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Story Makers Show
164 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 3 years ago - ★★★★ - 48 ratingsA Podcast for Every Story Teller
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Episodes
Episode 64: Rejection and Resurrection
April 17, 2018 04:29 - 34 minutes - 47.4 MBEpisode 63: Macro Despair/ Micro Success: Editing, Agents, Writing Retreats and the Shared Love of Story with Editor Molly Schulman
June 02, 2017 23:04 - 46 minutes - 63.9 MBEpisode 62: Story Problem: Concrete Goals for Writers, Filmmakers, and Characters
May 18, 2017 18:43 - 31 minutes - 43.6 MBEpisode 61: Burying the Lead: a journalist turns to poetry
April 27, 2017 18:51 - 49 minutes - 68.4 MBEpisode 60: Language of a Common Dream: Books and Podcasts that Inspire Us and Our Writing
March 30, 2017 20:25 - 47 minutes - 87.4 MBEpisode 59: Dialog in Craft and Collaboration: Individual Vision v. Group Dynamics
March 23, 2017 11:09 - 36 minutes - 66.8 MBEpisode 58:Exquisite Empathy: Mystery, Revelation, and Serendipity with Edgar nominee Heather Young
March 16, 2017 11:05 - 45 minutes - 63.2 MBEpisode 57: The Care and Feeding of a Writing Group + Autobiography in Books, part one: childhood
March 09, 2017 12:00 - 43 minutes - 60 MBEpisode 56:Go Big or Go Home: Lessons in Conflict and Writing Retreats
March 02, 2017 12:00 - 43 minutes - 79.5 MBEpisode 55: The Unflagging Middle: The Midpoint, The Muddle and More About The Short Story
February 23, 2017 12:00 - 40 minutes - 74.1 MBEpisode 54: The Math of It, Plus the Definition of a Short Story and the Role of Feedback…
February 14, 2017 21:44 - 30 minutes - 41.6 MBEpisode 53: Hard choices: prioritizing your writing and when to use scene
February 09, 2017 19:59 - 43 minutes - 80.4 MBEpisode 52:Creative Arrogance and the Cult of Done
January 26, 2017 19:39 - 45 minutes - 82.9 MBEpisode 51: Creative and Political Action: an inspirational guide to momentum for the writer
January 19, 2017 23:21 - 1 hour - 85.2 MBThis conversation with Aya inspires me every time I hear it--it is a necessary look, for writers, at what we can do to effect political change, as well as a motivating look at structure, deadlines, and momentum.
Episode 50: Does Art Require an Audience?
January 12, 2017 20:11 - 50 minutes - 70.1 MBAngie and Elizabeth discuss the pros and cons of the dictum to write everyday, the benefits and drawbacks of social media to the writer/ creative type, and whether art requires an audience.
Episode 49: Letting Go of Perfectionism, Trusting Your Obsessions, Playing the Long Game: Caille Millner
November 17, 2016 14:00 - 43 minutes - 60.5 MBCaille Millner is an award-winning writers across genres, writing memoir, fiction, and, for the San Francisco Chronicle, cultural columns and opinion pieces. When we met, just after the election, she was already collaborating on a list for Bay Area writers of ways to volunteer your writing skills to help people made especially vulnerable by the election.
Episode 48:Quick Fix Q&A: Simplicity
November 10, 2016 14:34 - 24 minutes - 33.2 MBIn this week’s Quick Fix Q & A, Angie and Elizabeth discuss: 6 steps to creating a scene 4 tests for: is it an event? Plot complexity and genre expectations Your personal thematic Decision fatigue Automating your routine FREE Craft Class Friends' week is coming up in the Book Writing World, November 15 & 17! Join us in-person in Berkeley OR Online from anywhere via Zoom's video conferencing for a free 2-hour craft class on Backstory--when do you need it, how do you work it in, and what can...
Episode 47: Micah Perks and Fetal Narrators
November 03, 2016 16:34 - 51 minutes - 70.6 MBEpisode 46: Lucy Jane Bledsoe and the Fiction Non-Fiction Divide
October 20, 2016 19:43 - 49 minutes - 68.6 MBJoin our far-ranging, fun and fascinating conversation with Lucy Jane Bledsoe on the occasion of her brand new historical novel, A THIN BRIGHT LINE, based on the true-life story of her aunt.
