How #1 Hit Podcast ‘Welcome to Night Vale’ Co-Creator Jeffrey Cranor Writes: Part Two

The co-creator and co-writer of the #1 international hit podcast Welcome to Night Vale and New York Times bestselling co-author of the novel of same name, Jeffrey Cranor, dropped by the show to talk about the importance of collaboration, deadlines, and bad writing.

In addition to producing and touring with the theater ensemble The New York Neo-Futurists, the playwright and author tours with live shows for the Night Vale Presents production banner, co-created with Joseph Fink.

Night Vale Presents now produces four podcasts that regularly sit at the top of the charts — including Within the Wires, also created by the author — and recently published two volumes of episode transcripts that include extras for fans of their original show.

Welcome to Night Vale has been described as “NPR meets The Twilight Zone,” a sci-fi broadcast about a small desert community where strange mythologies abound, and all conspiracy theory is potentially real.

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If you missed the first half you can find it right here.

In Part Two of this file Jeffrey Cranor and I discuss:

• The power of productive procrastination
• How ‘making the familiar strange’ produces great writing
• Why it’s really hard to be good all the time
• How the battle against expectation can surprise readers
• The art of great audiobooks as performance

The Show Notes

• Audible is Offering a Free Audiobook Download with a 30-day Trial: Grab Your Free Audiobook Here – audibletrial.com/rainmaker
• Welcome To Night Vale
• Welcome To Night Vale on Facebook
• Night Vale Presents
• Jeffrey Cranor on Amazon
• Jeffrey Cranor’s website
• NY Neo-Futurists Theater Company
• Jeffrey Cranor on Twitter
• Kelton Reid on Twitter

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