In this episode, writer and teacher Emily Stone talks with Resort founder Catherine LaSota about her life in Los Angeles, the ways her teaching practice has grown and developed during the pandemic, and how there are some things we simply cannot do alone as writers. Emily and Catherine also talk about astrology, aging, and raccoons.
Born in New Orleans and raised in Brooklyn, Emily Stone is a writer, teacher, and content alchemist with over 25 years of experience working with authors of all ages to distill the power and impact of every story. She has been awarded residencies at Yaddo, Blue Mountain Center, and the Constance Saltonstall Foundation for the Arts. Emily is also known as the College Essay Whisperer, and she’s taught Latin at Saint Ann’s School in Brooklyn Heights, fiction writing at Hunter College, where she got her MFA, and drama at Stern College.
Emily has taught many wonderful classes at the Resort, on topics like dialogue, plot, scene structure, and more. Her Fiction is Friction course, about writing amazing dialogue, is available for purchase in our online Resort network. It’s a self-paced course that includes bonus content on outlining your book.
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Find out more about Emily Stone here: https://www.emilybstone.com
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Cabana Chats is hosted by Resort founder Catherine LaSota. Our podcast editor is Jade Iseri-Ramos, and our music is by Pat Irwin.
Special thanks to Resort assistant Nadine Santoro.
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