Watch the episode on YouTube -- https://youtu.be/xNaqmeugIzc

How do you find the time to read and write? Fiction or nonfiction? How do you come up with ideas for your stories? Do English language exam preparation courses really teach writing? English teacher, writer, and editor (of the International House Journal) Chris Walker joins me in one of the most insightful conversations about writing I've ever had. Enjoy!

Links

• Get Chris' books -- https://www.amazon.co.uk/stores/Christopher-Walker/author/B01N80YT77
• The blog post I mentioned -- https://fabiocerpelloni.com/read-like-a-writer/
• The blog post I read out -- https://fabiocerpelloni.com/exams/
• Any Language You Want (my book) -- https://fabiocerpelloni.com/any-language-you-want/
• My group for non-native English writers (opening soon) -- https://fabiocerpelloni.com/rga/

Other books we mentioned:

• The Penguin History of The Second World War
• 2666 by Roberto Bolano
• The Pillars of Hercules by Paul Theroux
• Someday Is Today by Matthew Dicks
• The Secret Lives of Somerset Maugham by Selina Hastings
• Earthly Powers by Anthony Burgess
• Consider the Lobster by David Foster Wallace
• The English Verb by Michael Lewis
• 100 Ways to Improve Your Writing by Gary Provost

Chapters

00:00 Intro

02:00 Why Writing

06:11 Fiction vs Nonfiction (Pt.1)

09:56 Finding Writing Ideas

16:07 Chris' Writing Approach

25:29 Reviews & Amazon

30:42 Finding the Time to Write

39:23 Being an Editor

42.52 Fiction vs Nonfiction (Pt.2)

50:54 Useful Writing Strategies

54:30 English Is a Simple Language

59:32 English Exams vs Writing

01:09:12 Tips for Non-Native English Writers

01:15:24 Bye Bye

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