Alligator Preserves Episode 19: Are You A Pantser?

Do you even know what a pantser is?

In this episode I visit and laugh and really mess up a knock-knock joke with Annalisa Parent, writing coach and author of “Storytelling for Pantsers: How to Write and Revise Your Novel Without an Outline.”

Annalisa discusses the benefits of planning and pantsing when it comes to writing a book, how neuroscience influences creativity, ways to work around writer’s block, the evolution of language, and much more.

(see the interview on YouTube at: https://youtu.be/CqeptmXHF74)

Show Notes and Links:

• To see the “live” interview on YouTube (in which I make lots of faces), go to: Interview with Annalisa Parent
• Annalisa Parent, author of Storytelling for Pantsers: How to Write and Revise Your Novel Without an Outline, talks about planners and pantsers
• She hosts the Writing Gym Podcast and offers writing coaching services at Date With The Muse
• I try a “knock-knock” joke (because I know Annalisa likes them) and fail miserably!
• I tell her how I “pantsed” Waterwight: Book 1 of the Waterwight Series (Volume 1)
• We talk about books on writing we both think are great, including Anne Lamott’s Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life and Stephen King’s On Writing, a memoir of the Craft
• Annalisa discusses neuroscience and ways to optimize the brain for learning and creativity
• We talk about brainstorming (because, you know, neuroscience)!
• Annalisa and short stories (she has started some wonderful ones)!
• Overcoming challenges with clients (she’s a pro)!
• She shares her thought on the evolution of language
• The realities of finding a publisher
• Writing Gym Podcast episode with best selling author Steven James and his four very important questions
• Annalisa leaves listeners with a story starter. How will you finish it?

Other Links:

• • CIPA EVVY Awards info
  • Volunteer to judge this year’s EVVY Awards submissions
  • Laurel’s Amazon Author page
  • https://leadvillelaurel.com/writing-tips/
  • https://www.facebook.com/LeadvilleLaurel/
  • https://twitter.com/LeadvilleLaurel
  • Intro/outro voice by Nick McHargue,
    Podcast music from Jamendo Royalty Free Music

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