It occured to me recently that we haven’t really talked about the podcast on the blog yet, and that we probably should! Maureen and I started the Story Kitchen Podcast this spring. The project came out of our twice-weekly co-writing sessions on Zoom, during last year. We met up so we could ostensibly work on our manuscripts, but would often end up talking about writing, sharing tips, debating technique, and thinking a lot about how people learn to write (we’re both teachers, so this is something that’s on our minds a lot!)
Thus, the podcast was born! I try to keep the Podcast page on this site updated, but you can listen to it at a lot of places: Apple podcasts, on Spotify, on Google Podcasts, on Spreaker, Podcast Addict, Podchaser, Castbox–on almost any plaform that distributes podcasts!
The latest episode is about fanfiction, one of our favorite topics. You can listen to it below:
I also wanted to give a shoutout to this awesome episode of Fansplaining, The Craft of Writing Fanfiction, which is a wonderful episode, and I discovered after we recorded ours, but it’s a great discussion and it reflects a lot of our experiences in writing and reading fanfiction!
Other episodes we’ve recorded:
In the first episode, we talk about how to think about feedback on your writing. Not all feedback is useful. How do you decide? And what do you do with the feedback that isn’t helping you?
How to develop creativity is a particular interest of mine, something I’ve studied and experimented with for the last several years. What I’ve learned is that creativity is a skill, and like any other skill, it can develop with practice. In this episode we talk about what to do when you’re stuck and how to develop your creativity.
In the episode, Our Favorite Writing Techniques, Maureen and I share the best practical writing tips that elevated our writing. Even so, growth as a creator isn’t always steady. In When You Hit a Plateau we discuss a time in our evolution where we felt like we weren’t growing, and what we did about it.
And last week, we realized we hadn’t really defined what “technique” is so we tackled that topic in What Exactly is Technique Anyway?
And now you’re all caught up! See you next week!