Never Say You Can't Survive: How to Get Through Hard Times by Making Up Stories

Written by Charlie Jane Anders

Narrated by Charlie Jane Anders

"Part memoir, part pep talk, the timely and inspirational guide for listeners and writers alike exudes Anders's colloquial and casual presence." - AudioFile Magazine

This program is read by the author.

From Charlie Jane Anders, the award-winning author of novels such as All the Birds in the Sky and The City in the Middle of the Night, this is one of the most practical guides to storytelling that you will ever hear.

The world is on fire.
So tell your story.

Things are scary right now. We’re all being swept along by a tidal wave of history, and it’s easy to feel helpless. But we’re not helpless: we have minds, and imaginations, and the ability to visualize other worlds and valiant struggles. And writing can be an act of resistance that reminds us that other futures and other ways of living are possible.

Full of memoir, personal anecdote, and insight about how to flourish during the present emergency, Never Say You Can’t Survive is the perfect manual for creativity in unprecedented times.

A Macmillan Audio production from Tordotcom

• Language: English
• Publisher: Macmillan Audio
• Release date: Aug 17, 2021
• ISBN: 9781250830777

Charlie Jane Anders

Charlie Jane Anders is the author of the Unstoppable trilogy, which begins with Victories Greater Than Death. Her previous novels include, All the Birds in the Sky – which appeared on Time Magazines list of 10 best novels of 2016 and won the Nebula, Crawford, and Locus Awards – and Choir Boy, which won a Lambda Literary Award. She's also the author of a short story collection called Even Greater Mistakes. Her short fiction has appeared in Tor.com, Boston Review, Tin House, Conjunctions, The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Wired Magazine, Slate, Asimov's Science Fiction, Lightspeed, ZYZZYVA, Catamaran Literary Review, McSweeney's Internet Tendency and tons of anthologies. Her story "Six Months, Three Days" won a Hugo Award, and her story "Don't Press Charges And I Won't Sue" won a Theodore Sturgeon Award. With Annalee Newitz, Charlie Jane also co-hosts the three-time Hugo Award-winning podcast Our Opinions Are Correct.