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The Inner Loop Radio: A Creative Writing Podcast

Rachel Coonce and Courtney Sexton

Rachel Coonce and Courtney Sexton bring you creative writing inspiration, literature and craft discussions, and commiseration on the writing life with interviews, inspiration takeovers, and chats with poets and authors of fiction and nonfiction.

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00:18:47

Just Checking In with Amanda Newell

The Inner Loop Radio: A Creative Writing Podcast ·

2024/09/29

In this Just Checking In sub-series, Writers with Pets in Solariums, Leeya Mehta chats with Amanda Newell about balancing writing with life, her latest collection: Postmortem Say, and what horses have to teach us about life.Amanda Newell lives on a farm in southern Maryland with a cat named Kit Kat and two horses, Eko and Ed. She's close enough to the Chesapeake to hear the waves breaking against the shore. She grew up riding and showing horses and still finds mucking stalls therapeutic. She also

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00:08:36

Inspiration Takeover: Writing is a Radical Act of...

The Inner Loop Radio: A Creative Writing Podcast ·

2024/09/23

Okezie Nwoka, author of “God of Mercy,” discusses the difference between love and care, and how self love plays a role in creating art. Nwoka takes us through a writing prompt that invokes the wisdom of aphorisms—short expressions that, here, will capture ideas of loving oneself and others. He talks about writing strategies and routines, and how he surrenders himself to the moment of free expression.

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00:31:56

Is Feedback Really Useful? With Dan Knowlton and...

The Inner Loop Radio: A Creative Writing Podcast ·

2024/09/16

Most writers have experienced feedback from a writer's workshop, a writing group, or from friends and family, and we're told it's a necessary part of writing. But what's the key to figuring out what level of feedback works for you? What qualifies as a "good" workshop? And most of all, what type of feedback will help us actually keep writing? Plus, you can help decide whether the feedback Courtney, Rachel, Dan, and David give each other in realtime is actually beneficial.

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00:15:02

Inspiration Takeover: Searching for Language for...

The Inner Loop Radio: A Creative Writing Podcast ·

2024/09/09

Today, TIL board member Leeya Mehta focuses on writing a personal essay, inspired by reading James Baldwin’s essay "The New Lost Generation." She talks about the way she is approaching this essay, which she’s calling “The Day After: Searching for Language for Another Lost Generation.” Leeya suggests exploring the politics of language as an essay prompt, and asks what you notice about language, and how it is being used in popular culture. How you would like to question that language and soften it

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01:04:58

Summer Nostalgia with J.M. Tyree

The Inner Loop Radio: A Creative Writing Podcast ·

2024/09/03

The heaviness of summer can bring up those heavy feelings of nostalgia, but when is it time to stop musing and put those feelings on the page? First released in August 2019, J.M. Tyree, author, film critic, and nonfiction editor of the New England Review, joins Rachel and Courtney to discuss just that, as well as how we weave the past and the present into a narrative. Rachel and Courtney delve into their own pasts, Samantha de Trinidad, Stephanie Bento, and LaCole Foots get nostalgic, and Amy

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00:40:20

World-building Real-Life Cultures with Diana Rojas

The Inner Loop Radio: A Creative Writing Podcast ·

2024/07/01

Real-world cultures come up all the time in any genre of writing, but it can be difficult to world-build with something so nuanced. Host Abi Newhouse speaks with The Inner Loop's July Author's Corner spotlight, Diana Rojas, about creating stories from our own cultures. They cover how time affects culture, how to use specific cultural details to world-build, and they try to untangle ideas about working around cultural generalizations. Plus, they bring a few cultural misconceptions to the table--Abi

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00:12:08

Just Checking in with Serena Zets

The Inner Loop Radio: A Creative Writing Podcast ·

2024/06/24

Abi catches up with freelance journalist and writer for the 730DC newsletter, Serena Zets. They discuss the DC journalism scene, stories Serena's been working on lately, and how writing creative nonfiction can be a great starting point for journalistic stories.

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00:09:15

Inspiration Takeover: Let the Ideas Carry You with...

The Inner Loop Radio: A Creative Writing Podcast ·

2024/06/17

Andrew Bertaina, author of “One Person Away From You” and the new essay collection “The Body is a Temporary Gathering Place,” suggests inspiration comes from reading. Andrew takes us through a writing prompt that leads him to fictionalize a meeting with his late grandfather in the afterlife. Try negotiating the speculative realm in your own writing, and if you’re stuck, you know what to do: pick up a book and find a line that reminds you why you started writing in the first place.

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00:34:44

A New Point of View with Danielle Ariano

The Inner Loop Radio: A Creative Writing Podcast ·

2024/06/10

Finding the right point of view can make or break a story, and in nonfiction, the line of experimentation can be blurry. Hosts Abi Newhouse and Courtney Sexton speak with The Inner Loop’s June Author’s Corner spotlight, Danielle Ariano, about innovative points of view in memoir. They cover the empathy, challenges, and breakthroughs a new point of view can inspire, and Danielle reads from her new memoir, The Requirement of Grief. Plus, they all write a memory from someone else’s point of view, and

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00:34:52

The Value of Independent Presses with Michael B. Tager

The Inner Loop Radio: A Creative Writing Podcast ·

2024/06/03

With the sudden shutdown of Small Press Distribution, let’s dig into the value of independent presses and how their downturn might affect us as both writers and readers. Michael B. Tager, Managing Editor of Mason Jar Press and author of Pop Culture Poetry: The Definitive Edition from Akinoga Press, talks about independent presses from both sides of the publishing experience. Plus, we play a little game called indie press or indie rock band... can you tell the difference?

