Hey, Teacher!

[21] Hey, Teacher! Let’s Talk About Rhythm in Writing

Leave a Comment / By Two Worlds Media / March 9, 2017 / Writing

An interview with Jenna Mayhew Thompson, writing instructor at Pacific University and Warner Pacific College. This episode discusses how to develop rhythm and flow in writing. Jenna suggests some exercises that may help writers not “over mesmerize” their readers. Mentioned in this episode:

Liar’s League PDX – Foreign Exchange, By Jenna Thompson
We are the Stories We Tell Ourselves by Dan Wieden. In Portland Magazine – August 2013, pg. 24 (Published by University of Portland)
Pacific University
Warner Pacific College

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Episode 14: Hey, Teacher! Resistance to Writing

Leave a Comment / By Two Worlds Media / January 10, 2017

This is the first “Hey, Teacher!” episode. These podcasts grapple with issues that are common to writers. Dan interviews Jenna Thompson, who has a Masters of Fine Arts degree from Pacific University and teaches at Pacific and at Warner Pacific College. Today’s topic: Resistance. How do you climb over those barriers that try to prevent you from putting fingers to keyboard.

Mentioned in this episode: The War of Art by Stephen Pressfield.

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