An Author’s Mission to Make Her Readers Belly Laugh
Working14 Jul 2024

An Author’s Mission to Make Her Readers Belly Laugh

This week, host Isaac Butler talks to Sally Franson, the author of two novels: A Lady’s Guide to Selling Out and the brand new release Big in Sweden, which was inspired by her real-life experience as a contestant on a Swedish reality competition show. In the interview, Sally digs into the challenges of writing her second novel and the realizations that got her unstuck. She also talks about her practice of plotting novels on gigantic pieces of butcher paper, her preference for writing under a deadline, and her decision to take clowning classes as part of a mission to write side-splittingly funny fiction.


After the interview, Isaac and co-host Ronald Young Jr. talk about reality TV, writing productivity exercises, and some of the challenges of the creative IP economy.


In the exclusive Slate Plus segment, Sally and Isaac talk about a specific fiction device that always makes them laugh.


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Podcast production by Cameron Drews.


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