🎙 INTERVIEW: Crafting Nonfiction and Writing Toward Home w/ Penny Wincer
** This is a LIVE interview with author Penny Wincer about the craft of writing and reality of building a writing career. Attendees will be sent a recording after the interview. **
How can we transform an idea into a compelling nonfiction book?
As an interiors photographer, Penny Wincer found that walking through a stranger's home and listening to them explain the history of the space and the meaning of precious objects was one of the most joyful aspects of her work.
Penny transformed her experience into Home Matters: How our homes shape us, and we shape them. In the book, she takes readers through the houses of 13 artists and writers, inspiring us to reflect on how we want our own homes to feel.
Join us for a conversation with Penny as we discuss the craft of nonfiction, explore her book, and look at how writers can think deeply about their living spaces and what makes a house a home.
We’ll also discuss:
How to get to the heart of what your book is really about
How our environments can nurture our creativity
What it means to create and find home
How our homes shape our stories
About Penny Wincer
Penny Wincer is an author, freelance writer and non-fiction book coach based in London. She is the author of Home Matters: How our homes shape us, and we shape them and Tender:The imperfect Art of Caring. Penny hosts the podcast Not Too Busy To Write.
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Parul Bavishi has been an editor for over a decade. In addition to running LWS she helps thriller, YA and non-fiction writers level up their craft and get published. She writes and edits for the Story Grid. She has worked as an editor and literary scout at Random House, Quercus & Eccles Fisher. She analyses TV hit shows (Killing Eve, Ozark, Game of Thrones) on the Story Grid Showrunners Podcast.
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