VividWord Podcast
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<p>Join your hosts Claire and Avery, a couple of professional editors and language geeks, as they explore the world of human communication looking for valuable, perspective-altering insights!</p><p><br></p><p>From Language and Grammar, to Art and Emotion, each series presents a long-form discussion of a core aspect of human communication.</p>
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3/26/2021
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May 7, 2021
Dialogue (Part 4) - A Song of Speech and Story
In this episode, we start with a broad conversation about story and art that narrows all the way down to why dialogue is so useful in fiction storytelling, and how our own perspectives don’t hinder character development, but actually enhance them.
April 30, 2021
Dialogue (Part 3) - We All Remember that Conversation Differently
<p>In this episode, we explore how dialogue takes shape and varies in nonfiction writing through journalism, personal essay, and memoir. The question we return to again and again is, what does truth telling look like when we write down the words of other, real-life people? </p><p><br></p><p>This question leads us to a conversation about honesty in writing, and how two things can be true at the same time. </p><p><br></p><p><strong>Helpful Terms and Links</strong></p><ul><li><a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dialogue" rel="nofollow">Dialogue</a>- Finding ___* through talking (*logic, meaning, ideas etc.)</li><li><a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/essay" rel="nofollow">Essay-</a> “an attempt”</li><li>Memoir- (the author’s personal retelling of a crucial event or life-lesson learned) versus autobiography (a retelling of the author’s life events, in general).</li></ul><p><br></p><p><strong>Art and Stories mentioned</strong></p><p>Examples of personal essays;</p><ul><li><a href="http://www.columbia.edu/~col8/lobsterarticle.pdf" rel="nofollow">Consider the Lobster</a>, David Foster Wallace</li><li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Michel-Montaigne-Complete-Penguin-Classics/dp/0140446044" rel="nofollow">Essays</a>, Michel de Montaigne </li><li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Small-Victories-Spotting-Improbable-Moments/dp/1594486298" rel="nofollow">Small Victories,</a> Anne Lamott </li><li>Many works by C.S. Lewis</li></ul><p>Truth-telling in story</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Lifespan-Fact-John-DAgata/dp/0393340732" rel="nofollow">The Lifespan of a Fact</a>, John D’Agata and Jim Fingal</li><li><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1596363/" rel="nofollow">The Big Short</a>, directed by Adam McKay</li></ul>
April 23, 2021
Dialogue (Part 2) - Deep Conversations & Compassion
In this episode, we explore how to steward dialogue well in important, deep conversations. We laid out the different settings these conversations can happen in, which led to a discussion about the good, bad, and ugly sides of political dialogue and social media arguments, and how to cope when we have to have these hard conversations in less-than-ideal circumstance. Helpful Terms and Links Dialogue - Finding ___* through talking (*logic, meaning, ideas etc.) Rhetoric - The art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing, especially the use of figures of speech and other compositional techniques. Books Mentioned Caring for Words in a Culture of Lies, by Marilyn Chandler McEntyre.
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- What is VividWord Podcast?
<p>Join your hosts Claire and Avery, a couple of professional editors and language geeks, as they explore the world of human communication looking for valuable, perspective-altering insights!</p><p><br></p><p>From Language and Grammar, to Art and Emotion, each series presents a long-form discussion of a core aspect of human communication.</p> - How often does this podcast release new episodes?
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