On the passing through season 3 finale I took some phenomenal questions from all around the world from you listeners

It was a really really special experience being able to hear your voices in real time was amazing. It's

been a wonderful season for myself as well as all the wonderful ladies who told their

stories at the live show. During these crazy and unpredictable times I hope you all are

staying safe, sane and continuing to tell your stories more now than ever.

I hope you guys enjoy the last episode of season 3 a question and answer.

Hi NECA my name is Lamia I am from Zimbabwe I'm studying in London though I I absolutely love your podcast. It's my favorite and my

Spotify 2019 wrapped up proved that. My favorite episode ever is your episode on Spain. My question to you is what books helped you to become a better story teller?

Hello Lamia, all the way from Zimbabwe that is a special greetings from here in the studio in Detroit, Michigan.

I'd really have to refer to the top three books that I was reading and really sinking my teeth into at the time while writing passing through before trying to splice it together and it was one my favorite author of all time Octavia Butler so I was reading the Parable of the Sower and the Parable of the

Talents and Octavia's writing is so relatable and that's really what I wanted the

tone of passing through to be two would be if you're looking for something more tangible. It's a book

called Mastering the Craft of Writing, How to Write with Clarity, Emphasis, and Style by

Stephan Wilbur's. He gives excellent tips as well as exercises after every

single chapter. It genuinely drastically changed the way I sentence, I

structure my sentences, the way I phrase certain things where and when to use drama.

It's an incredible incredible book and the sympathizer by Vietnam when he is so colorful with his language and it's something that I tried to emulate

with almost every single episode of passing through. I would recommend with anybody writing to read as broadly as possible. I saw in the video everything is remixed the other day that really creation is a combination of copying, transforming, and then eventually combining.

So you are going to copy and emulate some of the artists or writers that you like, and then

you're going to transform it.

The more and more you start doing it, you're going to find your voice. Then you're going to transform it the more and more you start doing it you're going to find your voice

Then you're going to end up combining all the wonderful things that you've read and that's really where the fun begins because your style

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