Death Of 1000 Cuts
372 episodes - English - Latest episode: 10 months ago - ★★★★★ - 88 ratingsDeath Of 1000 Cuts is a podcast for fiction writers, full of motivational rants, writing exercises, interviews with authors, and detailed critiques of first pages submitted by you, the listeners. Everything you need to write more and better, and love it. Presented by Tim Clare, author of The Honours, The Ice House and We Can't All Be Astronauts, and stand-up poet.
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Episodes
Death Of 1000 Cuts - Season 2 Episode 1 - Intro to Couch to 80k Writing Boot Camp
October 14, 2017 20:05 - 48 minutes - 112 MBThe start of a new season of Death Of 1000 Cuts, a podcast about writing fiction and making it not suck. Host Tim Clare (that's me) talks about the concept of getting match-fit as a writer, and previews the Death Of 1000 Cuts Couch To 80k 8-week writing programme that's on its way. Please buy my novel, The Honours: https://wordery.com/the-honours-tim-clare-9781782114765#oid=1908_1
Season 2 - Preview
June 23, 2017 11:33 - 10 minutes - 25.1 MBA little hello from author Tim Clare and a preview for the forthcoming Season 2 of writing advice podcast Death Of 1000 Cuts. Send your submissions via http://www.timclarepoet.co.uk Please buy my novel, The Honours: wordery.com/the-honours-tim-cla…2114765k#oid=1908_1
Death Of 1000 Cuts - Episode 20
August 19, 2016 09:46 - 2 hours - 284 MBIn the final episode of this season, author Tim Clare lapses into a fugue state and talks unscripted for over 2 hours about writing fiction. Oops. Please buy my novel, The Honours: https://wordery.com/the-honours-tim-clare-9781782114765#oid=1908_1
Death Of 1000 Cuts - Episode 19
August 12, 2016 11:10 - 16 minutes - 38.9 MBWriting a novel? Want to make it good? Listen to this podcast about how to do just that, presented by author Tim Clare. Please buy my novel, The Honours: https://wordery.com/the-honours-tim-clare-9781782114765#oid=1908_1
Death Of 1000 Cuts - Episode 18
August 04, 2016 23:07 - 19 minutes - 44.1 MBAnother episode of fiction writing advice podcast, Death Of 1000 Cuts. Learn to make your novel super-awesome with help from author Tim Clare. If you'd like to support me and the podcast, please buy my novel, THE HONOURS: https://wordery.com/the-honours-tim-clare-9781782114765#oid=1908_1
Death Of 1000 Cuts - Episode 17
July 29, 2016 19:33 - 19 minutes - 45.1 MBWould you like to be a writer? How about a good writer? How about an awesome writer? Tim Clare (that's me) walks you through the process by critiquing a new first page sent in by a listener each episode. Please buy my novel, The Honours: https://wordery.com/the-honours-tim-clare-9781782114765#oid=1908_1
Death Of 1000 Cuts - Episode 16
July 14, 2016 23:48 - 16 minutes - 37.3 MBLearn to write fiction like someone who sold their soul for super-story powers and a bag o' Doritos. This week I look at the first page of someone's novel and talk about the perils of music in stories. Please buy my novel, The Honours: https://wordery.com/the-honours-tim-clare-9781782114765#=oid1908_1
Death Of 1000 Cuts - Episode 15
July 08, 2016 09:51 - 17 minutes - 41.2 MBWriting a novel? Want help? Get quick, practical, immediately-applicable advice from award-winning author and perennial neurotic Tim Clare. Each week, we look at the first page of a listener's novel or short story and discuss ways of making it less sucky. Please buy my novel, The Honours: https://wordery.com/the-honours-tim-clare-9781782114765#oid=1908_1
Death Of 1000 Cuts - Episode 14
July 01, 2016 11:22 - 17 minutes - 39.8 MBWant to a write a novel? Want to make it good? Friend, we have your back. Each week, award-winning author Tim Clare takes a look at the first page of a listener's novel or short story in detail and suggests ways to make it suck less. This episode, we get in-depth about point of view, dialogue tags, and Tim's favourite topic, crunchy specificity. If you'd like to support me and the podcast, please buy my novel, THE HONOURS: https://wordery.com/the-honours-tim-clare-9781782114765#oid=1908_1
Death Of 1000 Cuts - Episode 13 - Editing With Nikesh Shukla
June 23, 2016 21:19 - 40 minutes - 93.2 MBAnother episode of the fiction writing podcast where we smash apart the first page of a listener's novel to see if we can rebuild it bigger, stronger, and deadlier. This episode I'm joined by novelist and screenwriter Nikesh Shukla, author of Coconut Unlimited, The One Who Wrote Destiny and Meatspace. Buy MEATSPACE here: https://wordery.com/meatspace-nikesh-shukla-9780007565078#oid=1908_1 Buy THE ONE WHO WROTE DESTINY: https://wordery.com/the-one-who-wrote-destiny-nikesh-shukla-978178649278...
