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Writing the Wrong Way is the perfect podcast for serious writers who want to stand out in a crowded industry by becoming more productive while taking more artistic risks. Jonathan Ball is an award-winning author of dark, experimental artworks. He holds a PhD in creative writing and uses an analytical approach to show serious writers new ways to write, edit, and work so they can create innovative art that stands taller than the crowd. https://www.strangerfication.ca/

Writing the Wrong Way with Jonathan Ball, PhD Writing the Wrong Way with Jonathan Ball, PhD

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    • 4.9 • 7 Ratings

Writing the Wrong Way is the perfect podcast for serious writers who want to stand out in a crowded industry by becoming more productive while taking more artistic risks. Jonathan Ball is an award-winning author of dark, experimental artworks. He holds a PhD in creative writing and uses an analytical approach to show serious writers new ways to write, edit, and work so they can create innovative art that stands taller than the crowd. https://www.strangerfication.ca/

    Breaking out of the Pandemic Funk with "Fearless" Fred Kennedy

    Breaking out of the Pandemic Funk with "Fearless" Fred Kennedy

    Jonathan welcomes “Fearless” Fred Kennedy to talk about his Image comic Dead Romans and how he dug out of his pandemic-induced creative funk.

    Pick up the latest copy of Dead Romans here: https://imagecomics.com/comics/series/dead-romans

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    • 56 min
    Self-Employment and Isolation with Elena Sturk-Lussier

    Self-Employment and Isolation with Elena Sturk-Lussier

    Jonathan welcomes Uniter columnist Elena Sturk-Lussier to talk about their recent piece on the isolation of self-employment and freelance work.

    Read more of Elena's columns: https://uniter.ca/author/elena-sturk-lussier

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    • 52 min
    How to stay motivated with GMB Chomichuk and Lyndon Radchenka

    How to stay motivated with GMB Chomichuk and Lyndon Radchenka

    Jonathan welcomes studio-mates Gregory and Lyndon to talk about how they stay motivated to continue creating when the work is not progressing well.

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    • 50 min
    Exposing yourself to feedback with Justin Currie and Lyndon Radchenka

    Exposing yourself to feedback with Justin Currie and Lyndon Radchenka

    Jonathan welcomes Justin Currie, a.k.a. Chasing Artwork, and Lyndon "The Letterer" Radchenka to talk about the risk and reward of building yourself a reliable feedback loop in your writing.

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    • 47 min
    Tara Cole-McCaffrey on Developing Your Style

    Tara Cole-McCaffrey on Developing Your Style

    Jonathan welcomes professional stylist Tara Cole-McCaffrey to talk about how to create your own personal writing style.

    You can see more of Tara's style at https://patronofdreams.com/

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    • 1 hr 2 min
    On shooting an independent horror movie

    On shooting an independent horror movie

    Jonathan welcomes friend and frequent collaborator GMB Chomichuk to share his thoughts on the indie filmmaking process immediately after they wrapped production on The Princess and the Dragon, a terrifying horror take coming soon to a screen near you!

    For more of GMB Chomichuk's work: https://www.gmbchomichuk.ca/



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    • 37 min

Customer Reviews

4.9 out of 5
7 Ratings

7 Ratings

iron buddha ,

phenomenally fun and fantastically free

all these years, i’ve been attempting to produce manuscripts with the eraser end of my pencils. imagine that! now, thankfully, i’ve switched to the graphite end, and suddenly my work is legible- and i owe it all to mr. Ball. thank you for the tip, as it were! haha!

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