It's Part 2 of our little microseries on the Four Horsemen. Last episode featured listener-submitted stories to our writing prompt; now, you get to hear from the Cru! We discuss draft revision an writing experiments, particularly Murph's challenge (to himself) of writing the same scene five times from different perspectives. There's a difference between rewriting and editing, and we tease out the benefits of each. There's also benefits to writing by hand, but...writing to read it on the air may not be one of them. XD

Sit back and enjoy!

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This episode is all about community submissions! We’re showcasing the creative work of emerging writers, first-time authors, and grizzled veterans of the trade, all responding to the same epic prompt: The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.

Featuring stories and poems from Alec Billings, J.W. Surface, KN Fitzwater, Maggie Lardie, Nick Smith, YYC Typewriter, and the mysterious Mrs. Greenleaf. From biblical terror to modern collapse, these writers interpret conquest, war, famine, and death in wildly different ways, all stemming from the same prompt.

If you love creative writing, indie fiction, writing prompts, and discovering emerging voices, this is the episode for you.

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In this episode of Radio FreeWrite, The Cru explores how writing fiction can reveal something real. From writing through family conflict to channeling rage, grief, and even imagined fears, this conversation dives into how fiction can incorporate lived experience.

We also tackle where the line sits between therapy and craft. When does a story become art? When should it stay personal? And, how much truth do you actually need to keep?

There's a difference between journaling and storytelling. We'll help you turn personal experiences into something that resonates with readers.

And, of course, we share some of our own real fiction to show how the process works in practice.

From Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: Oxymoron. A rhetorical figure in which effect is produced by the juxtaposition of contradictory terms, such as "Make haste slowly," "Faith unfaithfully kept him falsely true." The word is Greek for 'pointedly foolish.'

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