Death Of 1000 Cuts - Episode 12
June 16, 2016 23:08 - 20 minutes - 47.7 MBAnother episode of the fiction writing podcast where writers send in their first pages for author Tim Clare to lovingly rip apart then glue back together in a pretty collage of a duck or something. It's like a normal writing podcast except not completely ruddy useless. Please support me and the podcast by buying my novel, THE HONOURS: https://wordery.com/the-honours-tim-clare-9781782114765#oid=1908_1
Death Of 1000 Cuts - Episode 11 - Editing With Ann Morgan
June 09, 2016 21:17 - 17 minutes - 39.5 MBIn this episode, author Ann Morgan and I look at another author's first page and discuss ways of making it better. This is a podcast for anyone who writes or wants to write fiction and would like to be less bad at it. If you'd like to support the podcast, please buy my novel, THE HONOURS: https://wordery.com/the-honours-tim-clare-9781782114765#oid=1908_1 Please buy Ann Morgan's novel, BESIDE MYSELF: https://wordery.com/beside-myself-ann-morgan-9781408870310#oid=1908_1
Death Of 1000 Cuts - Episode 10 - Editing With Joe Dunthorne
June 03, 2016 08:59 - 19 minutes - 44.5 MBThis episode, I look at an author's first page with novelist and poet Joe Dunthorne, and we discuss ways of making it better. If you'd like to support Joe Dunthorne and the podcast you can get his latest novel, The Adulterants, here: https://wordery.com/the-adulterants-joe-dunthorne-9780241305478#oid=1908_1 Or his novel Submarine: https://wordery.com/submarine-joe-dunthorne-9780241955154#oid=1908_1 Please buy my novel, The Honours: https://wordery.com/the-honours-tim-clare-9781782114765#oi...
Death Of 1000 Cuts - Episode 9 - Editing With Ann Morgan
May 26, 2016 22:10 - 25 minutes - 57.9 MBOn this week's Death Of 1000 Cuts I'm joined by author Ann Morgan as we look at a novice author's first page and discuss ways of making it better. Want to support me and the podcast and get a great story in your face? Please buy my novel, THE HONOURS, via this link: https://wordery.com/the-honours-tim-clare-9781782114765#oid=1908_1 And Ann Morgan's novel, BESIDE MYSELF: https://wordery.com/beside-myself-ann-morgan-9781408870310#oid=1908_1
Death Of 1000 Cuts - Episode 8
May 19, 2016 22:22 - 16 minutes - 38.8 MBAnother episode of the no-nonsense podcast for anyone trying to write fiction, presented by Tim Clare, author of The Honours and We Can't All Be Astronauts. Each show we take a look at the first page of a novel or short story by a novice author, and try to find ways of making it better. Please support me by buying my novel, THE HONOURS: https://wordery.com/the-honours-tim-clare-9781782114765#oid=1908_1
Death Of 1000 Cuts - Episode 7 - Editing With Joe Dunthorne
May 13, 2016 09:24 - 23 minutes - 53.4 MBDeath Of 1000 Cuts is a podcast about how to write better fiction. This episode, me and author Joe Dunthorne look at a first page about zombies. If you'd like to support Joe Dunthorne and the podcast you can get his latest novel, The Adulterants, here: https://wordery.com/the-adulterants-joe-dunthorne-9780241305478#oid=1908_1 Or his novel Submarine: https://wordery.com/submarine-joe-dunthorne-9780241955154#oid=1908_1 Please buy my novel, The Honours: https://wordery.com/the-honours-tim-cla...
Death Of 1000 Cuts - Episode 6
May 05, 2016 17:54 - 16 minutes - 37.2 MBEpisode 6 of Death Of 1000 Cuts - a podcast all about helping you write better fiction. Each episode we look at a listener-submitted first page and discuss ways of making it less bad. Please buy my novel, The Honours: https://wordery.com/the-honours-tim-clare-9781782114765#oid=1908_1
Death Of 1000 Cuts - Episode 5
April 28, 2016 21:36 - 17 minutes - 39 MBEach episode I take a look at a novice author's first page and give advice on how to make it less bad. 'I' being me, Tim Clare, author of THE HONOURS and WE CAN'T ALL BE ASTRONAUTS, erstwhile stand-up poet and occasional singist. Please buy my novel, The Honours: https://wordery.com/the-honours-tim-clare-9781782114765#oid=1908_1
Death Of 1000 Cuts - Episode 4
April 21, 2016 21:29 - 14 minutes - 33.4 MBEpisode 4 of my podcast full of writing advice for doing fiction really, really well. Please support the podcast by buying my novel, THE HONOURS: https://wordery.com/the-honours-tim-clare-9781782114765#=oid1908_1
Death Of 1000 Cuts - Episode 3
April 15, 2016 09:24 - 15 minutes - 34.4 MBEpisode 3 of Death Of 1000 Cuts, a podcast with advice on writing better fiction. Each episode, I read a listener's first page and look for ways to make it suck less. Please buy my novel, The Honours: https://wordery.com/the-honours-tim-clare-9781782114765#oid=1908_1
Death Of 1000 Cuts - Episode 2
April 07, 2016 15:23 - 18 minutes - 42.4 MBEpisode 2 of my fiction writing podcast, Death Of 1000 Cuts, where I look at another first page and find ways of making it better. Please buy my novel, The Honours: https://wordery.com/the-honours-tim-clare-9781782114765#oid=1908_1
Death Of 1000 Cuts - Pilot Episode
March 31, 2016 22:41 - 16 minutes - 38.2 MBA pilot episode of Death Of 1000 Cuts, my podcast about how to write fiction less badly. This one has just me but hopefully others will have other humans on. Testing out the equipment, learning to speak. Feedback welcome. Please buy my novel, The Honours: https://wordery.com/the-honours-tim-clare-9781782114765#=oid1908_1