How can you move past being stuck? Susan Orlean on “The Orchid Thief”
Spark & Fire: Fuel Your Creativity
English - January 05, 2021 03:30 - 44 minutes - 40.8 MBArts Leisure arts architecture storytelling writing creative design filmmaking creativity Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
How do you move past that "wobbly moment" in your creative journey? Just move. From the moment she heard about it, Susan Orlean knew she had to tell the story of "The Orchid Thief" – a wild, true story of obsession set in the swamps of Florida. But somewhere deep in the telling, she risks losing her own footing. Spark & Fire follows Susan as she pursues the story that "set her brain on fire," pushing past a creative crisis to write the magazine article and then book that in turn inspired the film "Adaptation." She tells her story in her own incisive, honest and very funny words – with insider details you haven’t heard, and actionable advice for anyone at any stage of their creative journey.
Susan Orlean is a journalist and nonfiction writer who became a staff writer at the New Yorker in 1992. Her works of literary nonfiction include The Orchid Thief and The Library Book. She has a wildly entertaining Twitter feed: @susanorlean
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