About this episode

Award-winning novelist Missouri Williams discusses the intricacies of writing ambitious fiction and the role of doubt and idleness in the creative process.

Award-winning novelist Missouri Williams on writing strange and ambitious fiction, treating doubt as a generative force, and why idleness is essential to creative work.

People in this episode

Hosts: Parul Bavishi, Matthew Trinetti

Guest: Missouri Williams

Topics covered

• writing
• fiction
• creativity
• doubt
• idleness

Keywords

• Missouri Williams
• writing
• fiction
• creativity
• doubt
• idleness
• ambitious fiction

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