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10-Minute Writer's Workshop

0000017a-15d9-d736-a57f-17ff8f330000NHPR’s 10-Minute Writer’s Workshop offered a peek into how great writers conjure and craft their work. From creative rituals to guilty distractions, writers revealed what it really takes to get pen to paper.After more than two years and 60 episodes, the 10 Minute Writer’s Workshop signed off in December 2017, to make room for new projects and podcasts. (But our author talks will continue to live online if you’re looking for a dose of inspiration).Thanks to everybody who listened and learned from the show!For other literary offerings from NHPR, check out:The Bookshelf, featuring authors from around New Hampshire and the region, as well as books about New Hampshire by authors from anywhere.Writers on a New England Stage – an ongoing series of author talks in partnership with The Music Hall in Portsmouth, hosted by NHPR’s Virginia Prescott.

10-Minute Writer's Workshop: Manoush Zomorodi

New Hampshire Public Radio | By Sara Plourde

Published December 27, 2017 at 4:25 PM EST

Some of you may know Manoush Zomorodi as host of the podcast Note to Self from WNYC. She is also, now, an author. Her book Bored and Brilliant: How Spacing Out Can Unlock Your Most Productive and Creative Self came out of her own experience and curiosity about the creative process and confronting digital distractions - one of the biggest challenges for writers. She asked her audience to help her figure out what it would mean to let all of that go and to learn to shut down in order to build your creative juices up. Bored and Brilliant is the result, and it begins with an extreme case of writer’s block – what Manoush refers to as “a blankness.”

Episode music by Ryan Andersen

10-Minute Writer's Workshop: Manoush Zomorodi

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