Filtrar por gênero

Writing Stories

Each episode of Writing Stories features an interview with a contemporary author about how her book went from an idea in her head to an object on a shelf. Join us on Writing Stories for honesty, struggle, and triumph, for writing community, publishing insight, and inspiration to persist in whatever difficult but meaningful journey you've chosen for yourself.

writingstories123.substack.com

166 - "Vomit drafts" - Teddy Wayne tells the story of The Au Pair

0:00 / 0:00

166 - "Vomit drafts" - Teddy Wayne tells the story of The Au Pair
Mon, 06 Jul 2026
165 - The Sexiest Form: A Conversation with the Series Editor of Best American Short Stories 2025 and a Featured Author
Sat, 17 Jan 2026
164 - Developing the Negatives of a Life: Painter Pat Lipsky on 50 Years of Making Art in New York City
Sat, 01 Nov 2025
163 - Make More Pots! Marguerite Sheffer on Perseverance and Experimentation.
Thu, 16 Oct 2025
162 - To Have No Shame On Your Face -- T Clark's Journey to a Two-Book Deal.
Sat, 27 Sep 2025
161 - With My Background in Publishing, I Knew Nothing Was Make-or-Break
Fri, 01 Aug 2025
160 - "This is my start" — Lorraine Russell tells the story of Love and Shadows
Thu, 17 Jul 2025
159 - "I'm not writing just for myself" — Danielle Teller tells the story of FORGED
Tue, 17 Jun 2025
158 - “There’s Someone Out There...I just Have to Find Them." — Christine Kalafus tells the story of FLOOD
Wed, 04 Jun 2025
157 - Two Things That Are Anathema in Publishing — Deesha Philyaw tells the story of The Secret Lives of Church Ladie
Thu, 29 May 2025
156 - "Your Life Can Be Set Up Like An Artist's Residency" — Sasha Hom tells the story of Sidework
Tue, 20 May 2025
155 - A Safe Place to Explore — Jennie Case tells the story of We Are Animals
Thu, 15 May 2025
154 - "Are You All In?" — Rebe Huntman tells the story of My Mother in Havana
Mon, 21 Apr 2025
153 - The Dignity of Small Things — Libby Maxey tells the story of Indwelling
Mon, 14 Apr 2025
152 - Have The Audacity — Dori Lumpkin tells the story of Antenora
Wed, 09 Apr 2025
151 - "I Learned the Hard Way" — Emma Pattee tells the story of TILT
Mon, 31 Mar 2025
150 - "Charge into the Messiness" —Wayne Scott tells the story of The Maps They Gave Us
Thu, 27 Mar 2025
149 - "It's really annoying to write a novel" — Mariam Rahmani tells the story of Liquid
Thu, 20 Mar 2025
148 - Do what you have to do to get the work done — Cally Fiedorek tells the story of Atta Boy
Mon, 17 Mar 2025
147 - Questioning Assumptions — Nicole Graev Lipson tells the story of Mothers and Other Fictional Characters
Fri, 14 Mar 2025
146 - Once I found the voice and the mode of the narrative, I could just PLAY — Shubha Sunder tells the story of Optional Practical Training
Tue, 11 Mar 2025
145 - "I DO belong over here on this side" — Nanda Reddy tells the story of A Girl Within A Girl Within A Girl
Fri, 07 Mar 2025
144 - Don't Revise, Explode — Elyse Durham tells the story of Maya and Natasha
Mon, 24 Feb 2025
143 - "Oh, you want a plot? I'll GIVE you A PLOT" — Emily J. Smith tells the story of Nothing Serious
Thu, 20 Feb 2025
142 - "Take Your Time" — Olufunke Grace Bankole Tells the Story of The Edge of Water
