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No Write Way with V. E. Schwab

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V. E. Schwab here! I’m the author of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, the Shades of Magic series, Vicious, and more. Join me here as I chat with fellow successful authors about their origin stories, creative processes, work-life balance, and how they bring the stories you love to life. We’ll dive into the many paths from that first spark of an idea to the final page of a book, because there’s no... more

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This week, I’m joined by Jasmine Guillory, bestselling author of The Wedding Date and her latest novel, It’s Only Dancing, for a deep dive into the nitty-gritty of how she actually makes a book.

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This week, I’m joined by Ali Hazelwood, bestselling author of The Love Hypothesis, and this episode is a bit of a romp. We wander from Star Trek and fa... more

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Recent Guests

Stephen Graham Jones
Author of The Buffalo Hunter Hunter, The Only Good Indians, and more than 30 novels and novellas
Episode: S5 E10 Stephen Graham Jones: Writing His Way Back to the Real World
Victoria Schwab
Author of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, Shades of Magic series, Vicious, and more
Episode: S5 E9 V.E. Schwab: At the End of a Trilogy
Jasmine Guillory
Romance author and guest on the episode
Author
Episode: S5 E8 Jasmine Guillory: The Art of the Messy First Draft
Ali Hazelwood
Author of contemporary and paranormal romance, including The Love Hypothesis
Episode: S5 E7 Ali Hazelwood: A Ray of Sunshine
Scott Hawkins
Author of The Library at Mount Char and Blacktail
Episode: S5 E6 Scott Hawkins: A Very “Normal” Imagination
Lisa Jewell
A British author known for psychological thrillers and contributions to romantic comedy early in her career
Author, Penguin Random House (publisher of her early works)
Episode: S5 E5 Lisa Jewell: It starts with a bet
Rebecca Serle
Author known for When You Were Mine, One Italian Summer, Once and Again
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Episode: S5 E4 Rebecca Serle: Trusting the Process
Nikita Gill
Poet and author of Hikate and Styx; known for poetry and novels in verse
Author/Poet
Episode: S5 E3 Nikita Gill: A Very Specific Kind of Monster
C. L. Clark
Author and editor known for The Unbroken and The Magic of the Lost trilogy
Author
Episode: S5 E2 C. L. Clark: The Patron Saint of Sword Lesbians

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Victoria Schwab
Primary host for author-focused interviews, known for guiding craft-focused discussions and sharing industry insights.

Reviews

4.9 out of 5 stars from 349 ratings
  • Same as her books, the host is pretentious, self-absorbed, and spoiled by easy, early success. Only listening to hear something of the guest authors, however, considering her taste and mine disagree perhaps it's better served as a list of authors to avoid.

    Podcast Addict
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    Cobalt Bookworm
    a month ago
  • Ideas, Insight, Intelligence

    Writers are smart people, and Schwab draws that intelligence out in the most delightful, informative, and entertaining ways.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    steventhowell
    United States2 months ago
  • Wow

    Interesting and inspiring for avid readers and writers alike!

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    EJRied
    Canadaa year ago
  • Wow

    Interesting and inspiring for avid readers and writers alike!

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    EJRied
    Canadaa year ago
  • Excellent Interviews

    VE, You get the award for the best introductions ever! I love the entire podcast, but those especially make me smile. As a writer myself, I am a firm believer that there is no one right way to write, and I love hearing other authors talk about their process and their lives overall. Thanks for doing this. I hope more people find it. This has become my favorite writing podcast!

    Apple Podcasts
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    BooneLady
    United States2 years ago

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The host delivers engaging introductions and a friendly, warm interview style.
Listeners praise insightful craft conversations and candid industry anecdotes.

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S5 E10 Stephen Graham Jones: Writing His Way Back to the Real World
Q: Do they serve a different purpose?
Jones says short stories are a space to experiment with ideas and techniques that can inform his novels. He especially loves flash fiction for the pressure of fitting a whole world into a very small word count.
S5 E10 Stephen Graham Jones: Writing His Way Back to the Real World
Q: Can you rewind and give us a sense of how young you got to be this you?
Jones had expected to become a farmer, but his mother sent him to college, where he discovered a community of readers. At 19, while waiting at a hospital for his uncle, he wrote his first ghost story; a composition instructor passed it on, and it won a university contest.
S5 E6 Scott Hawkins: A Very “Normal” Imagination
Q: Where does the idea start for your books, and what latches onto you and makes you follow it?
For Mount Char the seed was a vivid, dangerous scene involving dogs in a suburban neighborhood, which then required building connective tissue and a larger arc; for Blacktail, he started with a short story and expanded it into a novel, letting the original beats guide the evolution while broadening the scope to feel more cosmic.
S5 E2 C. L. Clark: The Patron Saint of Sword Lesbians
Q: Do you outline or write more by the seat of your pants, and how has your approach evolved across different formats like novellas and epics?
The guest uses outlines, especially after experiences with earlier projects, but has learned to let the process be flexible; outlines serve as a safety net and a way to manage series evolution, while still allowing organic discovery in drafts. They describe shifting approaches as projects scale from shorts to epics, using outlines for some works and embracing more discovery for others depending on the contractual and narrative needs.
S5 E2 C. L. Clark: The Patron Saint of Sword Lesbians
Q: Where do you find ideas and what are the initial ingredients that go into a story you end up writing a trilogy about?
Ideas come from a mix of place, theory, and personal fascination; the guest emphasizes a blend of preexisting influences (like post-colonial and francophone literature), along with the impulse to explore women in physical, violent roles, and then shapes those seeds into a larger world with two central characters, Terrain and Luca. The process also involves considering how those ingredients evolve as the work grows from initial concepts into a planned trilogy.

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