Episode 45: Kirsty Starkey
October 06, 2016 15:21 - 40 minutes - 55.9 MBKirsty Starkey works as a producer at BBC Radio 4’s acclaimed show Woman’s Hour, “the programme that offers a female perspective on the world.” She researches and develops stories, finds and interviews potential subjects, prepares the presenters for live on-air interviews, and more
Episode 44: Quick Fix Q&A – Dialogue
September 22, 2016 15:28 - 15 minutes - 20.9 MBThis week's three questions: Dialog, Dialog, and Writing More...
Episode 43: Creative Muscle Memory: Author Gretchen Atwood on Research, Proposals and Scenes for Non-fiction Books
September 15, 2016 22:58 - 45 minutes - 62.9 MBWe were thrilled to sit down with Book Writing World alum Gretchen Atwood to discuss her newly released book, Lost Champions: Four Men, Two Teams, and the Breaking of Pro Football's Color Line, and get some great tips about balancing research and writing, evaluating and choosing your sources, making use of research to create scene, and where the line between imagination and invention falls in nonfiction.
Episode 41: Quick Fix Q&A
September 08, 2016 15:19 - 13 minutes - 18.1 MBThis week we started a new element in Story Makers Show. Interspersed with the in-depth interviews with authors, filmmakers and industry professionals, we are going to offer brief podcasts that answer your questions about writing
Episode 41: Getting Unstuck: a conversation with journalist, author and teacher Jennifer Mattson
September 01, 2016 11:00 - 41 minutes - 57.4 MBWith a deep background in both deadline journalism and mindfulness meditation, Jennifer Mattson teaches classes in getting unstuck that emphasize an acceptance of the cycle of getting stuck and unstuck.
Episode 40: Shaping Real Life into Story: a Documentary Editor’s View Jean Kawahara
August 10, 2016 20:25 - 54 minutes - 33.1 MBJean Kawahara is a documentary editor as well as a writer, and she had great insights into the process of shaping real life events into a story.
Episode 39: The Artist’s Ability: Shaping a Memoir, Shaping a Creative Life, a conversation with author Joyce Scott
August 04, 2016 15:00 - 41 minutes - 30.9 MBJoyce has an amazing, important story to tell about an artist, Joyce’s twin sister Judy, who had so much against her--undiagnosed deafness, Down’s Syndrome in a time when differences were institutionalized, and years away from her family--only to find her artistic “voice” when in their middle age Joyce gained guardianship of Judy and brought her to California and to Creative Growth.
Episode 38: Books from All Angles: A Publisher, Editor and Book Reviewer Brian Hurley
July 28, 2016 22:23 - 45 minutes - 33.4 MBGuilt, failure, negative reviews… We dig into the good stuff and the hard stuff with the wonderful Brian Hurley, a publisher, editor and passionate reviewer of books, including what authors need to know going into publishing. We discuss why, when a book wins an award, it's Amazon ratings will actually go down!
Episode 37: Shaping Memoir, Inventing Scene: A Discussion with Ground-breaking Feminist Economist Myra Strober
July 21, 2016 15:50 - 41 minutes - 56.8 MBWe had an inspiring and far-ranging conversation with feminist economist Myra Strober about her new memoir, Sharing the Work:What My Family and Career Taught Me About Breaking Through (and Holding the Door Open for Others). We examined differences between memoir writing, fiction, and academic writing, and how Myra used theme as a filter to shape and cut her memoir.
Episode 36: Breaking Down Traditional and Non-Traditional Publishing with Nina Amir
June 30, 2016 11:00 - 38 minutes - 52.7 MBWe broke open the traditional publishing/ self-publishing dichotomy in this conversation, having the most exciting discussion on platform building, purpose, marketing and creativity that maybe we’ve ever had. Nina straddles traditional publishing and self-publishing, doing well in both. Here, we really dig into those worlds and where they meet, where they part, and how they can work together. Nina showed us how to pitch fiction and non-fiction, what it really means to build reach and visibili...
