Have you ever read a book and thought, “Wow, how did the author do that?!”

Or maybe you’d love to sit down with your favorite author and pick their brain about their writing process or tips and tricks for when you get stuck.

Today, the Read-Aloud Revival team has compiled some of our favorite advice about getting creative from the archives of RAR Premium’s Family Book Clubs.

Whether you write, draw, paint, or engage in any other creative pursuit, and whether you’re seven or seventy-seven–and every age in between–there’s something here to help you get your creative juices flowing.

In this episode, you’ll hear:

• Tips for staying with the struggle and keeping the joy in your creativity
• How to create a satisfying story
• Advice for getting ideas, when to ignore your outline, and loving the process

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Find the rest of the show notes at: readaloudrevival.com/writing-advice

If you’ve been around the Read-Aloud Revival for a minute, you might know that C. S. Lewis’s The Screwtape Letters is one of my all-time favorite books.

It’s the book I have read and re-read the most, and it’s also the source of some of my favorite read-aloud memories with my young adult son.

Today’s guest has written a book in a similar style with the modern woman in mind, and in this episode we talk about how the enemy is working the hearts and minds of women today.

Emily Wilson Hussem is the author of Sincerely Stoneheart: Unmask the Enemy’s Lies, Find the Truth That Sets You Free, as well as a speaker and YouTuber who shares her faith around the world. It was a delight to have her on the show.

In this episode, you’ll hear:

• How Emily adapted C. S. Lewis’s format to get to the heart of the most common struggles in women’s lives
• Why embracing friendship, connection, and community is key to thriving as women and mothers
• The ways distraction, comparison, and dissatisfaction all pull us away from living in the truth of our identities as beloved daughters of God

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Find the rest of the show notes at: readaloudrevival.com/emily-wilson

On the last episode of the Read-Aloud Revival, we talked about why Shakespeare is not a school subject. I hope we were able to convince you!

But if we know that Shakespeare isn’t a school subject or an item on a checklist, how do we actually do it? And how do we make Shakespeare not just doable in our homeschools, but delightful?

Today, we’ll talk through a simple framework your family can use to experience one of the richest and most rewarding literary treasures in the world in a way that is absolutely magical and a whole lot of fun.

I'm willing to bet that if you implement the framework that we discuss in this episode, you won’t mistake Shakespeare for a school subject ever again!

In this episode, you’ll hear:

• Why we don’t start teaching Shakespeare with the original text
• Simple, easy ways to build connections with Shakespeare’s works and with each other
• How incorporating performance makes Shakespeare come alive for the whole family

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Find the rest of the show notes at: readaloudrevival.com/how-to-shakespeare