The Epilogue…
The Epilogue...
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Join us each episode for an exploration of story with a different author, as we go deep into the writing craft. The Epilogue...is an interview show that focuses on the art of writing with your favorite writers and storytellers. Writing is art. Writing is science.
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Explores themes of writing craft, personal storytelling, and the integration of mythology and personal experience in literature. Episodes feature discussions on topics like the intersection of fairy tales and memoir, the significance of diverse characters, and techniques for enhancing narrative depth, using specific examples from acclaimed authors' works.
Join us each episode for an exploration of story with a different author, as we go deep into the writing craft. The Epilogue…is an interview show that focuses on the art of writing with your favorite writers and storytellers. Writing is art. Writing is science.
Elisabeth Sharp McKetta joins me today for an episode all about how the mythology we inherit from our cultures and families, can be combined with the personal, to enhance our stories. She discusses the similarities of crafting poetry and prose, and how she weaves the magic of myth into her works, making them resonate with readers while keeping things fresh and exciting.
Chapters:
- 00:15 – Embracing Mythology in Writing
- 08:25 – Exploring the Intersection of Fairy Tales and Memoir
- 21:52 – The Mythology of Water: Crafting a Narrative
- 31:59 – Archetype Phases
- 46:33 – Choosing the Child’s Perspective
Elisabeth’s Information:
Elisabeth Sharp McKetta is an award-winning writer and writing teacher and a mother of two. With a PhD on the intersections between fairy tales and autobiography, as well as a seven-year streak of writing weekly poems for strangers, she teaches writing for Oxford Department for Continuing Education and for Harvard Extension School, where she won their highest teaching award. She has authored thirteen books across genres, most recently the novels She Never Told Me about the Ocean and Ark, the essay collection Awake with Asashoryu, and the personal growth guide Edit Your Life, based on her experience living three years in a 275-square foot backyard guest house with her family of four (five, if you count the Labrador). She co-edited the anthology What Doesn’t Kill Her: Women’s Stories of Resilience, which Gloria Steinem described as stories that “will help each of us to trust and tell our own.” Elisabeth’s work with myth and memoir, which she began studying at Harvard College and now teaches, has been spotlighted in Harvard Magazine. (elisabethsharpmcketta.com)
Elisabeth’s Books:
She Never Told Me about the Ocean
Elisabeth’s Ted Talk: Edit Your Life Like a Poem: TedXBoise
Also Mentioned:
The Virgin’s Promise by Kim Hudson
The Heroine with 1001 Faces by Maria Tatar
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