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How to Restart Your Writing after a break – How To Write the Future podcast, episode 216 “Do not make yourself wrong. Life is busy. We have multiple commitments that we’re juggling, all of...
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Make Your Environment Writer-Friendly | How To Write the Future podcast, episode 215 “I really like to have physical objects in my environment to inspire my creativity so that when I look at...
How to Self-Coach Toward Your Writing North Star – How To Write the Future podcast, episode 214 *** “What you want is to be able to look at your goal, what you’ve written down,...
Editing Your Sci-Fi/Fantasy Novel: Genre, Tropes, and Character Arc – How To Write the Future podcast, episode 213 *** “Identify in your own book what are the tropes that you’re using that are identifiable...
How To Use Notion AI for Developmental Editing – How To Write the Future podcast, episode 212 *** “ My end goal is to be able to say to the writer, “Here’s where you’re weak,...
Write the Future: Our Five Themes – How To Write the Future podcast, episode 211 *** “Writing craft is about meaning and the reader experience. I really don’t teach rigid rules because language is...
Crafting a Compelling Villain: Goals, Motivation, Conflict – How To Write the Future podcast, episode 210 *** “In addition to your villain’s goal, they need a motivation. They feel like they’re the hero of...
How To Find the Right Illustrator for You with Anna Leitensdorfer – How To Write the Future podcast, episode 209 *** “Since it was my first book cover there, I learned a lot. There...
Turn Your Wish Into Story Fuel with Brownell Landrum *** “I researched over 70 different scientists. And so it was really, really fun to go into that exploration of what are the sciences of...
Edit Your Novel Checklist: First Read, No Edits *** “Read through the checklist, put it in your mind, and let it just float there. Don’t be so restrictive about it. You can always revisit...
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AI Content Licensing for Authors: Julie Trelstad *** “Amlet AI creates a tool that allows authors to make it known to machine to developers that their work can be licensed and is available and...
Goal-Based Sci-Fi Research with Sue Burke *** “One thing I recommend is that if you’re really sure about something look it up cause you’re probably wrong.” – Sue Burke In this How To Write...
Alex Kingsley: Writing Speculative Futures *** In the latest How To Write the Future podcast episode titled, “Alex Kingsley: Writing Speculative Futures,” host Beth Barany chats with Alex Kingsley, a science fiction writer, playwright,...
Hip Hop for the Future – How To Write the Future podcast, episode 203 *** “I’m trying to make sure we have artists, the next generation people who can get to the open mic...
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