Episode 35: Jabari Asim
June 23, 2016 11:00 - 45 minutes - 62.9 MBIt was an honor and a joy to sit down (virtually) with Jabari Asim and talk about just how a man with five children and a big deal job manages to be so productive across so many genres.
Episode 34:The Permissive Writer: Ann Packer on Writing, Revision and Intuition
June 09, 2016 11:00 - 41 minutes - 57.6 MBBest-selling author of three novels and two story collections, Ann Packer sat down with us to talk about writing for herself on her own schedule, about two different kinds of revision, about having a sense of the emotional shape of a book before she begins.
Episode 33: Setting, Creative Process, and Freedom in Art and Writing: a talk with Adam Wolpert
June 04, 2016 16:39 - 58 minutes - 81.1 MBAdam Wolpert is a painter who blogs beautifully about the creative process, and our conversation began by looking at the moment when you're shifting out of a big a long extended project and finding the next one--something writers certainly face as well. This led into an exploration of the powers of creative constraints, of setting limits on your projects--and the unexpected and deep freedom that produces.
Episode 32: Vision, Values and Collaboration: a talk with Heather Haggerty and Nanou Matteson
May 26, 2016 11:00 - 58 minutes - 79.9 MBHeather Haggerty and Nanou Matteson are a superteam of film producers who brought us the recent award-winning comedy starring Rita Moreno and previous Story Makers podcast guest Steve Goldbloom. Their film East Side Sushi has also had remarkable success. We dig into the creative side of marketing your art and its connection to your values, about when and how to consider your audience, about keeping your budget small and your quality high.
Episode 31: Your work in the world: a talk with Peg Alford Pursell
May 19, 2016 11:00 - 48 minutes - 67.1 MBWe had a lively and important conversation with author, publisher and literary curator Peg Alford Pursell, about the publishing landscape and how writers can successfully interact with it. Peg, who runs the popular reading series Why There Are Words, is launching an independent press with the same name.
Episode 30: Structure and Resistance: a talk with Angie Powers
May 12, 2016 11:15 - 44 minutes - 61.4 MBMy conversation with Angie Powers, co-host of Story Makers Show, began with the process and pleasure of telling yourself a story. We discussed what she did and did not get from her MFA program, including an understanding of structure and revision, which led us into the art of revision and the relationship between revision and planning or structure.
Episode 29: Craft and Plot in Novel and Memoir. A talk with Janis Cooke Newman.
May 05, 2016 11:00 - 44 minutes - 62.7 MBWe had such a rich and helpful conversation with the multitalented Janis Cooke Newman, author of memoir and novels, editor of the newly launched Technically Literate column of fictional short stories on CNET, and leader of LitCamp. We talked about the isolation of writing and ways to undercut that.
Episode 28: What the Wolf and the Editor Know That You Must Learn. A talk with Dorothy Hearst.
April 28, 2016 11:00 - 48 minutes - 67.6 MBWe had a far-ranging conversation with the multi-talented author of the trilogy The Wolf Chronicles, professional developmental and acquisitions editor and now, first-time screenplay writer Dorothy Hearst. She shared how her ideas and inspirations arrive and develop, how science can thicken a plot, negative self-talk (the downfall of many writers), and so much more.
Episode 27: Creative Problem Solving: a talk with filmmaker Juan Davis
April 21, 2016 11:00 - 44 minutes - 62.7 MBProblems with sound? Extras don’t show up? In this far-ranging conversation with filmmaker Juan Davis, a writer/ director with experience in sound, editing and just about every other area of film, we learn just how projects morph and problems can shape a stronger film in the end. From giving voice to the voiceless and showing a film about terrorism in troubled times to the art of transitions, arc and ambiguity, this conversation will inspire story makers of all stripes.
Episode 26: The Agent’s Perspective: What Aspiring Writers Need to Know Plus Lots of Great Information for Children’s, Middle Grade and YA Authors!
