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How #1 NY Times Bestselling Author Ruta Sepetys Writes
FromThe Writer Files: Writing, Productivity, Creativity, and Neuroscience
How #1 NY Times Bestselling Author Ruta Sepetys Writes
FromThe Writer Files: Writing, Productivity, Creativity, and Neuroscience
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34 minutes
Released:
May 5, 2023
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Podcast episode
Description
#1 New York Times bestselling author, Ruta Sepetys, spoke to me about what she learned in the music industry, the secrets to strong, vivid writing, and her non-fiction debut YOU: THE STORY: A Writer’s Guide to Craft Through Memory.
Ruta Sepetys is the award-winning and internationally acclaimed, #1 New York Times bestselling author of historical fiction published in over sixty countries and forty languages. Her acclaimed “crossover” YA literature includes the Carnegie Medal-winning Salt to the Sea.
Her latest is the creative guide to writing, You: The Story: A Writer’s Guide to Craft Through Memory, which “... provides aspiring writers with a roadmap to crafting compelling stories by encouraging them to look inward and excavate their own memories in order to discover authentic voices and compelling details.”
In a starred review Booklist said of the book, “Part writing guide, part memoir, Sepetys’ fresh, fun handbook is all inspiration.”
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In this file, Ruta Sepetys and I discussed:
What she learned about storytelling working in the music industry
Why she’s drawn to underrepresented stories and “history in hiding”
How to discover the Four Hs of the "excitement of life"
Her intensive research process for each book
Why writers need to examine their own lives for authenticity
And a lot more!
Show Notes:
rutasepetys.com
You: The Story: A Writer's Guide to Craft Through Memory by Ruta Sepetys (Amazon)
Ruta Sepetys Amazon Author Page
Ruta Sepetys on Instagram
Ruta Sepetys on Twitter
Kelton Reid on Twitter
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Ruta Sepetys is the award-winning and internationally acclaimed, #1 New York Times bestselling author of historical fiction published in over sixty countries and forty languages. Her acclaimed “crossover” YA literature includes the Carnegie Medal-winning Salt to the Sea.
Her latest is the creative guide to writing, You: The Story: A Writer’s Guide to Craft Through Memory, which “... provides aspiring writers with a roadmap to crafting compelling stories by encouraging them to look inward and excavate their own memories in order to discover authentic voices and compelling details.”
In a starred review Booklist said of the book, “Part writing guide, part memoir, Sepetys’ fresh, fun handbook is all inspiration.”
[Discover The Writer Files Extra: Get 'The Writer Files' Podcast Delivered Straight to Your Inbox at writerfiles.fm]
[If you’re a fan of The Writer Files, please click FOLLOW to automatically see new interviews. And drop us a rating or a review wherever you listen]
In this file, Ruta Sepetys and I discussed:
What she learned about storytelling working in the music industry
Why she’s drawn to underrepresented stories and “history in hiding”
How to discover the Four Hs of the "excitement of life"
Her intensive research process for each book
Why writers need to examine their own lives for authenticity
And a lot more!
Show Notes:
rutasepetys.com
You: The Story: A Writer's Guide to Craft Through Memory by Ruta Sepetys (Amazon)
Ruta Sepetys Amazon Author Page
Ruta Sepetys on Instagram
Ruta Sepetys on Twitter
Kelton Reid on Twitter
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Released:
May 5, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
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