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Start Writing is a craft-focused podcast dealing with the art of telling stories. We look at the str

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Total: 102

SW 137 INT Writing Her Story: A heartfelt conversation with Gail Carson Levine
2024/4/3

START WRITING Podcast: “Writing Her Story: A heartfelt conversation with Gail Carson Levine”  “DAMN

SW 136 INT “WHAT IS LitRPG?” Interview with KEVIN SINCLAIR, author of the Creation’s Bane novels!
2023/9/27

SW 136 INT “WHAT IS LitRPG?” Interview with KEVIN SINCLAIR, author of the Creation’s Bane novels!  

SW 135 INT Author of STAR WARS, HALO, STARCRAFT, HITMAN, and MASS EFFECT novels, William C. Dietz, explains HOW TO WRITE IN SOMEONE ELSE’S WORLD
2023/8/23

START WRITING Podcast: “How to write in someone else’s world,” an interview with William C. Dietz, a

SW 134 INT Write your novel AFTER WORK, an interview with B.C. Walker, author of THE MEADOWLARK
2023/8/2

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SW 133 INT Character Arcs in Nonfiction with NYT Bestselling author of OUTLIVE, Bill Gifford
2023/7/20

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STEALING INDIANA JONES audiobook first half (1:23) by J Washburn
2023/6/14

AUDIBLE: http://stealingindyaudio.jwashburn.com/ KINDLE: http://stealingindy.jwashburn.com/ NEWSLE

SW 132 INT Rob MacGregor, author of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
2023/6/7

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SW 131 INT ”Is Indiana Jones allowed to time travel?” with Max McCoy
2023/5/3

Start Writing interview with author Max McCoy:  CAN INDIANA JONES TIME TRAVEL?    Subscribe to THE I

SW 130 INT Rennie Saunders talks SHUT UP & WRITE!
2023/4/5

SW INT 130 Rennie Saunders talks SHUT UP & WRITE In this episode, we talk to Rennue Saunders, founde

SW SPECIAL J‘s Beginner‘s Guide (part 10) EDITING TOGETHER
2023/3/1

SW SPECIAL J‘s Beginner‘s Guide (part 10) EDITING TOGETHER WATCH ON YOUTUBE (with cool visuals): htt

SW SPECIAL J‘s Beginner‘s Guide (part 9) EDITING ALONE
2023/2/1

SW SPECIAL J‘s Beginner‘s Guide (part 9) EDITING ALONE   WATCH ON YOUTUBE (with cool visuals): https

SW SPECIAL J’s Beginner’s Guide (part 8) SUBPLOTS (Joe’s favorite episode)
2022/11/1

SW SPECIAL J‘s Beginner‘s Guide (part 8) SUBPLOTS (Joe’s favorite episode)   WATCH ON YOUTUBE (with

SW SPECIAL J‘s Beginner‘s Guide (part 7) PLOT CLOCK
2022/10/4

SW SPECIAL J‘s Beginner‘s Guide (part 7) PLOT CLOCK   WATCH ON YOUTUBE (with cool visuals): https://

SW SPECIAL J‘s Beginner‘s Guide (part 6) PLOT FROM SCRATCH
2022/9/3

SW SPECIAL J‘s Beginner‘s Guide (part 6) PLOT FROM SCRATCH   WATCH ON YOUTUBE (with cool visuals): h

SW 129 INT Raymond O’Connor: Stop letting stories die inside you!
2022/3/4

OUR PATREON! https://www.patreon.com/StartWritingPodcast WATCH ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/Ggg13QPw

SW 128 INT Jeanne Cavelos: Scifi author and founder of OdysseyWorkshop.org
2022/1/29

Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/YaUGPWGYM0w Jeanne Cavelos is an author, editor, sci

SW SPECIAL J‘s Beginner‘s Guide (part 5) VILLAINS
2022/1/7

SW SPECIAL J‘s Beginner‘s Guide (part 5) VILLAINS WATCH ON YOUTUBE (with cool visuals): https://yout

SW SPECIAL J‘s Beginner‘s Guide (part 4) TIPS FOR HEROES
2021/11/18

WATCH ON YOUTUBE (with cool visuals): https://youtu.be/6I_9yB4vojs  Episode 4 of A BEGINNER’S GUIDE

SW SPECIAL J‘s Beginner‘s Guide (part 3) HEROIC EQ
2021/9/23

Episode 3 of A BEGINNER'S GUIDE to Writing a Novel teaches about building characters from the ground

SW SPECIAL J’s Beginner’s Guide (part 2) WORLDBUILDING
2021/8/27

This episode covers how J Washburn goes through the worldbuilding process. He touches on examples fr