All Episodes

Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, Part 2: Our Own Stories, Decidedly Not of the End Times

Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, Part 1: Listener Submitted Stories of the End Times

Oxymoron: Using Fiction to Process Real Life

Ginnungagap: Norse Mythology & The Creative Void

Gilbertian: Absurdist Flash Fiction & Why Writers Need Creative Partners

Acheri: What Writers Should Read (Or Listen To), From Frankenstein to Beowulf

Bowels of Mercy: The Cru Write Horror à la Shirley Jackson

150th Episode Celebration: Mouthbreather

149: Craft Workshop: How Writers Edit Drafts (Their Own and Each Other’s)

148: Fanfaron: Writing the Pluperfect Tense Without Sounding Forced

147: La La Land: A Conversation With The Whisky Type

146: Hygge: Tips and Tricks for Writing a Vibe

145: To Take An Ell: Our Writers Hate Marketing (Yet Ironically Announce a Live Ep)

144: Nemo me impune lacessit: POV experiments

143: Neolithic Age: Third-Person Omniscient, Explained

142: Rabelasian with Johna from Booking It!

141: Gardy Loo – The One In Which Krispy Got (Sort Of) Married

140: Flivver: Staying Motivated and Avoiding Creative Burnout When Confronting Writer's Block

139: White Flag: Author Olivia Snow on Writing, Outlining, and the (he)Art of War

138: Nursery: The Sweet Spot of Third Person Limited

137: Amulet of the Ages: Board Game Storytelling with Bruce Glassco

136: Creaky Hallway: Second Person POV (and some "Choose Your Own Adventure")

135: Dark Dice: The Power (and Pitfalls) of First Person Narration

134: Jinn: The Cru Write Mahfouz

133: Mountains of the Moon – Submissions, Rejections, and Writing to the Guidelines

132: Ca’ canny – Setting and Achieving Your Writing Goals

131: Batrachomyomachia – Reflecting on Writing Goals & Poetic Experiments | Radio FreeWrite Season 4 Finale

130: Propaganda – How We Steal Writing Tricks from Other Authors (feat. Sandwich)

129: Queensbury Rules – Practicing Dialogue That Doesn’t Sound Wooden

128: U and Non‑U – Using Dan Harmon’s Story Circle to Jump-Start Plotting

127: Ganymede – Building Writing Community with Literary Cleveland

126: Ephesian – Building Writing Community & Embracing Critique (feat. Calil "JUST C.O.S." Cage)

125: Yellowback – How We Approached Genre Fiction and Tropes

124: Proteus – Revising Poetry & Balancing Editing with Creativity (feat. J.W. Surface)

123: Wildcat – Untangling Plot vs. Story (While Forgetting Who Goes First)

122 Everything Tastes of Porridge – Building Worlds Through Myth & Religion

121: The Old Man on the Mountain – Journaling, POV, & Character Voice

120: Eblis – Writing Convincing Villains (Without Loving Them Too Much)

119: January – Writing for Joy, Not Publication

118: Jaywalker – Maps, Worldbuilding, & Accidental Giant Trees

117: Idunna – Writing Rituals, Music, & Getting into the Zone

116: Triumvir – Guest Iron Brewed on Flash Fiction & Writing Process

Minizode #5: Why Do People Write?

115: Zucchetto – Writing Sound Effects & Playing with Language

Minizode #4: After Acceptance

114: Cleveland Museum of Art – Finding Story Inspiration in Visual Art

Minizode #3: How to Imitate an Author

113: Unhinged – Picking Which Drafts to Polish (and Which to Cast into the Fire)

Minizode #2 - How to Read as a Writer

112: Hunky Dory – Writing Nonfiction, Reflection, and the Tools We Avoid

Minizode: How to Make Time to Write

111: Season 4 Premiere:The Inklings – How Critique Groups Make (and Break) Writers

110: Vesta – Writing Fire, Hearth, and Domestic Myth

109: Fiasco – Why We Love Writing Characters Who Fail (feat. Amber of Tadpole Press)

108: Curmudgeon – Writing Grumpy Narrators & Lovable Jerks (feat. Stuart Miller)

