Episode 135: A Craft Discussion About James Wood's How Fiction Works, with Vanessa Blakeslee!The Drunken Odyssey with John King: A Podcast About the Writing LifeIn this week’s episode, I talk about James Wood's How Fiction Works with Vanessa Blakeslee,Plus Amy Penne writes about how David Foster Wallace's Consider the Lobster and Other Essays changed her life...11 years agoEpisode 135: A Craft Discussion About James Wood's How Fiction Works, with Vanessa Blakeslee!The Drunken Odyssey with John King: A Podcast About the Writing Life0:00 / 0:00Read the original at thedrunkenodyssey.libsyn.comKeep up with this sourceFollow this sourceKeep this source in your dashboard and return to its latest articles. Email alerts are managed separately in Settings.FetchFeeds groups articles by feed so you can follow sources, compare coverage, and save stories for later.Back to all articles from The Drunken Odyssey with John King: A Podcast About the Writing LifeMore from this feedChoose another story from The Drunken Odyssey with John King: A Podcast About the Writing Life.Episode 214: Mixtape 6 (slouching towards a perspiring glass of water, in the quivering shade of the world's oldest banyan tree)233: A Craft Discussion About David Foster Wallace's E Unibus Plurim: Television and U.S. Fiction with Vanessa Blakeslee!269: A Craft Discussion of Robert Paul Lamb's Art Matters with Vanessa Blakeslee!507: Sonya Huber565: A Discussion of William Gibson's Pattern Recognition with Rachael Tillman!580: A Discussion of Devin Watson's Horror Screenwriting: The Nature of Fear, with Rachael Tillman681: The Kerouac Project of Orlando Book Club Discussion of William S. Burrough's Junky (with Matt Peters)!686: Schloctoberfest 2025 #1: A Discussion of Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! with Jeff Shuster