Alligator Hunting and Why Shaun Is Gone, Plus New DUDE NO Podcast Preview
So, Shaun is off in Florida HUNTING ALLIGATORS (!) leaving me alone to podcast, which means that all the talent is gone! I explain that in the podcast, but this whole episode is short and sweet. And i...
30 Aug 20227min
The Enchanted
Hey, thanks for listening to Carrie Does Poems. These podcasts and more writing tips are at Carrie’s website, carriejonesbooks.blog. There’s also a donation button there. Even a dollar inspires a happ...
29 Aug 20221min
It is Super Natural: Four Basic Elements To Your Story
Hey! It's quick writing tip time and this go around it's all about motivation reaction units and the four elements of structure. To read all the transcript, head over to https://carriejonesbooks.blog...
24 Aug 20226min
Dogs Cry Happy Tears When You Come Home Maybe We Should Too
This week's episode is all about dogs that cry happy tears when their people come home; how social media is potentially messing up teens; and how empathy is a badass super power that needs to swoop in...
23 Aug 202219min
When I Was Born They Thought I Was Blind
Hi! This year (2022), I’ve decided to share a poem on my blog and podcast and read it aloud. It’s all a part of my quest to be brave and apparently the things that I’m scared about still include: My...
22 Aug 20222min
Desire vs danger, it's what your story is about
Dwight Swain has a book, The Techniques of a Selling Writer, and there’s a chapter (well many) that talk about story structure, but one specifically begins like this: Swain“All stories are ‘about’ the...
17 Aug 20226min
Do NOT hide in a stuffed bear when running from the cops and where the hell is the empathy, you jerks
“You can’t love someone or something without relating to its existence,” says musician Pharrell Williams in a MasterClass about empathy. “In order to relate, you have to empathize.” For Williams, it’s...
16 Aug 202222min
The Hurricane
Thanks for being here with me and cheering me on, and I hope that you can become braver this year, too! "The Hurricane" The workers at the Hole in the Wall catalogue their friends’ losses to the group...
15 Aug 20221min
