Author and poet Sarah Griffin joins us to talk about how the awareness of an audience affects our writing.

Guest: Sarah Maria Griffin, <a href="https://twitter.com/griffski" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/griffski</a>

CONSUME: “AACK Cast!” a podcast about the comic strip Cathy by Jamie Loftus

CREATE: Write a 200-400 word monologue for a live audience. Interact with your audience in some way.

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Credits: Jeffrey Cranor (host) &amp; Joseph Fink (host), Jeffrey Cranor (producer), Grant Stewart (editor), Vincent Cacchione (mixer). Rob Wilson (logo).

Theme written and performed by Joseph Fink. If you'd like your own cover of the theme song featured on this show, email us at <a href="mailto:startwiththis@nightvalepresents.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">startwiththis@nightvalepresents.com</a> or share it in our membership community.

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The creators of Welcome to Night Vale Jeffrey Cranor and Joseph Fink believe the only bad writing is not writing. Start With This is a podcast gone creativity playground designed to put your ideas in motion. Each episode centers around a writing topic. Then they give listeners two short assignments: something to consume and something to create. Make something—anything. Then make something else.