Want to go to Mars? The main character in Jordan Prosser’s new novel Blue Giant certainly does, and will stop at nothing to achieve this goal. In this episode, Jordan explores the origins of this story, the intriguing cast of characters and how writing a novel differs from other forms of writing he does. Don’t miss this one – it’s ‘out of this world’!
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00:00 Welcome
09:10 Writing tip: Fridge poems online
11:20 Writers in the wild
12:40 WIN: The Extraordinary Florence Stoker by Karen Brooks
14:45 Word of the week: ‘Epicene’
15:42 Interview with: Jordan Prosser
16:24 Describing Blue Giant
18:00 Origins of the story
20:10 Exploring the cast of characters
31:05 Fitting novel writing into everyday life
33:33 Prioritising writing
37:48 The publishing journey
41:20 Differences between fiction and script writing
44:06 Genre defining
46:06 What’s next?
47:47 Writing tip
51:07 Final thoughts
Links mentioned in this episode
- WIN The Extraordinary Florence Stoker by Karen Brooks
- Buy So You Want to be a Writer – the book!
- Facebook group for So You Want to be a Writer
Writer in residence: Jordan Prosser

Jordan Prosser is an author and screenwriter based in Naarm/Melbourne. He won the Peter Carey Short Story Award in 2022. His debut novel, Big Time, was shortlisted for the Matt Richell Award for New Writer of the Year at the ABIAs and the Aurealis Award for Best Science Fiction Novel.
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