Authors of the Pacific Northwest

Episode 40: Leslie Slape; playwright, storyteller, journalist, author

In This Episode, You’ll Hear:

(Podcast run time 32 minutes)

• :39 - Introduction to Leslie Slape
• 2:42 - Leslie shares her writing background with a newspaper
• 3:19- Leslie talks about her published works & her play that is released on another podcast

• 4:55 - Vikki & Leslie talk about the Salal Review
• 7:55 - Leslie shares about storytelling
• 8:47- Leslie & Vikki go deeper into the process of storytelling
• 14:46 - Leslie discusses how her writing has changed since she has been a storyteller
• 15:51 - Leslie & Vikki talk about performance arts, acting, and writing
• 17:30 - Vikki discussed her inspiration with public speaking
• 18:05 - Leslie shares her playwriting and the release of The Harder Courage on Play4Keeps.org podcast
• 24:13 - Leslie shares her inspiration
• 27:17 - Leslie reads from The Harder Courage
• 34:30 - Leslie shares what she is currently working on

Connect with Leslie Slape:

Leslie’s website: https://leslieslape.wordpress.com

Leslie’s Play The Harder Courage on Play4Keeps.org podcast: https://play4keeps.org/play/the-harder-courage/

Resources Mentioned on the Podcast:

Storyteller Network: http://storyteller.net

Storytelling Guilds in the Pacific Northwest: http://www.portlandstorytellers.org/resources/guilds-pacific-northwest/

The Storyteller’s Start-up Book by Margaret Read MacDonald: https://www.amazon.com/Storytellers-Start-Up-Book-Performing-Folktales/dp/0874833051/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1549383407&sr=8-1&keywords=the+storytellers+start+up+book

Salal Review: http://www.salalreview.com

Podcast Music Credits:

Title: Amazing Plan by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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