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- Episode 10 - Fave Books, What Wish I Knew
Apologies for the fuzzy audio at the beginning! We’re working on it, I swear! Thanks for sticking with us through it. We felt the episode was too fun to discard even with the issues. So, we hope you enjoy.
This time we talk about our favorite books that we have read and what we wish we had known when we started writing.
Who’s here: Leah, Wendy, Bryan, Laura, and Nolan.
If you have any questions, ideas, thoughts, or complaints, send them our way at:
35 min - Episode 9 - Beta Readers, How to Hook Readers, Fave Writing Advice
We talk about finding Beta readers, what to expect from them, and different ideas on how to ask for their feedback. We also touch on how to hook readers and wrap up with our favorite writing advice!
Who’s here: Leah, Wendy, Bryan, Laura, and Nolan.
If you have any questions, ideas, thoughts, or complaints, send them our way at:
48 min - Episode 8 - Detail for Side Characters
We talk about making secondary and tertiary characters interesting without bogging down your story, our personal preferences when it comes to things like gore or “spice” in books, and Wendy brainstorms a story!
Who’s here: Leah, Wendy, Bryan, and Laura.
If you have any questions, ideas, thoughts, or complaints, send them our way at:
54 min - Episode 7 - Trauma in your Writing and Managing Your Public Image
In this episode, we talk about trauma, both how it can be a motivation to write as well as including it in your work. Then, we touch on managing your public image as an author.
Who's here: Leah, Wendy, Bryan, and Laura
Have questions, ideas, comments, or complaints? Drop us a line at [email protected]
29 min - Episode 6 - Writer’s Block
In Episode 6, we tackle the topic of what writer’s block is, whether we suffer from it, and how to possibly get around it!
Who’s here: Leah, Wendy, Dodie, Bryan, Laura, and Nolan (yes, he’s back!!!).
If you have any questions, comments, or complaints, drop us a line at [email protected]
The book Laura referenced in this episode:
“Plot and Structure” by James Scott Bell
40 min - Episode 5 - Starting a Writing Group and Favorite Hero Tropes
Last one of 2024 is Episode 5. We delve into how we started our writing group along with some tips on how to get your own started. After that we talk about the various common hero archetypes.
Who’s here? Leah, Wendy, Laura, and Bryan!
Have questions, comments or story ideas? Send us an email at [email protected]
40 min - Episode 4 - What Makes a Good Writer
Episode 4! We talk about what it takes to be a writer, using creativity to turn ideas into stories, using and subverting tropes, and more!
Who’s here? Leah, Wendy, Laura, and Bryan!
Have questions, comments or story ideas? Send us an email at [email protected]
32 min - Episode 3 - Impostor Syndrome and Favorite Tropes
Here we are at episode 3! We talk about how imposter syndrome can steal the joy from your writing then delve into our favorite tropes. It’s a blast, and we hope you enjoy it!
Who’s here? Leah, Dodie, Wendy, Laura, Bryan, and special guest Justin!
Have questions, comments or story ideas? Send us an email at [email protected]
42 min - Episode 2 - Moving, Killing your Darlings, and Our Origin Stories
At long last, there is an episode 2! Sorry, half of the podcast crew had their life packed up in boxes, and it was the half with the microphone! We talk about that, what killing our darlings means to each of us, and our origin stories as writers.
Who’s here? Leah, Dodie, Wendy, Laura, Bryan, and special guest Justin!
Have questions, comments or story ideas? Send us an email at [email protected]
29 min - Episode 1 - Introductions All Around!
We introduce ourselves, talk about our current projects, then ramble on all sorts of only vaguely related topics.
1 hr 14 min
About Drunken Fish Writers Podcast
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We're a small writing group in Texas that meet on the regular to encourage and motivate each other to write our stories. Topics range from where we're at in our current projects, thoughts on books…
and films, worst typos we've had that week, and more. Join the craziness and maybe start writing your own story!