Working
Hosts Rumaan Alam, Isaac Butler, and June Thomas interview creative people about how they write, compose, paint, and more.
May 10, 2020 • 49 min
This week, host Isaac Butler talks to crime novelist and TV writer Megan Abbott, who describes her creative-writing rituals, her go-to story structure, and the challenges of adapting one of her novels for television.
After the interview, Isaac and co-host Rumaan Alam talk about the surprising origins of the terms story beat and character beat.
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Podcast production by Cameron Drews
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