Every creative work you’ve ever loved has a hero’s journey behind it. On Spark & Fire, you'll hear creators tell the story of bringing one beloved work to life. Iconic creatives — like Wicked composer Stephen Schwartz, Pixar director Domee Shi, comedian Patton Oswald, musician Wynton Marsalis, and novelist Isabel Allende — share the endless iterations, the inevitable setbacks, and the breakthrough ideas along the epic process of creation. But this isn’t an interview show. It’s a story — told ...
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Hey all, This episode was originally meant to air last year. But like so many things during that time, it slipped away and into the far off reaches of mind until the moment, I suppose, was more ‘right’. We’ve talked before about how both fear and expectations can interfere with what you’ll write—no matter the genre and in media of all kinds. Today though, I wanted to share some of what my own journey through that has been like: from “not at all” to “I’m still going to try.” And what better place to begin than the moment when what you’ve been working on meets an indefinite end? When you’ve lost what you thought you had, and there seems to be a chasm on the road that you’d pass… Oh, and there will be spoilers, starting around 12 minutes in, so if you’d prefer to keep everything about my books a surprise, you can save this episode for later.
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Hey all, This episode was originally meant to air last year. But like so many things during that time, it slipped away and into the far off reaches of mind until the moment, I suppose, was more ‘right’. We’ve talked before about how both fear and expectations can interfere with what you’ll write—no matter the genre and in media of all kinds. Today though, I wanted to share some of what my own journey through that has been like: from “not at all” to “I’m still going to try.” And what better place to begin than the moment when what you’ve been working on meets an indefinite end? When you’ve lost what you thought you had, and there seems to be a chasm on the road that you’d pass… Oh, and there will be spoilers, starting around 12 minutes in, so if you’d prefer to keep everything about my books a surprise, you can save this episode for later.
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