Abbigail N. Rosewood On Accessing Your Pain For Fiction

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Today’s guest is Abbigail N. Rosewood, whose debut, If I Had Two Lives, follows a young girl from her childhood in a military camp in 1990s Vietnam, where her mother is in hiding as a political dissident, to her adulthood as a lonely and disillusioned immigrant in New York, where she must learn what it means to love and be loved, and to reconfigure home in the aftermath of ruins. Abbigail joined me today to talk about diving deep into your emotions to develop an authentic relationship with your reader.

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3 Tips for World-Building with Maram Taibah

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Today's guest is Maram Taibah, a fantasy writer born in Montreal, Canada. She was raised in Saudi Arabia, which at times was the most unimaginative place. This pushed her to escape into books at a very early age and from there into the craft of storytelling. Her most recent publication is the children's steam punk book, Weathernose. Maram is not only a fiction writer, but also a screenwriter and filmmaker. In 2014 she made her first short film Munkeer, and in 2016 Don't Go Too Far, both of which were screened at the Canne's short film corner. Maram joined me today to talk about how screenwriting can help you become a more concise novelist.

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