Wed, 19 Feb 2025
141 - "You Don't Suck" — Lidia Yuknavitch tells the story of Reading the Waves
Wed, 05 Feb 2025
140 - "It Took 8 Years To Write" — Susan Barker Tells the Story of Old Soul
Wed, 29 Jan 2025
139 - "Please Stop Me if This Is Going Terribly" — Erika Swyler tells the story of We Lived on the Horizon
Tue, 21 Jan 2025
138 - "Making art is a lot like making a kid—It is just this really intense expression of being alive"
Sun, 19 Jan 2025
137 - RERELEASE! A Major Problem with Publication
Tue, 14 Jan 2025
136 - RERELEASE! The most hardcore writing hack ever
Mon, 13 Jan 2025
135 - RERELEASE! Shannon Sanders talks about her award-winning story collection Company
Sun, 12 Jan 2025
134 - "The Blank Space Became the Book" — Amy Wilson Tells the Story of Happy To Help
Fri, 10 Jan 2025
133 - RERELEASE! Letting Go of What You Can't Control
Fri, 10 Jan 2025
132 - RERELEASE! "I Had to Do Whatever Was Necessary to Communicate"
Thu, 09 Jan 2025
131 - "Traditional Publishing Industry B******t" — Amanda Fields tells the story of My Caesarean
Mon, 23 Dec 2024
130 - "If You're Not Getting the Dopamine Boost, Then Why Bother?" — Terese Svoboda tells the story of Roxy and Coco and The Long Swim
Wed, 18 Dec 2024
129 - This Very Sacrificial Thing — Jaclyn Gilbert Tells the Story of Late Air
Fri, 06 Dec 2024
128 - "What If We Free Ourselves?" — Vera Blossom Tells the Story of How To F**k Like A Girl
Wed, 04 Dec 2024
127 - "Too Many Emotions and No Tranquility" — Jessica E. Johnson Tells the Story of Mettlework
Sat, 23 Nov 2024
126 - "A Dream Come True" — Polly Rosenwaike tells the story of Look How Happy I'm Making You
Mon, 18 Nov 2024
125 - Writing From Post-Election Anxiety — Danny Goodman Tells the Story of Amerikaland
Tue, 12 Nov 2024
124 - Wonderful and Terrible — Jazmina Barrera Tells The Story of Linea Nigra
Wed, 06 Nov 2024
123 - "No One Can Read It If It Doesn't Get Published" — Kate Brody tells the story of RABBIT HOLE (Paperback out Tuesday!)
Fri, 25 Oct 2024
122 - "Nobody Can Write A Book Everyone Loves" — Brittany Means Tells the Story of Hell If We Don't Change Our Ways
Sat, 19 Oct 2024
121 - Moving from Doubt to Self-Belief — Kate Weinberg tells the story of There's Nothing Wrong With Her
Fri, 11 Oct 2024
120 - Memoir as an Exercise in Perspective — Cheryl Klein Tells the Story of Crybaby
Sat, 05 Oct 2024
119 - The Power of Lemon Cake — Marie Mutsuki Mockett tells the story of The Tree Doctor
Fri, 27 Sep 2024
118 - "Writing is a place I love to come back to" — Rebecca J. Sanford tells the story of The Disappeared
Sun, 11 Aug 2024
117 - I'm Choosing This — Elle Everhart tells the story of Hot Summer
Wed, 07 Aug 2024
116 - People Think That When You're Not Published, You're Not Working
Mon, 08 Jul 2024
115 - I Had to Do Whatever Was Necessary to Communicate — Elizabeth Hilborn tells the story of Restoring Eden
Wed, 03 Jul 2024
114 - I was having so much fun, I wasn't concerned about what would happen — Ananda Lima tells the story of CRAFT
Wed, 26 Jun 2024
113 - "When I was writing it, I was writing it TO her" — Barrie Miskin tells the story of Hellgate Bridge
Thu, 06 Jun 2024
112 - "A Place I Had Never Thought Possible" — Shze-Hui Tjoa talks about The Story Game
