More like Writers With No Downtime, am I right?

Seriously, we’re super busy. The second year of the MFA has been crazy in ways the three of us would never have anticipated last year. But we’re here, and WWD 5 is ready for your mental consumption.

In this episode, we focus on the biggest question that people ask writers: where do you get your ideas? Kai brings in some interesting applications for theories of social capital, Ashley finds metaphoric connections between otherwise unrelated things for nonfiction essays, and Ben discusses the genesis of two of his books. Of course, Star Wars and Harry Potter both play prominent roles in the discussion.

Also in this episode, we issue our first ever WWD Writing Challenge. The idea: hit STUMBLE on StumbleUpon three times, giving us three totally unrelated elements. These were our results:

Club Music Stick Figures The Solar System

The task: write something incorporating and linking these three things. However we want to play that, whether a novella or a prose poem, we’re each going to write something with those three things and share them on the next show. If you’d like to share what you come up with, email us at wwdmailbag[at]gmail[dot]com and we’ll read it on the next podcast.

So sit back, relax, and enjoy.

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