This week, we talk about ourselves for a little while, explain why Go On is the best new series of the season, discuss breaking characters, and wonder aloud whether or not this is a Golden Age Of Storytelling. All that, the usual silliness, and the return of the WordWonk too!

This week, we spend half an hour talking about television shows, discuss a new metaphor for powerful storytelling, and improvise an entire story in fifteen minutes. We're back from the bubons, baby!

This week, we have the bubons. Luckily, we’ve interviewed some incredibly smart people over the last two years, and this is a perfect opportunity to share some of their genius. Jane Espenson Ron Hogan Barbara Samuel StoryWonk’s NaNoWriMo Pre-Game Class Book of the Month: A Wizard Of Earthsea by Ursula K Le Guin Want to […]

This week, we own up to a podcast-related mistake, talk about reviews and the Emily Giffen controversy, inaugurate our new book club by discussing EM Forster’s A Room With A View, and share some things that are making us happy. StoryWonk’s NaNoWriMo Pre-Game Class Lani’s recommendation: Baby Got Back Supercut (plus the original version and […]

This week, we announce our new class, discuss the rock-solid storytelling found in our favorite childrens' book, the stories which emerge from the interaction of complex systems, and the fact that the kids are going back to school. And despite Alastair's skepticism at the end of the show, we wrap the whole thing up in less than an hour!

This week, we talk about the rewards of being grammatically incorrect, the proper number of exclamation points, the pleasures of the long form, and we have voicemails! Plural! Exclamations!

This week, we talk about writing effective dialogue, reader and writer shame, and the length of our podcasts.

This week, we talk about big news, getting it done, resurrecting dead manuscripts, and My Little Pony. No, really.

This week, we have been foiled by celestial bodies. Enjoy this look back at the most popular episodes of StoryWonk Daily, and come back next week for a shiny new StoryWonk Sunday! Is Mercury In Retrograde? Book of the month: A Room With A View by EM Forster Want to leave a review on iTunes? […]

This week, we talk about the classics: what are they, why do they matter, and why should we read them? Also, big news about forthcoming discussions on StoryWonk Sunday! Italo Calvino’s 14 Definitions of What Makes a Classic (The Atlantic) A Room With A View by EM Forster Want to leave a review on iTunes? […]