Bonus Audio: "To better reflect the collective possibilities for our future"
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Bonus audio from Episode 52: Helen Betya Rubinstein
In case you missed it, last week’s Drafting the Past episode featured an episode with writing coach Helen Betya Rubinstein. Based on the download numbers, it looks like I was not the only historian eager to learn more about what a writing coach does! If you haven’t had a chance to listen yet, you can click below (or check it out wherever you get your podcasts).
In the episode, Helen touches briefly on the idea of writing a narrative about the collective versus the individual, but she had more thoughts to share on the subject. I was delighted that she was willing to let me send them to you as bonus audio. Here’s what Helen said:
http://soundcloud.com/drafting-the-past/helen-betya-rubinstein-bonus-audio
And here are links to the resources that Helen mentions in the audio:
- Link to a PDF of Ursela K. Leguin’s essay “The Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction” (1986)
- Rebecca Solnit’s essay, “When the Hero is the Problem” (2019)
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