Open House November 20 The […] “Open House November 20”

David Mitchell's The Bone Clocks: A Glossary I finished David Mitchell’s novel The Bone Clocks during a long flight. In the sky, surrounded by strangers, I didn’t want to leave the world he […]

Top Ten Family Deaths—Real, Near, Imagined Midge nursing Ralph after he broke his back, thrown from the cavalry horse he was exercising. 10. 1959. Thirty years into his career as a notoriously […]

Rebecca Suzuki | Loose Translation Prize (March 20, 7 PM) We are delighted MFA Alum and English faculty member Rebecca Suzuki will read from her Loose Translation Award-Winning book When My Mother Was Most Beautiful. If you haven’t yet heard or read her exquisite prose you will want to. […] “Rebecca Suzuki | Loose Translation Prize (March 20, 7 PM)”

Brainstorm Brainstorm has got a great series of events lined up for the spring. Check it out!

Ava Chin Our first event of the semester is a collaboration with Off the Page. Ava Chin will read from her memoir Mott Street, followed by conversation with QC President Frank Wu. She’ll be signing books too.

SPRING EVENTS Take a […] “SPRING EVENTS”

Everything“This is everything.” That’s the first thing I heard her say, as I passed the couple near the corner of 14th Street and Avenue A in Manhattan. “It’s […]

Brainstorm at the Forest Hills Public Library Come along to celebrate the launch of The Queens Review. Contact Julie Goodale if you’d like to read.

CREATIVE NONFICTION NOW […] “CREATIVE NONFICTION NOW”

Organizing Your FilesBe sure to make a folder for all the “assets” you’ll use for your episode. It’s a good idea to make subfolders too: Narration, […]

Workshops: Discussion Episodes Rough CutsAs you listen to to your group members’ rough cuts, consider the following questions–and be ready to talk about them during Tuesday’s […]

Today's WorkshopAs a class: Write for five minutes about any useful advice you found in either of the chapters we read for today. We’ll listen to […]

For Class Thursday, April 201. Read the NPR Startup Guide Chapter (12) on “Shaping the Story” and the Out on the Wire Chapter “Keep or Kill” (on editing for sto […]

Tuesday's Class–April 4For class on Tuesday, prepare the following: —A moment from “TV Theme Songs” you find interesting for its editing or sound desig […]

Group Projects: Tuesday, March 28NEW FOR THURSDAY: Choose one or two elements of good story ideas described by Abel and Glass and describe how they are at play in […]

Come to class prepared with notes and time stamps on the following storytelling elements in the episodes of Even the Rich and Code Switch we’re listening to:

—Moments where guests or hosts tell compelling sto […]

For Tuesday’s class, I suggest watching Ira Glass on storytelling first (see Calendar). Make notes about his most significant points about how good storytelling works—especially audio sto […]

First, congratulations on developing, producing, and editing your first episodes!

Your next one will be a conversation episode, so we’ll start talking about and listening to examples of those now. For […]