Sep 25, 2018
Carlos Kotkin knows how to spin a good yarn. He's won countless open-mic storytelling competitions for The Moth -- a series of events (and a popular podcast) in which contestants tell stories without notes in cafes and clubs. He got so good at it, in fact, that eventually he was hired to host the shows. When Carlos isn't telling stories, he's writing them. He's the author of Please God Let It Be Herpes, which chronicles his horrible but hilarious dating experiences. And he's also a busy screenwriter whose credits includes the animated movies Rio 2 and The Star. On this episode of Write About Now, he talks about how his accidental career as a studio executive, how he got into storytelling, and why he won't ever take no for an answer.