First Graft Podcast
Join writer Heidi James as she chats with a special guest to explore the creative process from scratch. From the first idea, the first marks on the blank page, wrong turns, successes, making a mess and completing the first draft. Listen to conversations about craft, the creative process, fear, procrastination and the hard graft behind the artwork we love.
First Graft Podcast
Chapter nine - Those Pesky Characters Again
Hey...
In Chapter nine I talk about...
Books
Anne Fine - Raking the Ashes
Fleur Jaeggy - Sweet Days of Discipline
David Seabrook - All the Devils are Here
Podcast
This Podcast Will Kill You
And a soup... Recipe below (I swear it makes you glow like the Ready Brek kid)
Plus I share a couple of monologues I wrote from two character points of view and discuss how these exercises can help get under the skin of your characters (ouch).
Get in touch and tell me about your reading and writing, and have a very darling festive season.
Coconut lentil soup
you need:
Split red lentils (handful or two)
Can of coconut milk
turmeric (teaspoon)
ginger (I use the powder kind... it's fine)
lime juice (a good squirt)
Sesame oil
Veg stock (about as much as the coconut milk)
chilli (dried flakes)
garlic (3 cloves)
spinach leaves
Chuck it all in, boil it, simmer it till the lentils have softened and dissolved...
Trust me. It's delicious, and I can't cook.