Episode · How I Write · 2025-01-10
Books mentioned on 171 Years of Writing Knowledge in 90 Minutes
Mentioned: Richard II by William Shakespeare, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum, and Storyworthy by Matthew Dicks.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Richard II
Richard II by William Shakespeare is a historical play depicting the downfall and deposition of the English monarch.
Discussed“and in that case it's a horse a horse my kingdom for a horse in Richard theii”
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The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Discussed“free at last free at last thank God almighty we're free at last alone alone or all alone alone on a wide wide sea and rhyme the Ancient Mariner”
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L.
Discussed“there's a bit in Wizard of Oz H where the the Wicked Witch of the West says fly my pretties fly to the flying monkeys”
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Storyworthy
Storyworthy by Matthew Dicks is a practical guide to storytelling written by a multi-time Moth GrandSLAM champion, offering structured exercises to help individuals find and shape compelling narratives from their daily lives.
Recommended“the story Worthy is amazing book by this like teacher guy who's like the 20time storytelling champion of the moth storytelling”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (3) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Plugged Mastery
“so in Mastery I talk about Leonard Da Vinci and how his paintings are so uncanny and weird”
Plugged The 48 Laws of Power
“and so I remember early on when the 48 Laws of Power maybe my I don't know how much later after that but I got contacted by this man who was a librarian head librarian at a library in Dade County Florida in a very Urban mostly black neighborhood and he said there were these kids that would come in”
Plugged The 48 Laws of Power
“so I remember early on when the 48 Laws of Power maybe my I don't know how much later after that but I got contacted by this man who was a librarian”