Interview with St. Basil Instructor Paul Kingsnorth

St Basil Writers' Workshop
St Basil Writers' Workshop
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Published 2024-01-15
Paul Kingsnorth teaches a course at the St. Basil Writers' Workshop on Rewinding Your Words. In this interview, he talks about the importance of taking breaks in the era of the talking head, how to write without the analytical mind taking over, and how to write a story worth telling.

Timestamps:
00:00:00 - The Importance of Taking Creative Sabbaths
00:05:57 - Remember You Have a Body
00:08:22 - How Paul Became a Writer
00:11:35 - Writing is Democratic
00:12:58 - How to Write in Multiple Genres and Navigate Publishing
00:14:55 - Writing "The Wake"
00:20:37 - Advice for Authors
00:23:20 - Giving Characters Their Freedom
00:27:02 - An Orthodox Version of Paul's Writing Course?
00:32:20 - Why We Shouldn't Be Afraid to Listen to Non-Christians
00:36:08 - How Do You Stay Connected to the Land?
00:41:14 - Switching Head Spaces as an Author
00:44:56 - Paul's Course at St. Basil's
00:54:58 - Why Did You Want to Join St. Basil's
00:58:48 - Q&A
01:14:40 - How to Join Our Online Writing Community

ABOUT THE ST. BASIL WRITERS' WORKSHOP
Re-engaging in the Timeless Art of Storytelling
St. Basil Writers’ Workshop prepares a generation of writers to respond to the acute cultural need for restorative stories. Designed for advanced beginning and intermediate fiction and narrative non-fiction writers, the Workshop helps writers hone their craft to connect with today’s readers using time-tested techniques that infuse their words and worlds with the heartbeat of reality. Together with Dostoevsky, we believe that “beauty will save the world.”

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All Comments (7)
  • @c.l9154
    I have to pause the video to tell you that this is an absolutely fantastic interview! I’ve probably watched every Kingsnorth interview on youtube these past few years and FINALLY someone is asking all the questions I’ve been wanting to ask. I can’t tell you how happy this makes me. Thanks so much. 💜
  • @hismonkess
    Great interview! Have him back again!!
  • @SacraTessan
    Thank you for the honesty ..Our dreams is a part of our nature wort paying attention to a way that creation is expressing itself communicating with us trough a symbolic mythic language .Why is so few of all this trendic intervievs mentioning something about our inner theather as we dream every nightMaybe some dreams will occur .. a need might occure of connecting to that level of the souls nature