![]() ![]() They’re told to tap into the force, write down to the bone, court the muse for all they’re worth, and if they’re lucky, the notoriously capricious muse will speak through them and bring their prose to life. ![]() Writers are often led to believe that the muse is responsible for unleashing, not to mention guiding, their creativity. I’m thrilled she’s with us today to talk about the most mercurial of all writerly imaginings: the muse itself. ![]() Since she is herself also a writer she brings not merely an analytical and intellectual perspective–though she provides that too–but the essential hands-on, insider’s view that belongs to practitioners alone.” Said the UCLA Film School Screenwriting Chairman, Richard Walter, of Lisa, “Lisa Cron is every serious writer’s dream: a source of caring, candid, capable, creative support. Lisa has also been an instructor through the UCLA Extension Writers’ Program for the last five years. Showtime) and some prestigious literary agencies (e.g. Norton and John Muir Publications) before working as a story consultant and producer for TV (e.g. Lisa knows of what she speaks, having spent a decade in the publishing industry (W.W. I’ve had the chance to peruse an advance copy of Lisa’s book, and I can tell you that it’s gold. Lisa Cron has written a fantastic new craft book for writers called Wired for Story: The Writer’s Guide to Using Brain Science to Hook Readers from the Very First Sentence, available in July. ![]() Today’s guest is someone you’ll see here again. ![]()
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