
Start Writing is a craft-focused podcast dealing with the art of telling stories. We look at the structure of plots, characters, worlds, scenes, word choice, and every other detail that goes into writing great novels.
| Publishes | Monthly | Episodes | 102 | Founded | 10 years ago |
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| Categories | EducationHow To | ||||

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A large subject Broken into digestible bites.Honest realistic answers to listener’s questions on how to move their writing fantastically forward!
I especially enjoy the discussions on craft (both story and writing), the discussions on marketing and their interviews with other authors.
The episode always go in depth and offer something new, eye opening and useful - both on common questions and more obscure problems of craft.
This podcast just gets better and better, so good lately that a recent series of episodes on how to do exposition right actually compelled me to come here and write my VERY FIRST podcast review. Maybe that makes me a bad listener, since I subscribe to all the big writer's craft podcasts, and there are others that I truly love, but THIS is the one that brought me here to gush. There are lots of podcasts out there that talk about story development, but there seem to be much fewer that delve into h... more
Relatable and interesting content for writing!!
These guys are amazing. They really delve into story structure and craft. I just wish thy focused more on that and less on interviews
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Apple Podcasts | #86 |
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