Neal Allen
Writer and former journalist who creates technical craft guidance for writers, known here for co-authoring Good Writing — a rules-based, sentence-level manual — and for analytic explanations about sentence craft.
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Mar 8, 2026 • 1h 11min
742: Anne Lamott & Neal Allen
Anne Lamott, beloved memoirist and teacher, and Neal Allen, a sentence-craft analyst and co-author, chat about their collaboration and the art of tightening prose. They discuss vivid verbs, condensing first drafts, finding voice versus AI, rekindling childhood imagination, and practical prompts and routines for getting words down.
