About this episode

Leani Lopez and Annette Ortiz Mata discuss the evolution of writing and the creative process.

Puerto Rican Authors Annette Ortiz Mata and Leani Lopez come together to talk about going against your training, how it's never done for the writer, keeping old drafts, and evolving your writing. Links: Leani's Patreon . IGN Instagram . Annette's Website . Annette's Instagram. Music Credit: "Blippy Trance" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

People in this episode

Host: Leani Lopez

Guest: Annette Ortiz Mata

Topics covered

• writing evolution
• Puerto Rican authors
• drafts
• creative process
• literary discussion

Keywords

• writing
• authors
• drafts
• evolution
• Puerto Rican literature

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Leani's Patreon, IGN, Annette's Website, Annette's Instagram

Books & works: Blippy Trance

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