Erin Jourdan's guest appearances

Erin Jourdan

The Secret Library Podcast

Breaker/Broken (Stories of the Heart)

Chris Guillebeau

Paul Jarvis

Gabriela Pereira

Allie Rowbottom

Cory Doctorow

Michelle Kuo

Jojo Moyes

Ruth Reichl

Alexandra Franzen

Joanna Penn

Amy Alkon

Ezzie Spencer

Rachael Herron

Tana French

Ruby Warrington

OwlTail

Joe Quint

T.J. Peters

Nima and Michelle discuss letting go of THINGS from past relationships. Storytellers: Joe Quint (www.chooseyourownreligion.com, T: @joe_quint) is a comedian and storyteller in Los Angeles from Newton, North Carolina.  He hosts and produces the podcast “Choose Your Own Religion”, interviewing comedians, artists, preachers, and more about their spirituality, as well as a live storytelling show also called Choose Your Own Religion—”the Moth with religious stories”—produced at Neighborhood Unitarian Universalist Church in Pasadena.  He also runs the Copper Still Comedy show every Tuesday night at 8:30 at the Copper Still bar in Koreatown. Erin Jourdan (T: @erinimus)  is a writer, editor and teacher living in Los Angeles. Her writing focuses on the fantastic, often creating paracosms, or imagined worlds that have their own language, customs, and rules. She also works with the concept of blind spots, the idea that there is a limit to human perception, yet we feel more than can be quantified. She thinks of writing as "creating clothing for ghosts." Or as the German photographer Oliver Boberg stated, "I try to build set decorations for a film which is inside the people." She collects ideas, post-it notes, to-do lists, fragments, curious words, photographs, anecdotes and overheard verbal musings and spins them into the stories you see here. T.J. Peters (tjpetersonline.com, T: @tpeters) is a humorist of little note. His screenplays have advanced in competition at the Austin Film Fest, Final Draft's Big Break, Bluecat, and others. His prose and poetry has been published by Rattle, UCLA's Journal of the Arts, No Extra Words, and is forthcoming to ELJ Publications. He considers himself an amateur falconer, but there is not evidence to support this claim.

Nima and Michelle discuss letting go of THINGS from past relationships. Storytellers: Joe Quint (<a href="http://www.chooseyourownreligion.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.chooseyourownreligion.com</a>, T: @joe_quint) is a comedian and storyteller in Los Angeles from Newton, North Carolina.  He hosts and produces the podcast “Choose Your Own Religion”, interviewing comedians, artists, preachers, and more about their spirituality, as well as a live storytelling show also called Choose Your Own Religion—”the Moth with religious stories”—produced at Neighborhood Unitarian Universalist Church in Pasadena.  He also runs the Copper Still Comedy show every Tuesday night at 8:30 at the Copper Still bar in Koreatown. Erin Jourdan (T: @erinimus)  is a writer, editor and teacher living in Los Angeles. Her writing focuses on the fantastic, often creating paracosms, or imagined worlds that have their own language, customs, and rules. She also works with the concept of blind spots, the idea that there is a limit to human perception, yet we feel more than can be quantified. She thinks of writing as "creating clothing for ghosts." Or as the German photographer Oliver Boberg stated, "I try to build set decorations for a film which is inside the people." She collects ideas, post-it notes, to-do lists, fragments, curious words, photographs, anecdotes and overheard verbal musings and spins them into the stories you see here. T.J. Peters (<a href="http://tjpetersonline.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">tjpetersonline.com</a>, T: @tpeters) is a humorist of little note. His screenplays have advanced in competition at the Austin Film Fest, Final Draft's Big Break, Bluecat, and others. His prose and poetry has been published by Rattle, UCLA's Journal of the Arts, No Extra Words, and is forthcoming to ELJ Publications. He considers himself an amateur falconer, but there is not evidence to support this claim.

