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Cheryl reads the first chapter of The Magic Words: Writing Great Books for Children and Young Adults. The book is available as of September 6th, 2016.In this bonus episode, Cheryl reads the first chapter exclusively for Narrative Breakdown li
Why a misunderstood character can be very useful. Featuring Cheryl Klein and Matt Bird!Check out Cheryl’s The Magic Words, and Matt Bird’s The Secrets of Story — the best creative writing books of the year. Yes, we’re a bit biased but it’s tr
Author David S. Atkinson discusses absurdist and weird fiction.Mentioned in the episode:David S. Atkinson’s websiteNot Quite So StoriesRudyard Kipling’s Just So StoriesGeorge SandersH.P. LovecraftLewis Carroll’s “Hunting of the Snark”
Moth storytelling sensation Adam Wade talks about his development as a performer and the tips he gives his students. Adam and the Moth were recently featured on HBO’s Girls. We highly recommend his new album, The Human Comedy.Mentioned in
Author Chris Vander Kaay discusses the ins and outs of various horror film subgenres and recommends a lot of movies along the way. Check out Chris’ new book, Horror Films by Subgenre. (Co-authored by Kathleen Fernandez-Vander Kaay.)Their firs
Cheryl Klein shares her perspective on the habits of professional writers in a frank and illuminating conversation. You can now pre-order Cheryl’s new book, The Magic Words: Writing Great Books for Children and Young Adults Mentioned in the
TV writer and playwright Adam Gaines talks about writing quality dialogue and more.Check out Adam’s two play collections!MixtapeFire SaleDirect Download Link for the episodeMore about this show, for new listeners: This is a creative
TV writer and novelist Drew Chapman discusses the challenges of writing thrillers in both mediums.Drew’s latest novel is The King of Fear, the sequel to The Ascendent.He is currently writer and co-executive producer on TNT’s Legends.(Note:
Matt Bird talks about how he measures the strength of a TV show’s basic concept.Mentioned in the episode:Matt’s Ultimate TV Pilot Checklist (using 24 as an example)24Breaking BadChicago FireCode RedRescue MeCopperHomelandHouseMad Me
Two thriller writers go deep into the dark subject matter of their genre.Mentioned in the episode:Alex Dolan’s THE EUTHANISTAlex Dolan’s websiteJonathan Stone’s THE TELLERJonathan Stone’s websiteThrillerFestVertigoSevenThe Narrative B
Film and music critic Tim Grierson talks about the craft of writing reviews.Tim’s review of BIRDMAN for DeadspinTim’s review of SPY for Screen DailyTim’s review of SPY DeadspinTim’s review of ALOHA for DeadspinTim in conversation about an
What should you consider when choosing the gender of your main character? Two exciting debut thriller authors, Alex Dolan and Gwendolyn Womack, join to discuss this topic and related issues.Gwendolyn Womack’s websiteThe Memory PainterAlex D
Veteran journalist Barry Newman talks about 43 years of writing literary non-fiction for The Wall Street Journal. Mr. Newman’s book, NEWS TO ME, features ruminations about the craft as well as many examples of his work.Barry’s website and bo
Literary agents! What do they do? Why do you need one? How do you get one? And when can we do lunch? Cheryl talks to Brianne Johnson of Writers House about these topics and announces her own new project.Links related to this episode:Writer
We discuss the scope of dramaturgy and how dramaturgs and literary managers collaborate with writers, featuring The Old Globe theater’s resident dramaturg, Danielle Mages Amato.Danielle holds an MFA in Dramaturgy and a PhD in Drama and Theatr
We talk to New York playwright Brenton Lengel about the art and business of writing for the theater.Mentioned in the episode:Brenton Lengel’s websiteMariah McCarthyPlaywright Marco RamirezMiss Mayfield’s Fifth Grade Class ReunionState of
Matt Bird joins us to discuss a selection of quality screenplays from 2014. We look at what makes these scripts tick and what the takeaways are for writers.Mentioned in the episode:Matt Bird’s blog series on the best screenplays of 2014Selm
Kass Morgan joins us to discuss the romance genre and relationship stories in general.Mentioned in the episode:Cheryl’s blog post about Romance tropesThe 100: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sense_and_SensibilityEleanor and Park: http://en.w
Bernie Su of Pemberley Digital talks about his company’s online adaptations of classic novels and how he makes transmedia storytelling work, both narratively and financially. Mentioned in the interview:Pemberley DigitalThe Lizzie Bennet Dia
NPR reporter Ailsa Chang on the ins and outs of her job and how she constructs a radio story. Mentioned in the interview:Serial, the documentary podcast everyone’s talking aboutAilsa’s story about Senator Landrieu, featuring the man by the
Cheryl, James, and Matt Bird discuss unreliable narrators and deceptive points of view.Mentioned in this episode:The Murder of Roger AckroydAtonementWe Were LiarsFight ClubPrimal FearThe Sixth SenseGone GirlLee Child’s “A Simple Way t
In this bonus episode, authors Eric Gansworth and Joseph Bruchac and their editors, Cheryl Klein and Stacy Whitman, discuss the particular pleasures and challenges of writing, editing, and publishing Native American young adult literature.Rel
Ken Levine, co-founder of Irrational Games and creator of BioShock, talks about video game writing and his goals for advanced storytelling in games.By the way, Ken is writing the screenplay for WB’s remake of LOGAN’S RUN. Thanks to Scott Cie
James talks to Jerry Bonner, a screenwriter who switched to writing for video games.Check out Jerry’s articles at HNGN.Jerry’s TwitterGames mentioned include:Ride to HellPrisonscape (coming in 2015)TynonThe Legend of ZeldaMass Effect
Video game critic Tom McShea talks about the best storytelling happening in video games. Games mentioned include:The Legends of ZeldaTHe Walking DeadThe Last of UsMass Effect 3Dragon’s Lair Arcade Game LaserdiscSleep No More (a theatric
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