writing video

Here is a 4-part piece in which Ira Glass of "This American Life" talks about the building blocks of storytelling. Click the links on YouTube after Part 1 is done to see successive parts.

This is a growing collection of videos of writers talking about writing or reading their writing or offering tips on writing. Feel free to post videos of writers that you come across. Let's see if we can build a cool library of writers talking about writing or reading their words.

Here's how to share a video about writing that you've come across:

Step 1: Copy the embed code of the video you want to share. On Youtube and Google videos, this is usually located near the video in a box that says: "Embed." Read more »

Frank McCourt talks about the origins of his writing.

Wonder how other people interpret the writing process? Check this out and express your comments below:

Here's a cool video on slam poetry. Geof Hewitt is the Slam Poet Laureate of Vermont, not that there is one but if there was one he'd be the one. Geof is a poet, teacher, trainer and wonderfully cheerful human being. If you hear about any of his slams, go to them. And go armed with a couple of poems.

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Feel free to post live links to videos of writers talking about writing or reading their writing or offering tips on writing. Or link to cool videos that combine music and great lyrics or that are powerful digital stories. To post videos:

Step 1: Copy the full url link of the video

Step 2: Type [video:url(the http address of the link to Youtube or Google video) and end with another bracket] into the body of your story or comment.

Step 3: Type the word "video" in the keyword field. Read more »

Feel free to post live links to videos of writers talking about writing or reading their writing or offering tips on writing. Or link to cool videos that combine music and great lyrics or that are powerful digital stories. All you need to do is get the full url link, and, in the body of your story or comment, put this [video:url(should be the http address of the link to Youtube or Google video) and end with anther brakcet]. Read more »

Here is short story writer Aimee Bender reading a story and talking about writing: