Mark Meynell has done a lot of thinking about civility and cynicism and the writer's responsibility not just to win arguments, but to tell the truth. In this episode, Jonathan and Mark discuss the practice of generosity involved in both writing and reading, the virtues and vices of rhetoric, and how fiction and nonfiction persuade us in different ways.

Writers who make Mark want to write:
Graham Greene
John LeCarre
Elizabeth Strout

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<a href="https://www.markmeynell.net/">Mark Meynell</a> has done a lot of thinking about civility and cynicism and the writer's responsibility not just to win arguments, but to tell the truth. In this episode, Jonathan and Mark discuss the practice of generosity involved in both writing and reading, the virtues and vices of rhetoric, and how fiction and nonfiction persuade us in different ways.
Writers who make Mark want to write:
<ul>
<li>Graham Greene</li>
<li>John LeCarre</li>
<li>Elizabeth Strout</li>
</ul>
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Episode 15: Mark Meynell

Russ Ramsey is a gifted storyteller and a trusted guide in the world of art. He is the author of Rembrandt is in the Wind and Van Gogh Has a Broken Heart: What Art Teaches Us About The Wonder and Struggle of Being Alive. In this episode from October 2024, Russ and Jonathan Rogers talk about sunflowers, the sublime, and the connection between suffering and wonder. 

This episode is sponsored by The Habit's Writer Development Cohorts.

Russ Ramsey is a gifted storyteller and a trusted guide in the world of art. He is the author of <a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/rembrandt-is-in-the-wind-learning-to-love-art-through-the-eyes-of-faith-russ-ramsey/ade085eb02f9047f?ean=9780310129721&amp;next=t">Rembrandt is in the Wind</a> and <a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/van-gogh-has-a-broken-heart-what-art-teaches-us-about-the-wonder-and-struggle-of-being-alive-russ-ramsey/21291915?ean=9780310155577">Van Gogh Has a Broken Heart: What Art Teaches Us About The Wonder and Struggle of Being Alive</a>. In this episode from October 2024, Russ and Jonathan Rogers talk about sunflowers, the sublime, and the connection between suffering and wonder.&nbsp;
This episode is sponsored by The Habit's <a href="https://Thehabit.co/cohorts">Writer Development Cohorts.</a>

Russ Ramsey on Van Gogh and Friends (from the Archives)

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Sarah Clarkson is a writer whose work centers on beauty and grief, story and quiet. She has written of herself, “I’m trying to write well about my own sorrow, and my own encounters with the beauty that defied my darkness and drew me into a life of creativity, quiet, and wonder.” She studied theology at Oxford University. She is the author or co-author of six books, most recently Reclaiming Quiet: Cultivating a Life of Holy Attention, which she wrote to answer her own questions about what it means to have a quiet mind in a fallen, screen-driven world. In this episode, Sarah and Jonathan Rogers discuss a better definition of quiet, the importance of physical presence, the dangers of screens, and the value of boredom.

This episode is sponsored by The Habit's Writer Development Cohorts, a small-group intensive for fiction and nonfiction writers. Apply at TheHabit.co/cohorts.

 

<a href="https://sarahclarkson.com/">Sarah Clarkson</a> is a writer whose work centers on beauty and grief, story and quiet. She has written of herself, &ldquo;I&rsquo;m trying to write well about my own sorrow, and my own encounters with the beauty that defied my darkness and drew me into a life of creativity, quiet, and wonder.&rdquo; She studied theology at Oxford University. She is the author or co-author of six books, most recently <a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/reclaiming-quiet-cultivating-a-life-of-holy-attention-sarah-clarkson/21230974?ean=9781540900524">Reclaiming Quiet: Cultivating a Life of Holy Attention</a>, which she wrote to answer her own questions about what it means to have a quiet mind in a fallen, screen-driven world. In this episode, Sarah and Jonathan Rogers discuss a better definition of quiet, the importance of physical presence, the dangers of screens, and the value of boredom.
This episode is sponsored by The Habit's Writer Development Cohorts, a small-group intensive for fiction and nonfiction writers. Apply at <a href="thehabit.co/cohorts">TheHabit.co/cohorts</a>.
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Sarah Clarkson Gets Quiet. (from the Archives)

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In recent years there has been a resurgence of serial publishing on Internet platforms. In this episode Mick Donahue and Andy Patton talk with Jonathan Rogers about serial publishing. Mick and his wife Rachel are is the co-founder of the new serialization platform, Flicker.Press. Andy, besides being the Rabbit Room’s Director of Content, is the author of the serialized novel The Ill Starred Knight, published on the Royal Road platform under the pen name Ix.

In recent years there has been a resurgence of serial publishing on Internet platforms. In this episode Mick Donahue and Andy Patton talk with Jonathan Rogers about serial publishing. Mick and his wife Rachel are is the co-founder of the new serialization platform, <a href="https://flicker.press/">Flicker.Press</a>. Andy, besides being the Rabbit Room&rsquo;s Director of Content, is the author of the serialized novel <a href="https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/160219/the-ill-starred-knight-weak-to-strong-litrpg-survival">The Ill Starred Knight</a>, published on the Royal Road platform under the pen name Ix.

Mick Donahue and Andy Patton on Serial Publishing

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Episode 15: Mark Meynell

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