The Writescast Network

Surfs up, folks! Hang ten with co-hosts r.r. campbell and Sione Aeschliman as they explore what inciting incidents are, why they're important, the shapes they take, and how to write them effectively.

Memoirist and cinephile Dave Watson compares and contrasts writing a memoir with writing a work of fiction. Have you ever been curious about what it takes to write a memoir? This episode's for you!

Author Damian Serbu talks self-revisions: when it’s time to tackle them, when it’s time to set them aside, and when it’s time to seek the help of an editor.

r.r. and Sione explore a protagonist's darkest moment, the dark night of the soul, and how we set our readers up for both. One of r.r.'s cats pays the pod a visit around the hour mark, too, if you listen closely enough.

The owner of HenschelHAUS Publishing, Kira Henschel, joins host r. r. campbell for a conversation about what it's like to operate an independent press.

Meg Gaertner returns to the r. r. campbell writescast to discuss the value of and how to tackle reading like a writer. What will developing a keen readerly eye do for your work?

After a rather bizarre game of “Would You Rather” involving bear attacks and outhouses, r. r. and Sione settle in to discuss chapter breaks: when to have them, when not to have them, and the role genre plays in it all.

Author Glenn Quigley talks historical fiction and fantasy: what they are, how they differ, and how one researches in order to write about the past.

UWWI Conference Director Laurie Scheer highlights what writers everywhere can look forward to at the 30th annual Writers' Institute.

How do we know when we've got a concept with series potential on our hands? What challenges might we face when writing a series? Why does r. r. have such strong opinions about cliffhangers? We explore all of this and more in this episode.