{"id":208865,"date":"2025-04-03T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-03T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.draft2digital.com\/blog\/?p=208865"},"modified":"2025-04-10T02:13:51","modified_gmt":"2025-04-10T07:13:51","slug":"aristotle-for-novelists-ep220","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.draft2digital.com\/blog\/aristotle-for-novelists-ep220\/","title":{"rendered":"Aristotle for Novelists \/\/ EP220"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@Draft2Digital\"><\/a>Episode Summary<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Douglas Vigliotti joins us on this week's Self Publishing Insiders to reflect on how the philosophical lessons of Aristotle can benefit authors looking to improve in their craft.<\/p>\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.simplecast.com\/f703fd6f-a985-4ba9-8fcf-a8640b8d8b7a\" height=\"200\" width=\"100%\" title=\"Aristotle for Novelists\" allow=\"autoplay\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Aristotle for Novelists\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yaUoSeHC2aE?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"episode-notes\">Episode Notes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Douglas Vigliotti authored \"Aristotle for Novelists\" with the intention of adapting the timeless principles of Aristotle's Poetics in a way tailored to the needs of novelists. 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