Robert Wright & John McPhee [The Wright Show]

00:42 Why John’s books have never included an author photo
08:37 On the inadequacy of the term ‘nonfiction’
21:53 The importance of a really good lede
33:42 John’s simple cure for writer’s block
51:22 Why John likes to challenge the reader’s vocabulary
Robert Wright (Bloggingheads.tv, The Evolution of God, Nonzero, Why Buddhism Is True) and John McPhee (Princeton University, Draft No. 4: On the Writing Process)
Recorded on October 2, 2017
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[@Kafkaesque786]

I stumbled upon this video after having read Draft no 4. It's a fantastic book on writing. Gorgeously written. Not having a picture on works of non-fiction is also a touch of selfless genius. Thank you for this.

[@dalanium98]

Hm