In this episode, we’ve got our usual reading and writing check ins and then we discuss being a pantser and a plotter! Allie is a pantser and Sam is a plotter so we talk about our very different processes, struggles, patterns in writing, etc. We discuss some of our current stories and how that process has shaped them and it’s a fun conversation! During our reading check in we also have some fun classic book discussion about the War of Lost Hearts series, Six Scorched Roses and The Songbird and the Heart of Stone (all by one of our favs Carissa Broadbent!) as well as When the Moon Hatched. The poem of the week is “The Pope’s Penis” by Sharon Olds.

Let us know in the comments if you’re a pantser or a plotter!

Intro and Outro Music is by Chasing West

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Chapters:

00:00–Intro song, and episode intro/summary

1:06–Sam’s reading check in & Carissa Broadbent discussion

12:09–Allie’s reading check in–Six Scorched Roses (plus Lilith name discussion) & discussion of The Songbird and the Heart of Stone, plus soon to be read books & WtMH discussion

32:34–Writing check in!

39:59–Main discussion: Pantsers vs Plotters!

1:05:52–Poem of the week: The Pope’s Penis by Sharon Olds (here it is if you want to read too!: https://www.haggardandhalloo.com/2013/09/05/the-popes-penis/ )

1:08:12–Next week, closing & outro music