Writing the Wrong Way with Jonathan Ball, PhD

Can you self-edit? Do you worry you don't know when to stop editing? Do you struggle with gaining objectivity about your writing? Jonathan Ball walks through a four-stage process for editing, focusing on what writers most neglect, which is the core, fundamental structure of your story. www.writingthewrongway.com

THIS PODCAST IS OTHERWISE PROVIDED TO YOU AS-IS. Mystery topic!!!!! Well, it's all about www.jonathanball.com/thisbook so not super mysterious. But definitely weird and strange! All about conceptual poetry, machine poetry, odd experimental projects, and the lifecycle of a book.

Writer and editor Darren Ridgley, co-creator of the anthology PARALLEL PRAIRIES: STORIES OF MANITOBA SPECULATIVE FICTION, answers University of Winnipeg student questions about writing, editing, and creative careers. Part 2. More at: www.writingthewrongway.com

Writer and editor Darren Ridgley, co-creator of the anthology PARALLEL PRAIRIES: STORIES OF MANITOBA SPECULATIVE FICTION, answers University of Winnipeg student questions about writing, editing, and creative careers. Part 1. More at: www.writingthewrongway.com

Comics author & artist GMB Chomichuk and my daughter Jessie Taylor join me aboard a Ghost Ship to get advice from beyond the grave. More podcast at www.writingthewrongway.com More about my new book at www.thenationalgallery.ca

Talking comics, videogame influences, graphic novels, writing, planning a plot, settings, serial fiction, and more with artist Scott A. Ford, author of ARK LAND, GIANTS' WELL and other stories. Show notes at www.writingthewrongway.com/scott

French author Grégoire Courtois is just starting to be translated into English, and here is his first-ever interview in English about THE LAWS OF THE SKIES, a brilliant literary horror novel. Show notes and a review of the novel at www.writingthewrongway.com/skies

Answering the important questions, like what are the best potato chips? www.writingthewrongway.com

Ryan Fitzpatrick and I discuss our #95books reading, and spend a lot of time with Nikki Reimer’s MY HEART IS A ROSE MANHATTAN. We also talk about the following books: • Kayla Czaga’s DUNK TANK • Saidiya Hartman’s WAYWARD LIVES, BEAUTIFUL EXPERIMENTS: INTIMATE HISTORIES OF SOCIAL UPHEAVAL • Jean Baudrillard, FATAL STRATEGIES • Sigmund Freud, BEYOND THE PLEASURE PRINCIPLE • Jeannette Armstrong, SLAS...

What can writers learn from Leatherface, killer (hero?) of THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE? A talk on writing, horror, and the ethics (and evils) of art. Full text and free sonnets about Leatherface at www.jonathanball.com/leatherface

I have been a fan of S. M. Beiko’s webcomic Krampus Is My Boyfriend since page one, and generally impressed with Beiko since I started paying attention to her work. As she finished work on the first 48-page print collection of the online story, I interviewed Beiko about how to get your start in webcomics, and comics overall, and how to plan out a lengthy story that unfolds serially in instalments....

Having a hard time keeping focused while pursuing your creative work? Try the Focus Form, a simple tool for writers or artists or entrepreneurs designed using principles of cognitive-behaviour therapies and mindfulness meditation. Show notes are available at www.jonathanball.com/focusform

Part 2 of my interview with Tony Burgess, author of the zombie horror film PONTYPOOL and the novel it is based on, PONTYPOOL CHANGES EVERYTHING, and many other books and movies. We talk about writing, horror and many other topics. Show notes available at www.jonathanball.com/31 and www.writingthewrongway.com

Part 1 of my interview with Tony Burgess, author of the zombie horror film PONTYPOOL and the novel it is based on, PONTYPOOL CHANGES EVERYTHING, and many other books and movies. We talk about writing, horror and many other topics. Show notes available at www.jonathanball.com/30 and www.writingthewrongway.com

Mitchell Levy (www.mitchelllevy360.com) joins host Jonathan Ball (www.jonathanball.com) to discuss how books can serve as a foundation for business, ghostwriting, and more. Show notes at www.jonathanball.com/29 and www.writingthewrongway.com — for information on Jonathan's newest book go to www.jonathanball.com/newbook

Ryan Fitzpatrick, co-creator of the #95books challenge, joins me to talk about our 2019 reading so far, our favourite books and the essay collection REFUSE: CANLIT IN RUINS. Show notes available at www.jonathanball.com/28 and more on the #95books reading challenge at www.95books.com

How do you choose which projects to work on, discover which ideas will help you grow as an author, and otherwise manage having too many ideas? Visit www.jonathanball.com/27 for the article version of this podcast and other show notes.

How can writers best deal with rejection? I analyze an old rejection letter from WEIRD TALES in order to help reframe what rejection means and suggest some methods of dealing with the anxiety that rejection can cause.

A short story, "As We All Should Lie." SF/Fantasy. PDF download version at www.jonathanball.com/25

My recommendations for Top 11 Best Screenwriting Books, in the order that you should read them. More screenwriting resources available at www.jonathanball.com/bestscreenwritingbooks

What is experimental art, why should you fear it, and why create it? I discuss the nature of experimental, innovative, radical, avant-garde art and what I think artists as wide-ranging as Dan Brown to the Weeknd to Anne Carson have in common. www.jonathanball.com/23

Michael Sanders, GMB Chomichuk, and Jesse Hamel give notes on the script for my short film MASK. Read the script and more insights on this revision roundtable at www.jonathanball.com/22

A discussion of how a writer's essential mindset is expressed in concrete details like manuscript format, with some notes on proper format and how to professionalize. Show notes at www.jonathanball.com/21

The #95books reading challenge is simple: commit to reading 95 books over 12 months. At www.95books.com, I offer a free ebook called You Can Read #95books This Year that you can download through this link, which offers my best tips to help you read more. Ryan Fitzpatrick and I discuss our 2018 reading, some of the standout books we came across, and how you can read #95books in 2019.

Christmas Day has come, and my gift to you, as it is every Tuesday, is a new episode of the podcast. This week (in keeping with the holiday), I want to talk about generosity. I believe writers should be generous. At its heart, to me, writing entails both creating and sharing your creations. Show notes at http://www.jonathanball.com/19