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The Creative Nonfiction Podcast with Brendan O'Meara Brendan O'Meara
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The Creative Nonfiction Podcast with Brendan O'Meara is a weekly podcast that showcases leaders in narrative journalism, essay, memoir, documentary film, radio and podcasts about the art and craft of telling true stories. Follow the show @creativenonfictionpodcast on Instagram and Threads and visit patreon.com/cnfpod to support!
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Episode 416: A Lifelong Search for Voice with Acamea Deadwiler
Acamea Deadwiler is an essayist and memoirist and the author of Daddy's Little Stranger.
This is a really rich conversation about how her book was once a collection of essays, but she had to rewrite it as a more cohesive memoir, finding voice, breaking down a piece of writing like game tape, and what playing basketball and getting cut taught her about a career in writing.
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Episode 415: Sam Jefferies, Hammering Out Screed
Sam Jefferies is the author of Legacy on Ice: Blake Geoffrion and the Fastest Game on Earth (Univ. of Wisconsin Press).
Sam talks about how he built scenes, folded in the book writing and reporting around his family and day job, listening to tape on commutes to get the material into his bloodstream, and maintaining a sense of individual style without exhausting the reader.
Newsletter: Rage Against the Algorithm [https://rageagainstthealgorithm.beehiiv.com/]
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Episode 414: John Rosengren on Cuts, Note Taking, and Darkness for The Atavist
John Rosengren is a journalist based out of Minnesota whose "Anatomy of a Murder" marks Issue 151 for The Atavist Magazine.
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Episode 413: Young Woman and the Sea, from Book to Movie
Glenn Stout is the author of Young Woman and the Sea: How Trudy Ederle Conquered the English Channel and Inspired the World. It's now out in movie theaters and re-issued as a movie tie-in paperback by Mariner Books.
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Show notes: brendanomeara.com [http://brendanomeara.com/]
Social: @creativenonfiction podcast on IG and Threads
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Episode 412: Leaving the Emotional Moments Unsaid with Lilly Dancyger
Lilly Dancyger (@lillydancyger) is a writer and editor whose latest book is First Love: Essays on Friendship (Dial Press).
In this episode Lilly talks about her trepidation around writing a true-crime memoir, braided essays, book marketing, and when to let the emotion of the moment do the talking.
Newsletter: Rage Against the Algorithm [https://rageagainstthealgorithm.beehiiv.com/]
Show notes: brendanomeara.com [http://brendanomeara.com/]
Social: @creativenonfiction podcast on IG and Threads
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Episode 411: The Heart Part and Big Dreams with Isa Adney
Isa Adney (@isaadney) is a writer and documentary producer and the author of The Little Book of Big Dreams: True Stories About People Who Followed a Spark (She Writes Press).
Newsletter: Rage Against the Algorithm [https://rageagainstthealgorithm.beehiiv.com/]
Show notes: brendanomeara.com [http://brendanomeara.com/]
Social: @creativenonfiction podcast on IG and Threads
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Customer Reviews
Best non-fiction writing podcast on the planet
This is by far the best podcast on the craft of non fiction writing. An experienced writer himself, passionate about the craft of non-fiction, Brendan goes in-depth with authors on the craft - structure, research, voice, story-telling. There are many podcasts on writing habits and mindset and so few that explore the craft - this one does. It’s in-depth, crazy, earnest, and intelligent all at once.
Thanks from Australia
Hi Brendan, I'm a regular listener from Australia. Have picked up so much over the time I've been listening. Really enjoyed the second Susan Orlean one. SW
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