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How Joe Berkowitz (Journalist and Fast Company Editor) Writes: Part Two
FromThe Writer Files: Writing, Productivity, Creativity, and Neuroscience
How Joe Berkowitz (Journalist and Fast Company Editor) Writes: Part Two
FromThe Writer Files: Writing, Productivity, Creativity, and Neuroscience
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38 minutes
Released:
Oct 5, 2015
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Podcast episode
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Author and Fast Company Editor Joe Berkowitz stopped by the podcast this week. His latest, a humor book titled You Blew It!: An Awkward Look at the Many Ways in Which You’ve Already Ruined Your Life, lands this October. He took a break from his busy schedule to rap with me about how he survives the harried life of a big city journalist. Rainmaker.FM is Brought to You By Discover why more than 80,000 companies in 135 countries choose WP Engine for managed WordPress hosting. Start getting more from your site today! In addition to his work for Fast Company, Joe’s writing has been featured in The Awl, Salon, The Village Voice, Vulture, RollingStone.com, GQ.com, McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, and many others. For a writer who works with breakneck deadlines, and almost never gets a rest from the writing life, he has some pretty solid advice for keeping the cursor moving. Join us for this two-part interview. If you missed Part One you can find it here: How Joe Berkowitz (Journalist and Fast Company Editor) Writes: Part One In Part Two of the file Joe Berkowitz and I discuss: How Creativity Makes the ‘Familiar Strange and the Strange Familiar’ Why Your Audience Is Your Best Creative Motivation How Great Writers Hook You and Never Let Go The Reassuring Existence of Paper Book Collections Joe’s Reverence for David Foster Wallace’s Infinite Jest Why You Should Edit Until “… the Words Stop Moving on the Page” Listen to The Writer Files: Writing, Productivity, Creativity, and Neuroscience below ... Download MP3 Subscribe by RSS Subscribe in iTunes The Show Notes Joe Berkowitz for Fast Company And Now for Something Completely Unnecessary … (Joe’s Tumblr) You Blew It!: An Awkward Look at the Many Ways in Which You’ve Already Ruined Your Life by Joe Berkowitz and Josh Gondelman Joe Berkowitz on Twitter Kelton Reid on Twitter
Released:
Oct 5, 2015
Format:
Podcast episode
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