• Fruiting Bodies and Being Mean to a Child

  • Oct 9 2023
  • Length: 58 mins
  • Podcast

Fruiting Bodies and Being Mean to a Child

  • Summary

  • Point-of-view characters. You love them. You understand them. They still do mean things. How can you keep your reader empathizing with your point-of-view character even if they do something villainous?

    Also: Ben (a philosophy major) and Emily (an outdoor enthusiast) interpret the climax pretty differently.

    • Read this short story before listening to the episode: "Algal Bloom" by Kathryn Harlan in Michigan Quarterly Review
    • Buy the whole collection Fruiting Bodies (Emily's short story collection of the year!) here
    • A poem that rocks: "Taking a Visitor to See the Ruins" by Paula Gunn Allen

    Good Writing is a podcast where two MFA friends read like writers and lay out craft ideas for fellow writers to steal. Co-hosted by Emily Donovan and Benjamin Kerns.

    Twitter: @goodwritingpod

    Email: goodwritingpodcast@gmail.com

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