Best known for her alphabet series, international bestselling mystery writer Sue Grafton shares her hard-won writing insights with wit, wisdom, and down-home honesty. Learn which two books in her series are her favorites, how to tap into your own well of darkness as you write, and why mystery writers are the “magicians of fiction.”
Season 1 - Episode 40: James Hankins
Ever since the seventh grade when he wrote a science fiction novel each night and read that next chapter aloud to his friends on the bus the following day, James Hankins has been honing his skills as a storyteller. Join us as he journeys through the thought process and techniques that helped him hone his latest thriller.
Season 1 - Episode 39: Richard Krevolin
Author, script consultant, and screenwriting guru Richard Krevolin has taught more than 20,000 screenwriters at his popular courses in LA and throughout the world. Listen in as he unpacks the importance of WIIFM, story holes, and what happens in all great stories--no matter who the audience is.
Season 1 - Episode 38: Kathleen Antrim
How do you boil down a novel into a 25 word pitch? Author and pitch artist Kathleen Antrim will show you how. Passionate for sharing her time with others, she’s well-known for staying on site hours after her speaking engagements to teach aspiring authors how to pitch their books. Today, she shares those same insights with us.
Season 1 - Episode 37: Jamie Mason
With a nomadic spirit and the passionate voice of a traveling bard, Jamie Mason draws from her extensive travels to pen her resonant and poignant stories. Her masterful use of pulse-pounding prose and atmospheric settings has won her wide critical acclaim. Jamie tells us insight about writing her thriller Monday’s Lie, how to write a novel out of order, and the one key question to ask regarding character motivation.
Season 1 - Episode 36: Michael Goldstein
After beginning his career in the entertainment industry in the New York at Gotham Entertainment Group, Michael moved to Los Angeles and has worked in feature film and television show development since 1995. Michael gives a sneak peek at the story behind his green-lighted ABC project, Still Star-Crossed, and shares the lessons that the T-Rex in Jurassic Park, and the story structure of The West Wing taught him about stellar storytelling.
Season 1 - Episode 35: C. E. Lawrence
Having written nine novels and six novellas, C.E. has received glowing reviews from The Library Journal, Kirkus, Booklist, Publishers Weekly, and many other publications for her gritty stories. Drawing from her background as an author, an actor, and a Steampunk fan, she delves into the story penning process and shares the core ingredients in the stories she tells.
Season 1 - Episode 34: Jerry B. Jenkins
As one of the most prolific and bestselling authors in the United States, Jerry B. Jenkins has penned twenty-one New York Times bestsellers, including the Left Behind series, which has sold more than 70 million copies worldwide. In this strikingly honest and intimate interview, Jerry talks craft, a simple strategy for shaping any story, and what to do with critics—no matter how harsh they might be. Don’t miss this interview with a true master storyteller.
Season 1 - Episode 33: Dolores Hydock
When she's not developing her acclaimed one-woman shows, Dolores travels and performs at national and international storytelling festivals and conferences across North America. With insights learned from many years onstage, she shares storytelling secrets that all public speakers, presenters, and storytellers will benefit from in this vibrant and moving interview.
Season 1 - Episode 32: Lane Shefter Bishop
Do you have a book or movie to pitch? Are you slaving over a logline that will grab the attention of an agent or producer? Known as “The Book Whisperer” of Hollywood, Hollywood writer and producer Lane Shefter Bishop specializes in helping to sell books to filmmakers. She has worked with Fox, ABC, Showtime, HBO and many others. Learn how to develop loglines that work.