How to Be a Writer with Kyle Stevenson

About this episode

In this episode, Erica J. Schmidt interviews her friend Kyle Stevenson about writing, creativity, and their shared experiences.

Today my guest is my super cool, ultra fit, deeply compassionate and hilarious friend and creative genius Kyle Stevenson. I met Kyle during my year one playwriting class in which he played the leading man, The Vegan Life Coach in the staged reading of my debut play, She Is Not Catholic, She Is Vegetarian. And he nailed it. For years, Kyle and I ate lentils and kale and piles of impossibly healthy food at The People’s Potato. Over multiple free lunches we discussed all our favourite topics, namely sex, anxiety, creativity, yoga cults, butt exercises, therapy, and how to make it as a writer. When we grew up, we would often convene in various playgrounds in Toronto to get caught up on the latest in Gay Husbands , deadlifting regimes, and what we’re supposed to be doing with our lives. Kyle is famous for founding the wildly successful online pandemic workout class, Cyber-Fit , also known as Push-up Class. He has been a devoted scriptwriter for decades and for years, he has been my dream guest. This episode is my longest one yet but totally worth it! You’ll be a different person at the end than you were at the beginning. That’s what happened to me and Kyle! Also, there’s a blog…

People in this episode

Host: Erica J. Schmidt

Guest: Kyle Stevenson

Topics covered

• writing
• creativity
• mental health
• fitness
• friendship
• theater

Keywords

• writing
• creativity
• Kyle Stevenson
• mental health
• fitness
• theater
• friendship

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The People’s Potato, Cyber-Fit

Books & works: She Is Not Catholic, She Is Vegetarian

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