{"id":30372,"date":"2026-03-17T10:26:49","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T17:26:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/?p=30372"},"modified":"2026-03-17T10:26:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T17:26:49","slug":"fun-values-check-in-for-sci-fi-fantasy-writers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/2026\/03\/17\/fun-values-check-in-for-sci-fi-fantasy-writers\/","title":{"rendered":"Fun Values Check-In for Sci-Fi\/Fantasy Writers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/HTWTF-Episode-196-Blog-Post-Images-.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-30374 size-full aligncenter\" title=\"Fun Values Check-In for Sci-FI\/Fantasy Writers episode 196\" src=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/HTWTF-Episode-196-Blog-Post-Images-.png\" alt=\"Image of space for Fun Values Check-In for Sci-FI\/Fantasy Writers\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/HTWTF-Episode-196-Blog-Post-Images-.png 300w, https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/HTWTF-Episode-196-Blog-Post-Images--80x80.png 80w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/HTWTF-Episode-196-Blog-Post-Images-1.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-30373 size-full aligncenter\" title=\"Quote from Fun Values Check-In for Sci-FI\/Fantasy Writers\" src=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/HTWTF-Episode-196-Blog-Post-Images-1.png\" alt=\"Quote from Fun Values Check-In for Sci-FI\/Fantasy Writers - How To Write the Future podcast, episode 196\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/HTWTF-Episode-196-Blog-Post-Images-1.png 300w, https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/HTWTF-Episode-196-Blog-Post-Images-1-80x80.png 80w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Fun Values Check-In for Sci-FI\/Fantasy Writers &#8211; How To Write the Future podcast, epsiode 196<\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c\u200aI care very much about your success and I really believe that our future is in our hands and as creatives, we have some incredible skill sets we get to bring to that.\u201d<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; Beth Barany<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In this How To Write the Future podcast episode, titled \u201cFun Values Check-In for Sci-Fi\/Fantasy Writers,\u201d host Beth Barany shares what values are most important to her, why that matters, how values can guide the choices we make, and about an upcoming creative business training. Beth also reveals how she found inspiration for her current work in progress, something about marinating.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Platforms the podcast is available on:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/196-fun-values-check-in-for-sci-fi-fantasy-writers\/id1641025914?i=1000755522700\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Apple Podcasts<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.buzzsprout.com\/2012061\/episodes\/18811112-196-fun-values-check-in-for-sci-fi-fantasy-writers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Buzzsprout<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/episode\/04Vjp8VoEDhEnjFvjqib2X\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Spotify<\/a>|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/VT2jOLcrDCk?si=EAmsQd5Ev02rqzmw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VT2jOLcrDCk?si=EAmsQd5Ev02rqzmw\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><script type='text\/javascript' charset='utf-8' src='https:\/\/www.buzzsprout.com\/2012061.js?container_id=buzzsprout-large-player&#038;player=large'><\/script><\/p>\n<h2><b>RESOURCES\u00a0<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><b>Find Your Creative Entrepreneur Niche Bootcamp: March 20-24, 2026 online event<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bethbarany.thrivecart.com\/findyourniche\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/bethbarany.thrivecart.com\/findyourniche<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>FOR CREATIVE WRITING PROFESSIONALS &#8211; BUILD YOUR BUSINESS SERVING WRITERS<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Get your Creative Business Style Quiz to help you create success:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bethbarany.com\/quiz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/bethbarany.com\/quiz\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Support our work for creatives!<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Buy me a coffee:<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/ko-fi.com\/bethbarany\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/ko-fi.com\/bethbarany<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>GET HELP WITH YOUR WORLD BUILDING &#8211; START HERE<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Free World Building Workbook for Fiction Writers:<\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/world-building-resources\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/world-building-resources\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>GET SOME FREE WRITING COACHING LIVE ON THE PODCAST<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Sign up for the 30-minute Story Success Clinic with Beth Barany:<\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/story-success-clinic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/story-success-clinic\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>GET SUPPORT FOR YOUR FICTION WRITING BY A NOVELIST AND WRITING TEACHER AND COACH<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Schedule an exploratory call here and see if Beth can support you today:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/discovery-call\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/discovery-call\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">About the How To Write the Future podcast\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How To Write The Future<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> podcast is for science fiction and fantasy writers who want to write positive futures and successfully bring those stories out into the marketplace. Hosted by Beth Barany, science fiction novelist and creativity coach for writers. We cover tips for fiction writers.This podcast is for readers too if you\u2019re at all curious about the future of humanity.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This podcast is for you if you have questions like:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; How do I create a believable world for my science fiction story?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; How do I figure out what&#8217;s not working if my story feels flat?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; How do I make my story more interesting and alive?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This podcast is for readers, too, if you\u2019re at all curious about the future of humanity.