April 14, 2016 11:00 - 47 minutes - 66.4 MBThis was such a helpful and inspiring conversation with new literary agent Jennifer Soloway, who went to grad school with Angie and who shares her journey to becoming an agent, how she fell in love with the work, her process for selecting clients, how to pitch your work, what she looks for, how she edits, and so much more.
Episode 25: Revolutionary Llamas and Sentient Squirrels: Plotting a Mystery and More. A talk with Nicholas P. Taylor
April 08, 2016 16:55 - 45 minutes - 63.1 MBNicholas P. Taylor has an alias. The acclaimed author of two historical novels, Nick took up with mysteries under the name T.T. Monday.
Episode 24: What the Art of Storytelling Teaches All Story Makers. A talk with Hari Meyers
March 31, 2016 11:00 - 45 minutes - 63.3 MBWhat of the storyteller who stands before a live audience, to entrance, to entertain, to warn, to engage? What can we learn from the most ancient form of story making? Today we talk with acclaimed storyteller--and former psychotherapist--Hari Meyers about the art, archetypes and activism of the storyteller.
Episode 23. Writing: Ambition, Habit or Addiction? A talk with Elizabeth Stark
March 15, 2016 11:00 - 31 minutes - 44 MBThis week Angie interviewed Elizabeth, just to get really meta or, you know, narcissistic. Actually, we thought this would be a good way to introduce us to our listeners: Who are these people asking these questions? Why are they so hungry to know everything about story?
Episode 22: Would Your Story Make a Good Memoir? A Talk with Meredith Maran
March 10, 2016 12:00 - 55 minutes - 77 MBIn this honest conversation with Meredith Maran, prolific memoirist, book reviewer, novelist and editor of the newly released Why We Write About Ourselves, we dive into the risks of writing a memoir whose story you are still living.
Episode 21: Paul Lisicky
March 03, 2016 12:00 - 49 minutes - 68.9 MBWhat does it feel like to be an overnight success after 17 years of publishing? In our lovely conversation with novelist, memoirist and essayist Paul Lisicky, we discuss the benefit of low expectations and the liberation of not worrying about having a huge audience followed by the surprise of getting one with his new memoir, The Narrow Door.
Episode 20: Jacqueline Luckett
February 25, 2016 09:00 - 44 minutes - 61.9 MBWhat do you get when you cross a novelist and a screenplay writer? An 80 page outline of a movie! Author Jacqueline Luckett always dreamed of her book being turned into a movie, and now a known actress has bought the screenplay.
Episode 19: Sylvia Linsteadt
February 18, 2016 16:40 - 49 minutes - 68.7 MBWhat do animal tracking and writing have in common? More than you think, as we learn in conversation with Sylvia Lindsteadt, a prolific young author of fiction and non-fiction and a certified animal tracker.
Episode 18: Susan Ito
February 11, 2016 16:40 - 59 minutes - 82.9 MBHave things gotten worse for mothers who want the time to write? Former non-fiction editor at Literary Mama, now SF Grotto-ite, solo performer, writer, host of a yearly contemplative creative retreat at Santa Sabina and more, talks about the prohibitions against mothers leaving their children for extended writing retreats, the challenges and process of fielding submissions, time management, juggling projects, navigating Medium.
Episode 17: Janet Harvey
February 04, 2016 18:51 - 42 minutes - 59.8 MBJanet Harvey brings together savvy from advertising and invests it in indie filmmaking and comic books--and she told us the key to a successful Kickstarter campaign.
Episode 16: Diane Fraser
January 28, 2016 19:51 - 39 minutes - 55.7 MBDiane Fraser had a remarkable niece, predicted to die in her first week of life who lived through 40 surgeries and more brushes with death but also through wild adventures, seductions and transformations, for almost three decades.
Episode 15: Florencia Manovil
January 21, 2016 19:16 - 47 minutes - 66.4 MBWeb series and feature films are all about collaboration, and Florencia, who’s been at the helm of both as a writer/ director, goes into the good, the bad, the ugly . . . and the pleasures of that process, from generating ideas and developing characters to co-writing to getting strong readers to working closely with a trusted editor.