788 - Chuck Palahniuk (Part 2): People, Places, Things

The James Altucher Show

James Altucher

Education, Business

4.6 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 28 October 2021

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

In Part 1, Chuck Palahniuk and I broke down some of the writing techniques, and analyze some of the famous novels and literature out there. In this Part 2 of the episode, we talked more about his new book, People, Places, Things: My Human Landmarks. We even analyzed why he wrote it the way he did, and what was his intention! Listen to this Part 2 out of 2, and make sure you check out Part 1 if you missed it! My new book Skip The Line is out! Make sure you get a copy wherever you get your new book! Join You Should Run For President 2.0 Facebook Group, and we discuss why should run for president. I write about all my podcasts! Check out the full post and learn what I learned at jamesaltucher.com/podcast. Thanks so much for listening! If you like this episode, please subscribe to "The James Altucher Show" and rate and review wherever you get your podcasts: Apple Podcasts Stitcher iHeart Radio Spotify Follow me on Social Media: YouTube Twitter Facebook ------------What do YOU think of the show? Head to JamesAltucherShow.com/listeners and fill out a short survey that will help us better tailor the podcast to our audience!Are you interested in getting direct answers from James about your question on a podcast? Go to JamesAltucherShow.com/AskAltucher and send in your questions to be answered on the air!------------Visit Notepd.com to read our idea lists & sign up to create your own!My new book, Skip the Line, is out! Make sure you get a copy wherever books are sold!Join the You Should Run for President 2.0 Facebook Group, where we discuss why you should run for President.I write about all my podcasts! Check out the full post and learn what I learned at jamesaltuchershow.com------------Thank you so much for listening! If you like this episode, please rate, review, and subscribe to "The James Altucher Show" wherever you get your podcasts: Apple PodcastsiHeart RadioSpotifyFollow me on social media:YouTubeTwitterFacebookLinkedIn See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	This isn't your average business podcast and he's not your average host.
0:07.8	This is the James Altiger Show.
0:13.8	Today on the James Altiger Show.
0:16.6	Chuck Palinick is one of my all time favorite writers.
0:19.7	We dive deep into the writing process.
0:23.4	Here he is.
0:31.0	At one point you say, my point is how can I ask you to trust me on this when I don't
0:36.0	even trust myself?
0:38.3	What exactly did you mean by that?
0:39.8	Did you call into question the story's truth and we have to wonder about that?
0:46.6	You know, that is a place where I'm saying I'm not going to hit you over the head with
0:53.9	this.
0:54.9	I'm going to leave it up to you.
0:56.4	It's almost kind of a paper tiger.
0:58.4	I'm saying, I'm going to make this enormous case present you with this enormous sort of
1:05.1	body of evidence, but ultimately you're the one that makes a decision.
1:10.4	And so it allows the reader almost to token independence.
1:20.1	Joan Didian does this really well.
1:22.1	She is so beautiful at kind of stating a case, but then ultimately she acknowledges the
1:29.3	reader who has to make the final judgment.
1:33.6	And it's like you would do with a jury.
1:35.7	You might ask them to make a certain verdict, but you cannot tell them to make that verdict.
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