Everyone who wants to write a book knows them: the lists of writing tips and writing rules from famous writers. How do you write a novel? How do you make it easier for yourself, what helps against blockades, how do you find your topic, your characters, the perfect first sentence, the best ending?
Till Raether and Alena Schröder present a selection of relieving, inspiring writing tips from friends and colleagues - and some not-so-helpful tips from the greats of literary history.
With special guest Ernst-Dieter Hemingway
Alena Schröder, born in 1979, is an author and lives in Berlin. Her novels "Junge Frau am Fenster stehend, Abendlicht, blaues Kleid" and "Bei euch ist es immer so unheimlich still" have been published by dtv.
Till Raether, born in 1969, is an author and lives in Hamburg. His crime novels and essays have been published by Rowohlt Polaris, most recently the novels "Treue Seelen", "Die Architektin" and "Disko" by btb.
Till and Alena talk about writing together in their podcast "sexy & down-to-earth".