352: You Can Do Anything, Magic Skeleton! - Interview with Chuck Wendig

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Today, I have the pleasure of interviewing someone I have the honor of considering both a colleague and friend, Chuck Wendig.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Chuck is the New York Times bestselling author of</span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Wanderers</span></em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">,</span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Star Wars: Aftermath</span></em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">, the Miriam Black thrillers, and the Atlanta Burns books, as well as Zer0es and Invasive, alongside other works across comics, games, film, and more.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">He was a finalist for the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer and an alum of the Sundance Screenwriters Lab, and he served as the co-writer of the Emmy-nominated digital narrative</span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Collapsus</span></em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">. He is also known for his popular blog, terribleminds, and he’s one of the few people I follow on Twitter and actually read what they post. He has also written books about writing such as</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Damn Fine Story</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;">, and today we’ll be talking about his latest book, a collection of inspirational nuggets titled:</span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">You Can Do Anything, Magic Skeleton!</span></em></p> <p> </p> <h3><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this episode Chuck and I discuss:</span></h3> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">The inspiration behind his latest book, which began as a series of tweets.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">How good writing subverts readers’ expectations in some way.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Why you shouldn’t take any one piece of writing advice too seriously.</span></li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><em><span style="font