Inside Creative Writing - A Podcast for Fiction and Creative Nonfiction Writers

Inside Creative Writing - A Podcast for Fiction and Creative Nonfiction Writers


Latest Episodes

Episode 27: One Great Technique for Writing Subtext – The Third Thing
July 30, 2018

Subtext can be the difference between polished prose and an amateur-sounding story. Today, we look at one surefire way to[...]

Episode 26: How To Write Effective Beginning and Ending Scenes
July 23, 2018

Today we’re going to be talking about the importance of the first and last scenes of your novel or screenplay[...]

Episode 25: How to Prioritize Your Life for Writing
July 16, 2018

Today’s topic is about a challenge that affects every single writer that I know. “How do you prioritize your life[...]

Episode 24: How to Discover What Your Story is Really About (Using the SNBS)
July 09, 2018

Today we’re building off of an idea we explored in episode 14 called the Somebody-Wanted-But-So. We’ll modify that strategy today[...]

Episode 23: How to Write Great Fiction… with Barlow Adams
July 02, 2018

Today we explore the elements of good writing with Barlow Adams, a prolific and versatile writer well-known for both his[...]

Episode 22: You’re Not a Perfectionist—You’re Afraid
June 25, 2018

  Today we’re talking about the root of so much of the resistance we face as writers: perfectionism. Where does[...]

Episode 21: Science Fiction… with Gareth L. Powell
June 18, 2018

  Gareth L. Powell was born and raised in Bristol, England. He is a popular panelist and speaker at literary[...]

Episode 20: 5 Reasons Writers Should Practice Mindfulness Meditation
June 11, 2018

  Today we’re talking about mindfulness meditation—what it is, how to do, and the 5 reasons that every writer should[...]

Episode 19: How to Find Your Next Killer Story Idea
June 04, 2018

It may be the most common question writers get: where do you get your ideas from? Today we answer that[...]

Episode 18: Why You Should Care About Rhetorical Devices
May 28, 2018

  In this week’s episode, we explore the claim that “everything is an argument.” If this is true, then our[...]