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Working: Using A Writing Grant Wisely

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🗓️ 9 February 2023

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

For this week’s episode of Working Overtime, hosts Karen Han and Isaac Butler respond to listener Emily’s question about how best to plan out a period of creative freedom she’s been given through a writing grant. It can be a challenge to find motivation while working on spec, or without concrete deadlines, but Isaac and Karen share ideas for psyching yourself into a creative routine. Do you feel unable to plan out your creative future? Leave a message at (304) 933-9675 or email us at working@slate.com.    Podcast production by Kevin Bendis and Cameron Drews. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hey, Tom Sharpling here, the host of the Best Show, and if you've never heard of the

0:06.0

Best Show before, everything you need to know is right there in the title.

0:10.4

Each week we put on the Best Live podcast you're ever going to hear, featuring live callers,

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celebrity guests, music, plenty of surprises, who knows what's going to happen.

0:21.4

Last month alone we were joined by Conan O'Brien, Patricia Arquette, Jeff Tweety from Wilco,

0:27.5

Nathan Fielder, Sinan Archives, John Oliver, the list goes on and on.

0:32.2

So what are you waiting for?

0:33.7

Join us live every Tuesday night on Twitch at 6 p.m. Pacific Time, and find us the next day

0:39.4

on the Forever Dog podcast network and wherever you find podcasts.

0:43.4

Welcome to Working Overtime, the Advice Forward Sunday brunch to Working's Three

1:00.1

Course Tasting Menu, I'm Isaac Butler, and I'm Karen Han.

1:03.5

Hey, Karen, how you doing?

1:04.8

I'm good.

1:05.8

How are you?

1:06.8

You know, the week that we're recording this is the first week of the new semester where

1:11.6

I teach, and so I do feel a little bit hit by a truck, but just trying to keep going.

1:17.0

Karen, you may remember, because I think you were the co-host that week that a couple

1:20.1

weeks ago, I begged listeners to help me procrastinate by sending us letters for me to read.

1:26.0

And one of our listeners, this woman Emily, was kind enough to aid me in the near blowing

1:30.6

of a deadline by sending a wonderful email filled with recent cultural experiences she

1:35.7

had, some thoughts about the show and everything, but she also needed some advice.

1:40.6

So here is our Working Overtime producer, Kevin Bendis, with a read of listener Emily's

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