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What’s on our bookcase?

October 18, 2021
Season 1
Episode 1
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Welcome to Words to Write by – a podcast where we discuss, chapter by chapter, those wonderful writing craft books purchased with the best of intentions but now gathering...

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Zen and the Art of Writing

by Ray Bradbury

Bradbury…(yes, that Bradbury!) wrote a writing craft book. Together, we’ll test his promise to “release the creative genius within you.” Join us as we pick apart the process (and–dare we say– hubris) of this lovable sci-fi author as he tells us what to do, but not always how to do it. Stay tuned!

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Bird by Bird

by Anne lamott

We know you own it. But have you read it? Like really, really read it? It’s time to crack that spine and delve into the depths of your perfectionism, mental hang ups, and neuroses and get that butt in the chair. At least, a writer can dream, can’t she?

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The Writer's Journey

by Christopher Vogler

Does a plot formula a good novel make? Let’s find out! You know it by many names: The Hero’s Journey; The Monomyth theory; Jungian Archetypes, etc. But Vogler deliver on his promise? By the end of this book, will you, too, be able to write a plot and craft well rounded characters everyone will love? Only one way to find out (sans reading). Good thing you have us. Right, Dear Listener?

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Authors & AI

Oh Snap, we’re tackling the beast that is AI HEAD ON! No covering your eyes! No head in the sand! We’re going to look this beast in the eye and tell it who’s boss. . .unless we’re not the boss. Wait? Whose in charge here? 

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Female Shapeshifters and Other Questionable Archetypes

July 24, 2024
Season 3
Episode 8
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Everyone who’s read a blog post on the Hero’s Journey can spot the Hero and Mentor archetypes, but what about a Threshold Guardian, or Herald, or elusive Shapeshifter? Are...

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Workshop with Elana Gomel: What to do if your Hero is a Girl?

July 17, 2024
Season 3
Episode 7
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In response to Joseph Campbell's Hero with a Thousands Faces, aka The Hero's Journey, folklorists and academics (many of them female) countered some of the major steps and archetypes...

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The Mentor Behind Every Great Hero

July 10, 2024
Season 3
Episode 6
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The Mentor -- arguably the second most identified archetype from The Hero's Journey (after the eponymous hero). In his book, The Writer's Journey, Christopher Vogler has a lot to...

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Workshop: Renee Creates a Monster-Hero

July 3, 2024
Season 3
Episode 5
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Last episode we explored the concept of the hero archetype as presented in Christopher Vogler's The Writer's Journey. But analysis is one thing; we wanted to see if we...

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What Makes a Hero

June 25, 2024
Season 3
Episode 4
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Whether every protagonist is a Hero is open to debate (and debate it we do in this episode) but on it we can agree that the vast majority of...

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Workshop: Mapping Kim’s Novel to the Hero’s Journey

June 20, 2024
Season 3
Episode 3
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Writing Workshop with Kim & ReneeThe Writer’s Journey Subscribe to our Newsletter The Hero’s Journey Study Guide The Writing Workshop Exercise Map your Novel according to Vogler’s The Hero...

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Mapping the Hero’s Journey

June 12, 2024
Season 3
Episode 2
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We’ve officially started our new book, Christopher Vogler’s The Writer’s Journey. And boy is there a lot in the first two chapters! First (or first after Kim’s rant) is an...

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The Writer’s Journey. Let’s Do This.

May 29, 2024
Season 3
Episode 1
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We’re on the last chapter of Judith Barrington’s book, Writing the Memoir, “Practical Advice on Critique Groups,” plus the dos and don’ts of giving and getting feedback. It’s practical...

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Common Scene Errors

November 10, 2022
Season 1
Episode 25
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Today we tackle Jack Bickham’s Common Scene Errors, and boy, are there a lot of them, 14 to be...

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Dispatches from a DIY Writing Retreat

November 4, 2022
Season 1
Episode 24
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What writer hasn’t dreamed of leaving behind the stress and obligations of their day-to-day lives for a quiet, secluded...

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The One Where We Go on a Writing Retreat

October 26, 2022
Season 1
Episode 23
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In this episode, Kim interviews award winning science fiction author, Charlie Jane Anders about her recently published craft book,...

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Getting Wild with Scene and Sequels

October 12, 2022
Season 1
Episode 22
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After 70 pages of Jack Bickham’s Scene and Structure we feel we’ve got a pretty good handle on how...

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Speeding Up and Slowing Down your Novel

September 28, 2022
Season 1
Episode 21
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Chapter 8 – Scene & Structure Subscribe to our Newsletter How do you take a ponderous story into a...

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Sequels: the Glue that Holds Scenes Together

September 14, 2022
Season 1
Episode 20
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When you’re bored with action-packed scenes and want to dive deep into the mind of your protagonist, maybe you...

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Tactical Disasters, Meaningful Change, and More Scene Rules. Oh, My!

August 31, 2022
Season 1
Episode 19
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After last episode’s deep dive into scene structure, we thought we’d ask a few published novelists and professional editors...

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Making a Scene

August 17, 2022
Season 1
Episode 18
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If stories are made up of scenes, what are scenes made up of? According to Jack Bickham in his...

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The Cart Goes After the Horse – Getting Cause and Effect Right in your Story

August 3, 2022
Season 1
Episode 18
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This episode is all about cause and effect, what it is, why it is critical in fiction despite being...

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Starting Your Book Off Right

July 20, 2022
Season 1
Episode 17
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In this podcast we give our first impressions of our new book, Jack Bickham's Scene and Structure, and, being the...

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Auf Wiedersehen, Bradbury, and on to Scene & Structure

July 6, 2022
Season 1
Episode 16
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In this episode we bid a fond farewell to Bradbury with one last conversation about his book, Zen in...

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Work! Relax! Don’t Think! No problem

June 15, 2022
Season 1
Episode 15
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In this episode we dive into the final chapter of Ray Bradbury’s Zen in the Art of Writing, titled:...

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So You Want to be a Screenwriter

June 1, 2022
Season 1
Episode 14
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In todays episode, Bradbury tells us how loathing Ireland pushed him to becoming a playwright/screenwriter,  why these absurdest plays...

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Five People a Writer Needs in their Career

May 18, 2022
Season 1
Episode 13
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No one succeeds all by themselves, and that includes Ray Bradbury.  In his book Zen in the Art of...

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Writing Marathons and Playing with Memories

May 4, 2022
Season 1
Episode 12
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According to Bradbury’s retelling, it took him nine days, a library typewriter, and a pocketful of dimes to crank...

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