitated leaving California and he had two options—his home in NYC andKim’s home in Ft. Wayne. The deciding factor, he told me was that he’d beenreading my craft book HOOKED for several years and discovered this was where Ilived so they decided to become Hoosiers so he could study directly with me andKim could be close to her own family. Very flattering! This week will be histhird session with the class and he’s come a long, long way!
We decided to come up with adifferent format for the podcast. What we’re doing is chatting as friend tofriend and as student to mentor and work each week on his novel. Already, Jackhas made several dramatic breakthroughs and his novel improves by leaps andbounds each week. We’re both very excited about the direction it’s taking. And,we both immediately saw the value our conversations could have for otherwriters, both those relatively newcomers to writing fiction as well as seasonedprofessionals. Also, because of Jack’s background in the movie and theatrebusiness, each week I learn a lot about how that business works and others willfind his insights both entertaining and valuable.
In short, we feel we’re creating aproduct that will prove valuable to both tyros and seasoned vets. We’ve alreadypicked up some listeners and subscribers whose names many of you willrecognize.
From time to time, we plan to havefolks from both the current class as well as former members joining in ourconversations. As more than three dozen past attendees have published theirnovels written in class—in several cases, multiple novels—you’ll be treated tosome downright talented folks.
It is with great expectations wewelcome you to tune in and also contribute in the comments each week. It willsometimes get raucous—our class is called a “bootcamp” for a reason. We simplytell it like it is and strive to always be honest and at times that hurtspeople’s feelings. Sorry… but not sorry. If a teacher isn’t honest inevaluating a writer’s work, it’s the cruelest thing he can do. We tell folks what’swrong but we also tell them why and how to fix it. There’s a lot of pure-dbullshit floating around out there… We aim to keep the smell down…
Hope we see you!
Places to hear Jack’s and mypodcast.
https://www.iheart.com/podcast/338-les-and-jack-on-writing-un-114254064/
https://lesandjack.podbean.com/
We’ve got about half a dozen shows out there and aimto post at least one new one per week.
Blue skies,
Les and Jack
