{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6841fa61f47b55b37af7e962/68ab8253e2f63983a76d6ade?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Can Good Writing Be Taught?","description":"<p><br></p><p>Soman and Victoria discuss whether good writing is nature or nurture. Also they discuss when is the right time to reach out to agents and how to avoid cliches.&nbsp; Victoria has a lot of errands to run, and Soman wants publishers to bid for writers like AI companies do for researchers.</p><p><br></p><p>Show notes</p><p>Theme of the Week (02:45)</p><p>Goals for the Week (10:28)</p><p>Industry Nonsense (21:13)&nbsp;</p><p>Reader Mailbag\t(41:17)</p><p>Plot Twists in Real Life (51:31)</p><p>Pup Twist (53:52)</p><p><br></p><p><br></p>","author_name":"Soman Chainani and Victoria Aveyard"}