Writer's Routine

Harriet Kline, author of 'This Shining Life' - Using work as inspiration, the monster that gets her started and the meaning of life

Feb 4, 2022

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The author's novel 'This Shining Life' delves into the meaning of life through grief and authenticity after a friend's death.

Harriet Kline immerses herself in characters' experiences by focusing on physical details to bring authenticity and balance to the narrative.

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Inspiration from a Tragic Event

After experiencing the death of a close friend, the author was deeply impacted, feeling like she had lost her authenticity. Observing others' grieving processes made her reflect on the concept of truly being alive. This prompted her desire to write about grief and different ways people cope, exploring the authenticity of emotions and what it means to be alive.

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02:53

How Much Do You Still Need a Note Book?

02:15

Random Scrawlings

02:43

Introduction

2min

It's All on the Way

2min

The Monster of My Unconscious

2min

Random Scrawlings

3min

How Much Do You Still Need a Note Book?

2min

Is There a Plan?

5min

Are You Writing in the Morning?

2min

How Do I Write a 1000 Word Project?

3min

Backerat Patrion Dot Com, Forward Slash Writers Routine

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Registrar

1min

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How to Write a Book and Get Your Peer Support

3min

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What Makes an Agent Your Favorite?

5min

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How Do You Write a Short Story?

2min

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How Much Do You Need to Know About Your 300 Pages?

3min

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It's About Love, Is It About Humour?

2min

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Writers Routine - How to Connect With Other People

2min

Harriet Kline is an award-winning short story writer. 'Ghost' won the Hissac short story competition, 'Chest of Drawers', the London Magazine short story competition. Her work has been published online, in magazines and played out on BBC Radio.

Her debut novel is 'This Shining Life'. It's all about Ruth, who loses her husband Rich, and sets out on a mission with her son Ollie to solve puzzles he left for them, in a bid to discover the meaning of life. It's funny, beautiful and about love and loss.

It was inspired by the sad death of a friend, which oddly made her feel more alive than ever, and also her work as a registrar, where she is surrounded by life and death all day.

We talk about how she tried to find the meaning of life while writing the story, also why it started out as many short stories, and about the monster that gets her to work in the morning.

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Writer's Routine

Harriet Kline, author of 'This Shining Life' - Using work as inspiration, the monster that gets her started and the meaning of life

Podcast summary created with Snipd AI

Quick takeaways

Deep dives

Inspiration from a Tragic Event

Creating a Novel from Grief

Writing Process and Character Development

Meaning of Life and Connection

How Much Do You Need to Know About Your 300 Pages?

How Much Do You Still Need a Note Book?

Random Scrawlings

Remember Everything You Learn from Podcasts