Sat, 25 May 2024
111 - Welcoming to Evolution or Change or Rupture — Lucas Mann tells the story of Attachments
Sun, 12 May 2024
110 - The Fight to Retain the Weird and the Feral — Michelle Tea tells the story of SLUTS
Tue, 07 May 2024
109 - What Will and Will Not Be Translated — Crystal Hana Kim tells the story of The Stone Home
Sun, 28 Apr 2024
108 - "It's Never Gonna Happen For Me" — Hannah Sward tells the story of Strip
Sun, 28 Apr 2024
107 - Nothing is Whole Until It's In Words — Stephanie Clare Smith tells the story of Everywhere the Undrowned
Sun, 21 Apr 2024
106 - There's Nothing I Regret — Estelle Erasmus tells the story of Writing That Gets Noticed
Wed, 17 Apr 2024
105 - "Write or Die" — Annell López tells the story of I'll Give You A Reason
Sun, 14 Apr 2024
104 - "What is the book that can only be yours?"— Clare Beams tells the story of The Garden
Thu, 11 Apr 2024
103 - What If Nobody Likes it? Nicole Haroutunian Tells the Story of Choose This Now
Sun, 07 Apr 2024
102 - "If You Don't Like An Edit, Just Don't Do It" — Sarah Rose Etter tells the story of RIPE
Sun, 31 Mar 2024
101 - Writing Stories 'Artist Statement'
Sun, 31 Mar 2024
100 - Season 2 Trailer!
Fri, 29 Mar 2024
99 - A Bold Fearlessness — Deborah Jackson Taffa Tells the Story of Whiskey Tender
Tue, 19 Mar 2024
98 - "Stay in the Game...Sooner or Later Something Will Crack" — Chin-Sun Lee Tells the Story of Upcountry
Sun, 17 Mar 2024
97 - Could My Story Be of Use? —Mary Beth O'Connor Tells the Story of Junkie to Judge
Mon, 04 Mar 2024
96 - "I Thought It Was Very Mainstream, But..." — Cassie Premo Steele Tells the Story of Beaver Girl
Mon, 04 Mar 2024
95 - Four Agents, Three Books, Two Publishers — Jacinda Townsend talks about Saint Monkey and Mother Country
Mon, 26 Feb 2024
94 - Fun, Ridiculous, and Thrumming with Truth - Rachel Yoder Tells the Story of Nightbitch
Sun, 18 Feb 2024
93 - Plumbers Don't Get Plumbers Block — Talking with Sue Shapiro about American Shield and Barbie
Tue, 13 Feb 2024
92 - There's Life in the Messiness - Yael Golstein-Love Tells the Story of The Possibilities
Wed, 07 Feb 2024
91 - It's a linear narrative... but a trail is a line — Andrea Lani tells the story of Uphill Both Ways: Hiking Toward Happiness on the Colorado Trail
Mon, 05 Feb 2024
90 - The whole idea of ‘SERIOUS’ writing is a lot of toxic trash — Alyssa Songsiridej tells the story of Little Rabbit
Sun, 28 Jan 2024
89 - You Have to Do This - Shannon Sanders tells the story of Company
Mon, 22 Jan 2024
88 - Letting Go of What's Not Under Your Control - Christina Consolino Tells the Story of The Weight We Carry
Wed, 10 Jan 2024
87 - Margo Steines Talks About Brutalities - "I Feel Aligned With The Tastes of Men In a Way That I Hope To Grow Out Of"
Tue, 09 Jan 2024
86 - It's Like a Circuit Break. You're Almost a New Person — Talking with Kelly McMasters about The Leaving Season — Episode 2
Tue, 02 Jan 2024
85 - You Have to Work Really Hard - Kai Harris Tells the Story of What the Fireflies Knew - Episode 1
Tue, 26 Dec 2023
84 - Season 1 - Trailer
Mon, 11 Dec 2023

Mostrar mais episódios

Filtrar por gênero

Writing Stories

Podcasts semelhantes a Writing Stories