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In today’s show, we delve back into the StoryWonk Daily archive for an encore performance of episode 61, Heroes and Heroines.  The daily show will return next week! StoryWonk Daily is brought to you by Lucy March and Alastair Stephens, and is a StoryWonk production. Send your questions and comments to podcast@storywonk.com or join the Wonks on the StoryWonk […]

In today’s show, we delve back into the StoryWonk Daily archive for an encore performance of episode 50, Aspiring Writers.  The daily show will return next week! StoryWonk Daily is brought to you by Lucy March and Alastair Stephens, and is a StoryWonk production. Send your questions and comments to podcast@storywonk.com or join the Wonks on the StoryWonk forum.  […]

In today’s show, we delve back into the StoryWonk Daily archive for an encore performance of episode 30, What We Do With Beats.  The daily show will return next week! StoryWonk Daily is brought to you by Lucy March and Alastair Stephens, and is a StoryWonk production. Send your questions and comments to podcast@storywonk.com or join the Wonks […]

In today’s show, we delve back into the StoryWonk Daily archive for an encore performance (yes, a re-run) of episode 22, People Who Don’t Get It.  The daily show will return next week! StoryWonk Daily is brought to you by Lucy March and Alastair Stephens, and is a StoryWonk production. Send your questions and comments to podcast@storywonk.com or […]

In today’s episode: Lucy and Alastair conclude their week on feedback and critique by discussing how to give alpha and beta feedback, Today’s links:• Word Wonk: Venom StoryWonk Daily is brought to you by Lucy March and Alastair Stephens, and is a StoryWonk production. Send your questions and comments to podcast@storywonk.com or join the Wonks on the StoryWonk forum.  Download […]

In today’s episode: Lucy and Alastair continue their week on feedback and critique by talking about surviving the response from readers and critics. Today’s links:• Word Wonk: Answer StoryWonk Daily is brought to you by Lucy March and Alastair Stephens, and is a StoryWonk production. Send your questions and comments to podcast@storywonk.com or join the Wonks on the StoryWonk forum.  […]

In today’s episode: Lucy and Alastair continue their week on feedback and critique by talking about editors. Today’s links:• Word Wonk: Silly StoryWonk Daily is brought to you by Lucy March and Alastair Stephens, and is a StoryWonk production. Send your questions and comments to podcast@storywonk.com or join the Wonks on the StoryWonk forum.  Download the mp3 here, subscribe to the […]

In today’s episode: Lucy and Alastair continue their week on feedback and critique by talking about beta readers. Today’s links:• Word Wonk: Flagrant• First Of May by Jonathan Coulton (NSFW) StoryWonk Daily is brought to you by Lucy March and Alastair Stephens, and is a StoryWonk production. Send your questions and comments to podcast@storywonk.com or join the Wonks on the StoryWonk forum.  […]

In today’s episode: Lucy and Alastair begin a week on feedback and critique by talking about the alpha stage.Today’s links:• Word Wonk: InfantStoryWonk Daily is brought to you by Lucy March and Alastair Stephens, and is a StoryWonk production. Send your questions and comments to podcast@storywonk.com or join the Wonks on the StoryWonk forum. Download the mp3 here, subscribe to the show via RSS or find us on iTunes. Don’t […]

In today’s episode: Lucy and Alastair interview the awesome Chris Baty about reckless ambition and social writing. Today’s links:• NaNoWriMo• Script Frenzy• Office of Letters and Light• Word Wonk: Palindromes StoryWonk Daily is brought to you by Lucy March and Alastair Stephens, and is a StoryWonk production. Send your questions and comments to podcast@storywonk.com or join the Wonks on […]

In today’s episode: Lucy and Alastair talk about the ways in which your brand should reflect the real you. Today’s links: • Lucy on Vajazzling • Word Wonk: Strength Today’s writing prompt: “Take the name of the first pet, combine it with the name of the street where you grew up, and tell us what […]

In today’s episode: Lucy and Alastair talk about why everyone hates branding, and why we have to do it anyway. Today’s links: • Word Wonk: Autoantonyms Today’s writing prompt: “Invent the title and central plot of a lost or missing work by a famous writer.” [display_podcast] StoryWonk Daily is brought to you by Lucy March and Alastair […]

In today’s episode: Lucy and Alastair talk about defining an author’s brand, and how to get started. Today’s links: • Word Wonk: Scrabble-winning Words Today’s writing prompt: “Someone is writing a biography of your life. Name the author and the book, and perhaps share an excerpt from the text.” StoryWonk Daily is brought to you […]

In today’s episode: Lucy and Alastair shake things up with the all-new (or mostly-new) StoryWonk Daily! Today’s links: • Cloud Cult • Word Wonk: Typewriter Words Today’s writing prompt: “Complete the sentence ‘My favorite thing about writing is…'” StoryWonk Daily is brought to you by Lucy March and Alastair Stephens, and is a StoryWonk production.  Send your questions […]

In today’s episode: Lani and Alastair interview the amazing Jane Espenson, writer and producer on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Gilmore Girls, Battlestar Galactica and the upcoming Torchwood: Miracle Day. Today’s links: Jane Espenson (@JaneEspenson) WordWonk: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podcast StoryWonk Daily is brought to you by Lani Diane Rich and Alastair Stephens, and is a StoryWonk production.  Send your questions and […]

In today’s episode: Lani and Alastair continue Script Week by discussing the Hollywood template, and arguing about the duty of the writer to tell a good story. Today’s links: The Hollywood Formula at Script Frenzy WordWonk: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truthiness StoryWonk Daily is brought to you by Lani Diane Rich and Alastair Stephens, and is a StoryWonk production.  Send your questions […]

In today’s episode: Lani and Alastair continue Script Week by discussing the ten screenwriting tips given by the legendary Billy Wilder. Today’s links: Billy Wilder’s Ten Screenwriting Tips WordWonk: Plutoed StoryWonk Daily is brought to you by Lani Diane Rich and Alastair Stephens, and is a StoryWonk production.  Send your questions and comments to podcast@storywonk.com or join the Wonks […]

In today’s episode: Lani and Alastair continue Script Week by discussing what you should show, and what you should tell. Today’s links: WordWonk: Greenography StoryWonk Daily is brought to you by Lani Diane Rich and Alastair Stephens, and is a StoryWonk production.  Send your questions and comments to podcast@storywonk.com or join the Wonks on the StoryWonk forum. Download the mp3, […]

In today’s episode: Lani and Alastair begin Script Week by talking about the differences between writing prose and scripts. Today’s links: Friday’s guest: Jane Espenson! WordWonk: Snowclone StoryWonk Daily is brought to you by Lani Diane Rich and Alastair Stephens, and is a StoryWonk production.  Send your questions and comments to podcast@storywonk.com or join the Wonks on the StoryWonk […]

In today’s episode: Lani and Alastair celebrate their hundredth episode by talking with the awesome Mark Ury, co-founder of Storybird, about narrative, community and the changing world in which we live. Today’s links: Storybird WordWonk: Nice StoryWonk Daily is brought to you by Lani Diane Rich and Alastair Stephens, and is a StoryWonk production.  Send your questions and […]