A chat with Aleksandra, an English teacher who's passionate about reading and writing in English -- her second language.

Aleksandra shares her thoughts on the importance of writing about what she loves, reading and living a creative lifestyle.

She challenges the idea that big words are crucial for impactful prose and emphasises that even writers with basic language skills can be effective storytellers.

I hope you'll find this useful! Books we mentioned:

On Writing by Stephen King

Storyworthy by Matthew Dicks

Atomic Habits by James Clear

The Secret Life of You by Kerri Sackville

Catching the Big Fish by David Lynch

Stephen Fry's Great Mythology Series (by Stephen Fry)

Can't Hurt Me by David Goggins

The Practice by Seth Godin

Any Language You Want (by me)

Danse Macabre by Stephen King

Episode links

Watch this on YouTube -- https://youtu.be/Ip4nYlQfAVU

Aleksandra on Substack -- https://aleksandrawithks.substack.com/

Aleksandra on Instagram --https://www.instagram.com/aleksandra_withks/

Join my private email list for non-native English writers -- https://fabiocerpelloni.com/private/