QuickTalk Friday Interview Series
Confessions of An Unfocused Writer
An interview with Christopher Robin
I’ve been binge-listening on my work commute to episodes of The Unfocused Writer podcast.
It is hosted by Chris and KiKi Walter, and for a focused writer, it has helped me to unfocus.
I mean this in a good way. I can be a serious guy who needs laughter and entertainment.
And Chris and Kristi deliver on the humor.
I’m questioning whether it’s good to be as focused as I am in my writing life and, maybe, being unfocused can be liberating for me.
Am I making any sense? I hope so.
I encourage you to check out their podcast and notice if it has a mind-altering effect.
What does it look like when an unfocused writer sits down to write a bitchin’ story?
I don’t know if I write “bitchin” stories, I just write stories. It’s not up to me to decide how they’ll be received by others. Kristi and I talked on the show with Preeti Ramachandran about tailoring our work to our audience, and I certainly don’t do that.
Now that I think about it, it’s entirely possible that I do the opposite. I may go out of my way to swim upstream. I may…
