Writing from Opposite Sides: Jodi Picoult Asks the Big Questions

For The Love With Jen Hatmaker Podcast

Jen Hatmaker

Relationships, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 18 September 2018

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

We’re forging ahead in our For the Love of Books series, and today we host one of the most distinctive and decorated novelists of our time, a woman who challenges us to chew on why we believe what we believe: New York Times bestselling author Jodi Picoult. For more than twenty years, Jodi has brought us novels filled with moral questions, and has presented fully-fledged characters we find ourselves having empathy for, even if we don’t agree with their choices. Jodi models this mindset in her own life as a self-described “accidental activist.” Her latest novel, A Spark of Light, tells a powerful story around an abortion clinic. Jodi talks about the research that went into the novel, and she and Jen lead us into a complicated discussion around the topic that will have us all asking the big questions, and give us insight into differing perspectives. And if you’re a fan of Jodi’s books like we are, you’ll enjoy some behind-the-scenes glimpses into her blockbuster bestseller My Sister’s Keeper, where we hear Jodi’s rationale for that amazing, heart-stopping ending that made Jen bawl in the bathtub.

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0:00.0	Hi everybody, my name is Remy.
0:03.6	Welcome to the For the Love Podcast with your host, Jen Hatmaker, my mom.
0:09.3	She writes books and speaks to crowds, but she mostly loves talking to amazing people
0:14.8	on this podcast every week.
0:17.2	Thanks for listening, we hope you enjoyed the show.
0:20.0	Hey guys, welcome to the For the Love Podcast.
0:23.1	This is Jen.
0:24.8	And before we get started with today's episode, I wanted to follow up on something we've
0:28.4	been talking about these past few weeks while we've been in this very, very amazing for
0:33.6	the Love of Books series.
0:35.1	So as you've heard this week, and really with all the great writers we've been talking
0:39.5	to, they each got their start by being mentored, by learning from other great authors and putting
0:45.0	the pieces in place to chase their dreams of writing.
0:48.0	So you've probably heard me talk about author school, and I hope you were able to get
0:52.6	signed up.
0:53.6	But maybe the timing wasn't right.
0:55.4	Maybe you're right on the cusp of that big leap into pursuing publishing, but you feel
0:59.7	like you just need to do the time and earn your stripes first.
1:03.3	So if that's you, there are two great options from the same team behind author school that
1:09.0	I want you to consider.
1:10.8	The first is the clumsy bloggers workshop, which is a six week course that will teach you
1:16.1	how to start your own blog, share your words, and grow your own community.
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