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Transcript for episode 196 &#8211; Fun Values Check-In for Sci-Fi\/Fantasy Writers<\/span><\/h2>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What Matters Most\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><b>BETH BARANY:<\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What is truly important to you? Really. What is like the most important thing in your life? Whatever your answer is, I&#8217;m a yes. Yes! What you value as important, those are your values. Now we can talk about non-tangible things and tangible things. So today I&#8217;m gonna talk to you about what are your values and why this is an important discussion.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[00:25] Meet Beth Barany<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hi everyone. I&#8217;m Beth Barany. I run How to Write the Future Podcast and a YouTube channel for creative writers and creative entrepreneurs. I care very much about your success and I really believe that our future is in our hands and as creatives, we have some incredible skill sets we get to bring to that.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Not only, can you write a story, but you could also write your own future as a creative entrepreneur.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So that&#8217;s what I&#8217;m talking about today. Today I wanna talk about values and I also will share with you about a creative entrepreneur training that we&#8217;re running, pretty soon.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alright. Values. I asked at the top what is truly important to you, and I&#8217;m really curious. Please, if you&#8217;re listening to this on YouTube or you feel called, write me, DM me. I wanna know what do you actually value in your life.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[01:15] Relationships As A Value\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So the first thing that pops up to me when I say this is my relationships. I was gonna say my love connection.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yeah. The people I love. My husband, my cats, my friends, my family. I thought, oh, you know, life is so much better when I get to spend it with the people that I care about.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So I have really made a point in my my creative writing, business, and my creative entrepreneur business as a, as a book coach,and an editor and a trainer to work with people that I really think are awesome, awesome people. Yeah. Life is too short to be spending time with people that I don&#8217;t have much in common with. I&#8217;m like, lukewarm. I wouldn&#8217;t wanna be spending time with them. I wouldn&#8217;t wanna hang out and have coffee with them. So that&#8217;s a really high value for me.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[01:58] Play And Joy\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Another high value for me is having fun. Let&#8217;s play. Let&#8217;s experiment. Let&#8217;s try this. Let&#8217;s try that. That&#8217;s not to say I don&#8217;t get stuck. Oh boy. I get stuck. I get stuck a lot, and that&#8217;s maybe why I&#8217;ve really leaned into playfulness, because when we start playing with things, then I get unstuck. I&#8217;m like, oh, I hadn&#8217;t thought of that.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So that is a really high value for me. Play. And all the forms of that. Play involves joy. Play involves experimentation. Play involves taking little risks.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[02:28] Why Values Guide Choices\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Okay, so values. why is this important? I, I read some article on LinkedIn how most people, or a lot of people don&#8217;t do values explorations, couldn&#8217;t tell you if you ask them what do they value? &#8216; cause they&#8217;ve never really thought about it. Okay, well, I invite you to think about it, and I think it&#8217;s so important because it allows us to make decisions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Very important as a creative writer. As a creative entrepreneur. No matter what you&#8217;re doing in life, when you know what is important to you, that helps you say yes or say no to things.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That comes up to me as like the biggest thing, right? It helps you choose, but it also, so here&#8217;s another reason why knowing your values is important, is it helps you commit.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[03:08] Persistence Through Roadblocks\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So I have been stuck many times in my creative writing process. I&#8217;m working on a, my fifth sci-fi mystery, in my Janey McCallister series, and I&#8217;ve been stuck for a little while. And instead of giving up. I just give myself a break because it is really important to me, and I know, because I&#8217;ve written lots of novels, that when I hit this kind of roadblock in my creative writing in the story, um, and I&#8217;m in editing mode, that there&#8217;s an element missing that I don&#8217;t yet have.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There&#8217;s like a piece of the puzzle I don&#8217;t yet have. So I have learned to put the story on the back burner and let it like marinate. I stir it a little, right? I love cooking metaphors. And I have been thinking about it and I have been thinking about some of the suggestions my critique partners gave me about the rewrites, yet again, for chapter one.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And I am committed to getting the story done because I&#8217;m committed to the story. I&#8217;m committed to why I am writing these books and my value of sticktoitiveness. So that&#8217;s another one of my values. I know it&#8217;s a silly word, sticktoitiveness. I love this word. Another word is persistence. That&#8217;s the same thing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I love writing fiction, and the dream has not gone away. And I&#8217;ve had the dream of being a novelist since I was 18, 19 years old. And when I think back to all the time, the near decade, over a decade, I spent wishing and wanting to be a novelist. And then when I finally started, like the joy I get from the fact that I really started on my dream, and then also the fact that I&#8217;ve continued and that I&#8217;ve handled step by step, every one of the roadblocks I&#8217;ve hit, like now I&#8217;m an experienced writer, but I still hit roadblocks, and that&#8217;s okay. I know there&#8217;s some ingredients missing, so because of my value of persistence and my love of the work and my love of storytelling and my track record too, and loved ones reminding me that, uh, I hit these roadblocks on occasion, I, I&#8217;m gonna stick with it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So when you know your values, you can stick with your commitments, even if you are gonna hit ups and downs, and you know what, you&#8217;re gonna hit ups and downs. That&#8217;s the nature of life. As day turns into night and night turns into day, we&#8217;re gonna have ups, and we&#8217;re gonna have downs.