{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"How Stories Happen","title":"“Is this ANNything?” Ann Handley and Jay Acunzo Work Out New Drafts","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2894,"description":"This week, we’re joined by our first-ever recurring guest. The brilliant Ann Handley (WSJ bestselling author of Everybody Writes and globally touring keynote speaker) joins us for a very special episode of “Is This Anything?”, the mini-series, where friends and collaborators join me to work out new ideas, unproven drafts, and hidden ideas to see if it is, in fact, anything.But because it’s Ann, we’re renaming it Is This ANNything. Get it? Do you get it? (If you didn’t like that, you’re really not gonna like this episode…)First, we discuss a story we co-wrote on Threads, sharing back and forth posts to build on each others’ previous ideas. Read that story here (you need to click into the first Thread for the threading to make sense. Oh, Threads…)Then, we share drafts of our newsletters, each at different stages, and workshop improvements.It’s a refreshing look at two prolific writers and speakers (and one bestselling author!) in the middle of their process.Read Jay’s final newsletter version here. (Ann has not written the draft publicly as of this episode’s publish date.)Listen to Ann’s first appearance on How Stories Happen as she dissects a published piece: “How do we all sign our work?” - Episode 3 with Ann Handley RESOURCES:⚫  Learn more about Ann at her website and subscribe to her newsletter ⚫ Follow Ann on LinkedIn and Instagram⚫  Buy Ann’s book, Everybody Writes🔵 Subscribe to Jay Acunzo's newsletter at jayacunzo.com🔵 Join Jay's membership program for business storytellers and service providers, the Creator Kitchen🔵 Follow Jay on LinkedIn, Instagram, or Threads🟢 Produced by Ilana Nevins🟢 Cover art designed by Blake InkABOUT JAY:ConsultingSpeakingContactBooksJay Acunzo is an author, speaker, and differentiation-and-thought leadership consultant on a mission to help you make what matters to your career, company, and community. He's an advisor to experts, execs, and entrepreneurs who want to resonate deeper with others, not just reach them. To do so, he helps...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/nuRCRx-4u0W3YH3Kt3zdOvAsl7nPLqtmbzCSDr-n9Tw/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS84NmEx/NTA3NTdiZjU2YWI1/MWQ0YmQyNmJlZTBm/NjA3NC5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}