NYT Bestselling Author Teaches Writing (Suleika Jaouad Interview)

Suleika Jaouad says: "If you want to write a good book, write what you don't want others to know about you. But if you want to write a great book, write what you don't want to know about yourself." She's had a lifelong love for words, ever since she was a little kid. She began writing for public consumption in her twenties, after being diagnosed with serious cancer. From her hospital bed, she started writing for The New York Times, which led to her memoir, "Between Two Kingdoms", and her book on creativity, "The Book of Alchemy". What are the driving themes of our conversation? - How do you free yourself to be creative - How do you show up as your most unedited self on the page - How do you fight writer's block - How do you live with curiosity, wonder, and enchantment - How do you truly open your eyes to the world This conversation will explore all of that. 00:00:00 Introduction 00:00:52 Being vulnerable 00:06:56 Writing from the hospital 00:09:58 Why write by hand 00:12:29 How to make space for writing 00:14:55 The struggles of writing a memoir 00:21:09 The 'Bed, bath and bus' framework 00:26:39 Motifs and themes 00:33:16 How to use prompts 00:38:29 Getting unstuck 00:42:46 How to get good feedback 00:45:50 The value of daily journals 00:50:05 Techniques for capturing ideas *About the host* Hey! I’m David Perell and I’m a writer, teacher, and podcaster. I believe writing online is one of the biggest opportunities in the world today. For the first time in human history, everybody can freely share their ideas with a global audience. I seek to help as many people publish their writing online as possible. *Follow me* Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-i-write/id1700171470 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DavidPerellChannel Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2DjMSboniFAeGA8v9NpoPv X: https://x.com/david_perell

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