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[05:15] Share Your Values\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So share with me what your values are, and I would love to hear. Post in the comments if you&#8217;re watching on YouTube. DM me on the socials. I&#8217;m all over the place. Write me through my website and on how to write the future.com. You can hit contact me, you can just leave me a note. You can also leave me a voicemail. I love those and thanks to those of you who&#8217;ve left me those. That&#8217;s so awesome.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[05:37] Creative Entrepreneur Paths<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alright, so why am I telling you all of this? It&#8217;s because I&#8217;m passionate about helping creative writers who wanna start their own businesses, serving other writers. Maybe you wanna be an editor, or a coach or a virtual assistant with social media, or an organizational virtual assistant. Or maybe you wanna help with book production, getting people&#8217;s books up on Kindle and Apple. Or maybe you wanna help writers set up their own stores. That would be a really awesome niche to be in. I would like to talk to you if you&#8217;re interested in that, &#8217;cause I need some help with that.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Book design, copy editing, proofreading, line editing, developmental editing, coaching mindset, coaching, book coaching around the process of writing.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There&#8217;s a lot of jobs out there for us creative writers who wanna serve other creative writers, and there&#8217;s more. Creating products, creating books, workbooks, trainings, coaching masterminds like I do.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In-depth one-on-one, deep work. I do a combination of mindset coaching and developmental edit and story coaching. I got a lot of skills.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[06:37] Niche Bootcamp Invitation<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So if you are interested in starting your own creative entrepreneur business, or you&#8217;ve already started, but you want some more support, come join our Find Your Creative Entrepreneur Niche Bootcamp.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That&#8217;s gonna be in the middle of March, March 20th to 24th. The link to register is in the show notes. And, uh, we&#8217;d love to have you there. It is a paid event because it is a training. We&#8217;re giving you training so that you can have clarity, so you can really assess your strengths, so that you can get support. And so you can walk away with a statement on what is your niche.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We really care about both the inner work that you&#8217;re gonna do. And the tangibles that you&#8217;re gonna walk away with. We have worksheets, we have live support for you during the event, and we have the opportunity for you to optionally upgrade to a VIP mini mastermind that we&#8217;re gonna run on the very last day of the bootcamp. So you can see the registration link in the show notes, and also.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[07:35] Take the Creative Business Style Quiz\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Because you are unique, go ahead and take our quiz. We have a creative business style quiz for you, and that link is in the show notes as well. That will give you an idea of how you approach being a creative entrepreneur.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[07:47] Wrap Up And Farewell<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alright everyone. That&#8217;s it for this week. Write long and prosper.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Loved this episode? 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She\u2019s an award-winning fantasy and science fiction novelist and runs the podcast, \u201cHow To Write The Future.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Learn more about Beth Barany at these sites:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/author.bethbarany.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Author site<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \/\u00a0 <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/bethbarany.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Coaching site<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \/ <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/baranyschooloffiction.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">School of Fiction<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \/ <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.writersfunzone.com\/blog\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Writer\u2019s Fun Zone blog<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CONNECT\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Contact Beth: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/podcast\/#tve-jump-185b4422580\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/podcast\/#tve-jump-185b4422580<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Email: beth@bethbarany.com<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">LinkedIn:<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/bethbarany\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/bethbarany\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">IG: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/bethbarany\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/bethbarany\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TT: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@bethbarany\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@bethbarany\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">FB: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bethbarany\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bethbarany<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">X: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BethBarany\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/BethBarany<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CREDITS\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">EDITED WITH DESCRIPT:<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.descript.com?lmref=_w1WCA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> https:\/\/www.descript.com?lmref=_w1WCA <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Refer-a-Friend link)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MUSIC CREDITS : Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!):<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/uppbeat.io\/t\/soundroll\/fuzz-buzz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> https:\/\/uppbeat.io\/t\/soundroll\/fuzz-buzz<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> License code: UMMKDRL02DFGKJ0L. \u201cFuzz buzz\u201d by Soundroll. 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