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00:15:45

Just Checking In with Kris O'Shee

The Inner Loop Radio: A Creative Writing Podcast ·

2024/04/29

The Inner Loop board member Leeya Mehta catches up with Kris O'Shee, a professional counselor, choreographer, and writer. The pair talk about ideal times and locations for writing, O'Shee's new writing projects about family and dance, and the joys of her dancing dogs. They ask: what needs to be destroyed so something new can be created? All the metaphors are here to get your creativity going.

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00:32:04

Venture Out of the Box with Rumi Ryan

The Inner Loop Radio: A Creative Writing Podcast ·

2024/04/22

We've all heard the old writing adage: "learn the rules so you can break the rules." But experimental writing can be tricky--how do we know when we've created something truly interesting vs. something just a little bit kitschy? Hosts Abi Newhouse and Aeriel Merillat speak with The Inner Loop's Author's Corner spotlight for April, Rumi Ryan, about mixing forms, messing with modalities, and ultimately holding true to what makes your work feel different.

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00:10:44

Inspiration Takeover: Asking the Right Questions with...

The Inner Loop Radio: A Creative Writing Podcast ·

2024/04/15

If you're having trouble putting your story together, it might be because you don't have the right information. Rhaina Cohen, author of "The Other Significant Others," discusses journalistic methods and solutions that apply to all writing conundrums. She takes us through one of her favorite writing exercises involving a series of questions that nail down the details of our stories, and she shares how to get in the right headspace to find the answers.

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00:38:28

The Conference Chronicles with Jennifer Yacovissi

The Inner Loop Radio: A Creative Writing Podcast ·

2024/04/08

Writers conferences. What are they? What are they good for? And are they worth the time and money? President of the Washington Independent Review of Books, Jennifer Yacovissi, joins us to discuss the merits of writers conferences, how to choose the right conference for you, and the upcoming Washington Writers Conference. Plus, Courtney and Jennifer choose their own adventures in a writer’s odyssey!

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00:32:09

Practical Magic with Len Kruger

The Inner Loop Radio: A Creative Writing Podcast ·

2024/03/25

From the mystical to the fantastical, there's a spectrum of magic within writing. Courtney Sexton and Abi Newhouse sit down with local author, Len Kruger, to discuss the ways adding magic to your writing can create different opportunities for storytelling. Plus, we let tarot cards guide our next writing exercise...

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00:26:27

Why Retreat to Write? with Abi Newhouse and Aeriel...

The Inner Loop Radio: A Creative Writing Podcast ·

2024/03/11

What’s the value in a writing retreat? From concentrated time to write to communing with other writers, writing retreats can serve to jumpstart your writing when you’re stuck in a rut. Abi Newhouse and Aeriel Merillat join Rachel and Courtney to talk about how their latest retreat helped their writing and their writing lives. Plus, the four revisit one of our favorite games… the exquisite corpse!

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00:31:12

Ready for Syndication: Celebrating 100 Episodes!

The Inner Loop Radio: A Creative Writing Podcast ·

2023/12/11

Strap in for the silliest installment yet of The Inner Loop Radio in celebration of our 100th episode! From hot pockets to small batch murders, there are even more laughs than usual, as Rachel and Courtney remember their favorite episodes, get sentimental with community memories of the past 10 years of TIL, and laugh all the way through our best “off-camera” moments in a beyond-funny bloopers reel.

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00:08:52

Inspiration Takeover: Remembering Your Voice with Abi...

The Inner Loop Radio: A Creative Writing Podcast ·

2023/12/04

If you find it easy to forget your strengths as a writer, you’re not alone. There are so many voices around us all the time—in our podcasts, our reading, even our music—that can make us wonder what we might be missing in comparison.Nonfiction writer and The Inner Loop’s Author’s Corner program manager Abi Newhouse takes us through the ways she works to remember her own voice when, as an editor and podcast producer, others’ voices rule her working world. Plus, ‘tis the season: she offers us a

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00:12:03

Just Checking In with Timothy Denevi

The Inner Loop Radio: A Creative Writing Podcast ·

2023/11/20

Courtney catches up with nonfiction writer Timothy Denevi, who does his best Bob Dylan impression as they talk about Joan Didion, the dilation and expansion of narrow worlds, and how life can get complicated quickly, whether in an Atlas of Remote Islands or in MILF Island.

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00:39:45

Writing in a Second Language with Pantea Amin Tofangchi

The Inner Loop Radio: A Creative Writing Podcast ·

2023/11/13

Writing in a Second Language with Pantea Amin Tofangchi by Rachel Coonce and Courtney Sexton

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