2.9- Joe Quint, Erin Jourdan, T.J. Peters

Stunt journalism is an amazing practice for writing from personal experience. In this episode, you'll learn how to do stunt journalism and how writing can expand your perspective and enjoyment of your own life. Erin Jourdan has taught this process to hundreds of people, both online and in person, with life-altering results.  She's got not only anecdotes but current scientific research that we discuss about how writing about your life can change it for the better. This was such an exciting conversation and it made me want to run out and start a stunt writing project immediately. I know you'll feel the same way.    Show Notes for Episode 19 with Erin Jourdan:  What is stunt journalism? (1:45) How memoir is a loaded term (5:00) Cultural differences and awareness around stunt journalism (6:15) Categories of stunt journalism (7:15) Mentioned:  Marie Kondo | The Box prompt Pretending to be a journalist (10:00) Emotional spelunking (12:15) Having a passport (13:30) Local stunts &amp; mental travel (16:15) The impact and evolution of the stunt writing process (17:15) How writing can change your life (19:00) Emotional barometric pressure (19:30) Further information and eBook with Stunt Writing prompts (21:00)  Storytelling as a therapeutic modality (22:00) Theories on why writing benefits the brain (23:00) Gratitude journaling (25:00) The impact of publishing/sharing fiction vs. non-fiction or personal experience writing (26:00) Getting it onto the page alone vs. in community (28:30) The benefits of sharing work in a safe group (29:45) Fiction feedback vs. personal writing feedback (31:00) Expanding from a scene to a full book on the next level (33:00) Hot spots (34:45) Mentioned: Nona Caspers Writing should be available to everyone (37:45) Community stunts  and making your world bigger with writing (39:30) Take publication out of the equation when you're writing (40:30) Writing as therapeutic and spiritual (42:00)  Writing and memory (42:45)  The role of accuracy in non-fiction, memoir, and personal experience writing (43:30)  Expanding your point of view through stunt writing (45:30)   Full show notes with links | Sponsored by Muse Monthly Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Stunt journalism is an amazing practice for writing from personal experience. In this episode, you'll learn how to do stunt journalism and how writing can expand your perspective and enjoyment of your own life. Erin Jourdan has taught this process to hundreds of people, both online and in person, with life-altering results.  She's got not only anecdotes but current scientific research that we discuss about how writing about your life can change it for the better. This was such an exciting conversation and it made me want to run out and start a stunt writing project immediately. I know you'll feel the same way.    Show Notes for Episode 19 with Erin Jourdan: <ul> <li>What is stunt journalism? (1:45)</li> <li>How memoir is a loaded term (5:00)</li> <li>Cultural differences and awareness around stunt journalism (6:15)</li> <li>Categories of stunt journalism (7:15) Mentioned:  Marie Kondo | The Box prompt</li> <li>Pretending to be a journalist (10:00)</li> <li>Emotional spelunking (12:15)</li> <li>Having a passport (13:30)</li> <li>Local stunts &amp; mental travel (16:15)</li> <li>The impact and evolution of the stunt writing process (17:15)</li> <li>How writing can change your life (19:00)</li> <li>Emotional barometric pressure (19:30)</li> <li>Further information and eBook with Stunt Writing prompts (21:00) </li> <li>Storytelling as a therapeutic modality (22:00)</li> <li>Theories on why writing benefits the brain (23:00)</li> <li>Gratitude journaling (25:00)</li> <li>The impact of publishing/sharing fiction vs. non-fiction or personal experience writing (26:00)</li> <li>Getting it onto the page alone vs. in community (28:30)</li> <li>The benefits of sharing work in a safe group (29:45)</li> <li>Fiction feedback vs. personal writing feedback (31:00)</li> <li>Expanding from a scene to a full book on the next level (33:00)</li> <li>Hot spots (34:45) Mentioned: Nona Caspers</li> <li>Writing should be available to everyone (37:45)</li> <li>Community stunts  and making your world bigger with writing (39:30)</li> <li>Take publication out of the equation when you're writing (40:30)</li> <li>Writing as therapeutic and spiritual (42:00) </li> <li>Writing and memory (42:45) </li> <li>The role of accuracy in non-fiction, memoir, and personal experience writing (43:30) </li> <li>Expanding your point of view through stunt writing (45:30)</li> </ul> <a href="http://carolinedonahue.com/secret-library-podcast-erin-jourdan-stunt-journalism" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Full show notes with links</a> | Sponsored by <a href="http://www.musemonthly.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Muse Monthly</a> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

#19 Erin Jourdan on Stunt Journalism