Episode 390: How Did the Pitcher Pedro Martinez Help Will Harrison's Writing?
Oct 27, 2023•58 min•Ep. 390
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Episode description
Will Harrison is an instructor at the School for Visual Arts in New York City as well the author of several essays including "My Unlikely Writing Teacher: Pedro Martinez" for the New York Times Magazine.
Will talks about:
- How slow of a writer he is
- How voice just emerges over time
- And how "pitch selection" is akin to how you vary your sentences
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