"It all has to come from within. So we each have to be in conversation with ourselves and with the work. It's really a relationship, not a project," says Ramona Ausubel, author of Unstuck: A Writer's Guide.
Today we have Ramona Ausubel, author of Unstuck: A Writer’s Guide. It’s published by Tin House.
Ramona’s curriculum vitae is pretty dope. She’s the author of the novels The Last Animal, Sons and Daughters of East and Plenty and No One is Here Except All of Us and the craft book Unstuck: 101 Doorways Leading from the Blank Page to the Last Page.
Had a TON of fun with this one and it’s a craft bomb.
Ramona’s work has appeared in The New Yorker, Tin House, The New York Times, Electric Literature, and The Paris Review online. She has taught with Tin House, Bread Loaf, and she’s a professor at Colorado State University.
This is a really fun and really crafty chat. We talk about:
Why people want to be writers in the first place
The people who stick around
Coming up with ways through
It's a relationship not a project
No writing is ever wasted
Nobody needs a kind-of-written book
Submission clubs
The offering is the action
Community
Shame, doubt, and envy
Lifelong process of voice
Inviting in other influences
When querying asking 'who will you be?'
Platform
You can learn more about Ramona at ramonaausubel.com and follow her on Instagram @ramonaausubel.
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