100. #100 Where it All Began: Michael Bungay Stanier [reads] ‘The Fellowship of the Ring’
2 Pages with MBS - A podcast by Michael Bungay Stanier - Tuesdays
Michael’s new book How to Begin: Start Doing Something that Matters is now available at www.HowToBegin.com. If you’re a listener of this podcast, I believe that you love reading. My question is, do you remember where and when that seed got planted? I do, and that’s what I’m here to celebrate in today’s special 100th episode. Get book links and resources at https://www.mbs.works/2-pages-podcast/ Michael reads two pages from ‘The Fellowship of the Ring’ by J. R. R. Tolkien. [reading begins at 7:30] Hear him discuss: His relationship with reading, growing up. [1:13] | “This book gave me permission to imagine.” [14:50] | How reading helps you become a better writer: “The way to become a good writer is to be a bad writer.” [16:12]
