{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/67f3a33b38e6ea3226714e6f/69c002c13bbfcfe8db07e280?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"The Trouble with Focus, featuring Tim Clare","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/67f3a33b38e6ea3226714e6f/1774190687818-d754e488-0179-4417-83e8-030aba385861.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>This week I'm delighted to welcome Tim Clare, writer of fiction and non-fiction, for a chat about focus. We talk about planning, fractured focus &amp; intense focus, confidence, editing and the theory that attention is the purest form of compassion. </p><p>Tim opens up about the specific pleasures and pitfalls of deep focus for neurodivergent people.&nbsp;We talk about experimental French literature group The <a href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2013/jul/12/oulipo-freeing-literature-tightening-rules\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Oulipo</a>, we disappear up our own bumbles but we do come out again.&nbsp;</p><p>Tim's latest book is <a href=\"https://canongate.co.uk/books/5013-the-game-changers-how-playing-games-changed-the-world-and-can-change-you-too/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The Game Changers</a> is published by Cannongate. </p><p>He also wrote <a href=\"https://canongate.co.uk/books/3649-coward-why-we-get-anxious-amp-what-we-can-do-about-it/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Coward</a>, in which he explores all possible cures for anxiety. </p><p>Check out his podcast Death of a 1000 Cuts, it's an amazing resource for writers! </p>","author_name":"Molly Naylor"}