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This is the second episode in the NonFiction novel series here at 12pt Font. So you’ve got an idea for a novel. What happens now? What is the next step in the non-fiction writing process? This episode is a full breakdown of a NonFiction outlining process. From Introduction to Closing chapters, and everything in between. Show Notes: The Power of Habit | Charles Duhigg Come Say Hello: Website: https://www.pendoland.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pendoland/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/pendoland YouTube: PendoLand Email: 12ptft@gmail.com

How to Start a NonFiction Novel This is the first episode in the next series for 12pt Font. We’re going to write a book together. From Conception to Publication this episode is the first of many to come. This episode covers our first forays into the world of nonfiction writing. Making a decision to write, carving out the time, and then coming up with the idea. Show Notes: Assassin’s Apprentice | Robin Hobb [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/77197.Assassin_s_Apprentice] Come Say Hello: Website: https://www.pendoland.com/ [https://www.pendoland.com/] Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pendoland/ [https://www.instagram.com/pendoland/] Twitter: https://twitter.com/pendoland [https://twitter.com/pendoland] YouTube: PendoLand Email: 12ptft@gmail.com

The practical guide to close reading. This episode we are building off of what we began last episode. We dive straight into the Tell Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe, and we use this phenomenal work to explore close reading together. Show Notes: Literary Devices [https://literarydevices.net/] Smoke and Mirrors | Neil Gaiman [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16790.Smoke_and_Mirrors] The Tell Tale Heart | Edgar Allan Poe [https://www.gutenberg.org/files/2148/2148-h/2148-h.htm#link2H_4_0019] Come Say Hello: Website: https://www.pendoland.com/ [https://www.pendoland.com/] Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pendoland/ [https://www.instagram.com/pendoland/] Twitter: https://twitter.com/pendoland [https://twitter.com/pendoland] YouTube: PendoLand Email: 12ptft@gmail.com

Why should Writers Read? It's a good question. This episode is all about why writers should read, what ‘close reading is’, and why you should consider doing it. We talk about the benefits of reading as a writer, and why close reading is a good way to expand your writer’s toolbox. Show Notes: Wocket in my Pocket [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPJl2e38S4g] The Thief | Megan Whalen Turner [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/448873.The_Thief] Come Say Hello: Website: https://www.pendoland.com/ [https://www.pendoland.com/] Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pendoland/ [https://www.instagram.com/pendoland/] Twitter: https://twitter.com/pendoland [https://twitter.com/pendoland] YouTube: PendoLand Email: 12ptft@gmail.com

This episode we talk about Free Verse and Blank Verse poetry. What makes them different? How are they similar? How do you separate them from fixed form poetry? We also discuss how you can create your own free and blank verse poems. We dive into scansion, meter, feet, and other poetic conventions. As the final episode of the season two poetry series, these forms of poetry close out the show. Show Notes: The Raven | Edgar Allan Poe [https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/48860/the-raven] Remember | Christina Rossetti [https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45000/remember-56d224509b7ae] Paradise Lost: Book 2 | John Milton [https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45738/paradise-lost-book-2-1674-version] It is Difficult to Speak of the Night | Jack Gilbert [https://moonlightowl.wordpress.com/2013/06/21/it-is-difficult-to-speak-of-the-night/] Brave New World | Aldous Huxley [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5129.Brave_New_World] Come Say Hello: Website: https://www.pendoland.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pendoland/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/pendoland [https://twitter.com/pendoland] YouTube: PendoLand Email:12ptft@gmail.com