Memoir Snob cover image

Episode 22: Wild by Cheryl Strayed

Memoir Snob

00:00

The Queen of Profanity

The first time Cheryl Stray uses the F word is on page 35 of her book. "I think that Cheryl Strait is the queen of profanity because she makes curse words seem eloquent" She doesn't speculate about what happened to the condoms, and then she leaves it. When you rewrite, your main job is taking out all the things that are not the story.

Transcript
Play full episode

The AI-powered Podcast Player

Save insights by tapping your headphones, chat with episodes, discover the best highlights - and more!
App store bannerPlay store banner
Get the app