FAQs about Head Trip:How many episodes does Head Trip have?The podcast currently has 44 episodes available.
May 14, 2020#44 Honing Your Writing Process and the Pantsers vs Plotters DichotomyThis episode of more of a kite than a jet plane. I'm giving updates on Tomorrow City, talking about the Myth of the Rockstar Creative, How to Develop Your Process as Writer, and Breaking Down the Pantser vs. Plotter Dichotomy...more47minPlay
April 29, 2020#43 Emerson, Self-Reliance, and the Best Kind of Armor for Self-DoubtHow to deal with self-doubt when creating? There's only two ways to do it, either you become the greatest in the world, above all possible reproach, OR you lean into your uniqueness. As Emerson says, you till the plot of land that only you can till....more45minPlay
April 08, 2020#42 Time as Narrative Device: Slaughterhouse Five, Name of the Wind, Scott Lynch and the Gentlemen Bastards SeriesI'm calling this "Part 2" of my "Ultimate Badass Story Theory". Part 1 was back on episode 12 where I talked about "self-aware stories", and today I'm talking about stories that use TIME as a narrative device. Breaking Bad. Name of the Wind. The Lies of Locke Lamora. And greatest time-hopper of them all, Billy Pilgrim from Slaughterhouse Five....more59minPlay
April 01, 2020#41 First Three Chapters of Tomorrow City, Quarantine Updates, Self-publishing Wide vs. Amazon?Happy Wednesday! I'm not talking about talking about the virus today - I'm taking around it. Quarantine has been good to me in terms of writing, and I'm happy to share that 15,000 words of my novel are finished and available to read on patreon. I'm also giving some life updates and sharing my most recent thoughts on the ever-important wide vs amazon debate....more44minPlay
March 04, 2020#40 How to Keep Writing Even When the Sky is FallingWhen your computer breaks down and a virus threatens to grow into a global pandemic, how are you supposed to clear your head and focus on that fantasy story that you're writing? Is it responsible or even reasonable to waste energy on your hobbies during times like these? In this episode I'm giving advice to myself, and talking through the struggle of being creative during stressful times....more44minPlay
February 26, 2020#39 Tomorrow City Progress Report #1This is an inbetweener episode, a good one for the new listener, or for those of you who are interested in Tomorrow City. This is the first of many "progress updates" that I'm going to do as I write and publish the Tomorrow City series....more29minPlay
February 13, 2020#38 "Oh The Places You'll Go" by Dr. Seuss and "The Shape of Stories" by Kurt VonnegutTalking Dr. Seuss today! I'm braking down "Oh the Places You'll Go" by using the shape of stories technique as outlined by Kurt Vonnegut. Spoiler alert: This Dr. Seuss classic is actually just a traditional "boy falls in a pit" story, EXCEPT there are two pits! Also, Lion King, Aladdin, Cinderella and more......more57minPlay
February 05, 2020#37 Gary Tandy - Breaking Down "The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle" by Haruki MurakamiThe powerful Gary Tandy joins us this week! If you love Murakami, or you just want to hear how a professor goes about analyzing an amazing literary classic, then this episode is for you. What is the Wind-up bird? Why is the cat missing? Is Murakami a lonely guy? How can the protagonist of a novel be so passive? And have you ever heard the story of the shitty monkeys on the shitty island?...more1h 36minPlay
January 30, 2020#36 Phillip Pullman's Career: Golden Compass and the Book of DustToday I make some outrageous comparisons between Phillip Pullman, C.S. Lewis and George R.R. Martin. And I share my theory that Phillip Pullman wrote the Book of Dust series as a prequel (instead of as a sequel) because of his love for Lyra. And really, who doesn't love "His Dark Materials"?...more58minPlay
January 22, 2020#35 Parasite! Oh Brother, Where Art Thou? Breaking Bad - Truly Unique Stories. Plus Scene 4 of Tomorrow CityHave you seen the movie Parasite yet? I won't spoil anything. I'll just get you even more excited. Today I'm talking about truly original stories, the ones that really blow your mind, from the Odyssey to Coen Brothers' Movies, from Slaughterhouse 5 to Catch-22. Then at the end I'm breaking down my latest rough draft scene - Scene 4 of Ch1 of the Tomorrow City Rough Draft...more1h 20minPlay
FAQs about Head Trip:How many episodes does Head Trip have?The podcast currently has 44 episodes available.