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Join your hosts Claire and Avery, a couple of professional editors and language geeks, as they explore the world of human communication looking for valuable, perspective-altering insights! From Language and Grammar, to Art and Emotion, each series presents a long-form discussion of a core aspect of human communication.

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    • May 7, 2021 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 57m AVG DURATION
    • 4 EPISODES


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    Dialogue (Part 4) - A Song of Speech and Story

    Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2021 70:35


    In this episode, we start with a broad conversation about story and art that narrows all the way down to why dialogue is so useful in fiction storytelling, and how our own perspectives don't hinder character development, but actually enhance them.Helpful Terms and LinksDialogue- Finding ___* through talking (*logic, meaning, ideas etc.)Art- Applied aestheticsAesthetics - The senses that we use to experience the phenomenon of meaning in the world.Anti-art- An intentional showcase of chaos, around the phenomenon of meaning.Character is DialogueSpeech pattern, tone, and world view are the building blocks of a written character. Not necessarily their backstory (although that helps to form their worldview, two people can have very similar backstories and develop very different world views).Dialogue is Mini-StorySymphonic dialogue plays out the central conflict of your story in three levels. 1. Plot themes (desire/obstacles = melody) 2. Moral themes (perspective/world-view expression = harmony) 3. Icon themes (keywords/key phrases/key imagery = accents.Story is Change Through ConflictThe change doesn't necessarily have to resolve the conflict. The change could simply be a self-revelation, a recognition that there will be no change.Good stories help us to experience the phenomenon of meaningA worldview is a story of the world that answers questions such as, “what's right with the world (if anything), what's wrong with the world (if anything), what are the highest values in the world?”Stories exist because questions exist and questions exist because the belief in answers exist. Stories are compelling because the belief in answers is compelling.Conflict occurs in the friction between different answers for the same questions.Art and Stories mentionedThe Anatomy of Story, John TrubyDaisy Jones and the Six, Taylor Jenkins Reid MusicHuman, by GallosBig Ol' World, by Firework FestivalVillain, by Jared MarcQuestions I Will Never Know, by Telepathic Teddy BearJogo, by Primo LeviIn My Head, by Lainey Wright

    Dialogue (Part 3) - We All Remember that Conversation Differently

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2021 61:55


    In this episode, we explore how dialogue takes shape and varies in nonfiction writing through journalism, personal essay, and memoir. The question we return to again and again is, what does truth telling look like when we write down the words of other, real-life people? This question leads us to a conversation about honesty in writing, and how two things can be true at the same time. Helpful Terms and LinksDialogue- Finding ___* through talking (*logic, meaning, ideas etc.)Essay- “an attempt”Memoir- (the author's personal retelling of a crucial event or life-lesson learned) versus autobiography (a retelling of the author's life events, in general).Art and Stories mentionedExamples of personal essays;Consider the Lobster, David Foster WallaceEssays, Michel de Montaigne Small Victories, Anne Lamott Many works by C.S. LewisTruth-telling in storyThe Lifespan of a Fact, John D'Agata and Jim FingalThe Big Short, directed by Adam McKay

    Dialogue (Part 2) - Deep Conversations & Compassion

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2021 56:33


    In this episode, we explore how to steward dialogue well in important, deep conversations. We laid out the different settings these conversations can happen in, which led to a discussion about the good, bad, and ugly sides of political dialogue and social media arguments, and how to cope when we have to have these hard conversations in less-than-ideal circumstance.Helpful Terms and LinksDialogue - Finding ___* through talking (*logic, meaning, ideas etc.)Rhetoric - The art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing, especially the use of figures of speech and other compositional techniques.Books MentionedCaring for Words in a Culture of Lies, by Marilyn Chandler McEntyre.

    Dialogue (Part 1) - Giving Birth to an Idea

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2021 41:34


    In this first episode, we set the stage for our series about dialogue by exploring how to steward dialogue well in all spheres of communication. We begin by asking, "what's universal about communication?"This question leads us to a conversation about human connection, community building, and how we can approach the words we hear and say with a grace-filled perspective.Helpful Terms and LinksDialogue- Finding ___* through talking (*logic, meaning, ideas etc.)Conversation- The idea of turning something (logic, ideas) around to examine it with someone else.Discussion- To shake something apart.Maieutics- A word for the Socratic method of teaching by asking questions. Related to midwifery; the socratic process of helping someone birth an idea.Communication; The process by which information is exchanged between individuals through a common system of symbols, signs, or behavior.Books mentionedConversation is a communal act! Claire learned a lot about this from the book Caring for Words in a Culture of Lies, by Marilyn Chandler McEntyre.Jayber Crow, by Wendell Berry

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