In this podcast episode, I get to talk to my good friend Kristen Forbes about writing well-crafted pieces that cover emotionally raw material. I really enjoyed speaking with her, and other than the number of times I stupidly say, “Wow!”, I’m pretty pleased with how this conversation turned out. Check out the first two links below to read the two main essays that we reference in the discussion. Also, I’m still working out minor audio issues… bear with me… Please?
Show notes:
- I Have An Eating Disorder And No One In My Life Knows by Kristen Forbes
- Dream Girl by Kristen Forbes
- Quote from Sy Safransky that Kristen references 52 minutes into podcast: “I’m looking for a writer who doesn’t know where the sentence is leading her; a writer who starts with her obsessions and whose heart is bursting with love; a writer sly enough to give the slip to her secret police, the ones with the power to accuse and condemn in the blink of an eye. It’s all right that she doesn’t know what she’s thinking until she writes it, as if the words already exist somewhere and draw her to them. She may not know how she got there, but she knows when she’s arrived.”
- Amy Butcher: Sick, I Was Always Pushing
- Chad Simpson: Tell Everyone I Said Hi
- Cheryl Strayed
- Elissa Bassist
- And this essay: Why It’s Not OK To Trash-Talk My Ex-Boyfriend
- Kristen Forbes: her blog identity and her Twitter identity
Video inspired by the conversation
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