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#52 – Kirsten Imani Kasai – Write Through The Roof
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Episode 52 with Kirsten Imani Kasai – writer, academic & editor“I like grit and blood and meat in my work.”
Episode 52 – Kirsten Imani Kasai – Show Notes- Pantser at heart using an outline as a roadmap but allowing serendipity
- Novels allow layering
- Tea – Yorkshire Gold with vanilla cream or port and red wine
- Writing described as dark and weird
- Exploring love, romance, illness, death, spirituality and metaphysics
- A different slant on romance – short story ‘Bleat’
- Influence of growing up in a religious family – biblical imagery and spiritual cannibalism
- Accepting valid criticism – lyrical writing and ‘purple prose’ – limiting adjectives
- Allowing time to get a critical eye on own work
- Challenges with current work ‘Girlstown’ mixing visual elements, fiction and non-fiction
- Cindy Crabb ‘Things That Help’ 90s zines, Angela Carter, Octavia Butler, Helen Zahavi – Dark Weekend
- House of Erzulie inspired by recurring dreams of a gothic house. Researching gothic literary elements. Triptych – three narrators across time. Epistolary structure and mirroring different POVs
“Too much structure hinders the creative process.”
“The first draft is work but also play.”
Links- Kirsten Imani Kasai
- Instagram – Mehetabelly
- Magical Word Editing Company
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