Writing Podcast Episode 726: Michelle Wright shares her new book, 'Good Boy'

Do you believe in second chances? In this episode, author Michelle Wright discusses her new novel Good Boy – about a long-term prisoner who joins a dog rehabilitation program and is assigned a troubled pooch he renames ‘Good Boy’. Michelle talks about the story’s inspiration, reasons for setting it in its particular time period, the double meaning behind the title and more.

00:00 Welcome

07:55 Writing tip: Call yourself a writer!

11:15 Writers in the wild

13:59 WIN: Whistler by Ann Patchett

15:19 Word of the week: ‘Glabrous’

16:16 Interview with: Michelle Wright

16:59 Overview of new book, Good Boy

18:08 Origins and prison research

21:10 Planning process

23:52 ‘Beat sheet’ method

25:27 Why set it in 1997?