107: Lares et Penates – Writing Physical Spaces that Feel Real

#106: Altargana: A Mongolian Song

#105: Anatomy of a Story, Part 3: How to End a Story: Meiosis

104: Subpoena - Anatomy of a Story, Part 2 – The all Important Middle

#103: Anatomy of a Story, Part 1: Beginnings: Corpse Coins

102: Neap Tides – Plotting vs. Pantsing

101: Buggins' Turn – The Homogenizing Effect of Trade Literature

100: Krampus – 100th Episode Live Celebration

99: Potato War – Making the Most of a Writing Session

#98: Cinematic Storytelling: The Land of Nod

#97: The Hanging Gardens of Babylon, with KC Woodruff

#96: The Cru Write Steel: Hallmark

#95: Improving Yourself and Finding Self-Confidence: Bareleveling

#94: The Joys of Pulp Fiction: Zorro

#93: The Cru Write Lispector: Berchta

#92: Christmas Decorations

#91: Consistent Character Creation: Minos

#90: Selkie, with Sandwich

#89: The Raving Poet

#88: Ariadne, with Woz Flint

#87: The Cru Write McCarthy: The Shroud of Turin

#86: Hook, Line, and Sinker, with Chelsea Burton Dunn

#85 To Paint the Forth Bridge, with J. W. Surface

#84: Making "Fetch" Happen, with Willow Vincenty

#83: Brekkie Eppie: The Story Engine

#82: First Drafts as Blocks of Marble: To Go Off at Half Cock

#81: Crafting Suspense: The Dipper

#80: Golders Green, with Tim Marko: the Power of Constraints

#79: Precision and Pitfalls in Word Choice: Weasel Words

#78: The Challenges of Writing Comedy and Humor: Dot and Carry One

#77: Bête Noire

2023 Summer Sessions #1

Summer Special Release: Mummified Moon

Season 2 Recap: The Best of Murph

#76: Season 2 Finale

Season 2 Penultimate

#75: Redemptioner

#74: Transmigration of Souls, with Tee Zee

#73: Asmodeus, with Arm

#72: Ladies' Night: Shangri La

#71: Fiddler's Green

#70: Niflheim

#69: Riff-Raff

Zion FreeWrite

#68: King Lir, with J.W. Surface

#67: Qaf, with Spud

#66: The Cru Write O'Connor: Eye Candy

#65.5: St. Patty's Day Freewrite (and also Rumpelstiltskin part 2)

#65: Rumpelstiltskin

#64: Galley Proof, with YYC Typewriter

#63: Pandemonium

#62: Catawamptiously Chawed Up

#61: The Cru Write Morrison: Shrovetide

#60: The Cat Among the Pigeons

#59: Eisteddfod

#58: Concierge

#57: Midnight Lorry

#56: Achates, with The Bartender

FreeWrite #2: Welcome aboard, Fifth Beatle (and Happy New Year!)

#55: Lucy (A Merry Christmas...murder?)

#54: The Cru Write Churchill: The Irony of Fate

#53: To Be Born Under a Lucky-- Or Unlucky-- Planet

#52: The Art of Ryan Fishley

Thanksgiving Freewrite

#51: False Bride

#50: The Grateful Dead, with Richard Polt

#49: The Cru Write Hopkins: Eavesdropper

#48: Huginn and Muninn

#47 Aqrabuamelu

#46: Banshee

#45: Goblins

#44: The Cru Write Rushdie: Ouroboros

#43: Thaumaturgus

#42: Scrimshaw

#41: Silvanus

#40: Molotov

Episode ReRelease: #28: The Cru Write Chekhov: Abide With Me

'22 Summer Sessions: Adirondack Files #3

'22 Summer Sessions: Adirondack Files #1

'22 Summer Sessions #5

Episode Remaster: #18: The Cru Write Thompson: Damsel in Distress

'22 Summer Sessions #5: STORY WARS

'22 Summer Sessions #4

Episode Remaster: #22: The Cru Write Woolf: Tantalus

'22 Summer Sessions #3

'22 Summer Sessions #2: NYC Midnight Flash Fiction Contest, Round 1

FreeWrite #3: Summertime!

#39: Season 1 Finale

Diamonds in the Rough

#38: The Bulwer-Lytton Contest

#37: A Waiter, an Object of a Crush

#36: The Cru Write Borges: Death by Inches

#35: Parandrus Redux

#34: Chaneph

#33: The Cru Write Adichie: Aigrette

#32: The (Cruel) Fates

#31: Birds of Paradise

#30: Calamity Jane Part II

#29: Calamity Jane, Part I

FreeWrite#2: A Post-St. Patty's Intermission

#28: The Cru Write Chekhov: Abide With Me

#27: Swan Maidens

#26: Janus

#25: Empyromancy

#24: Scarab

#23: Carpet Knight

#22: The Cru Write Woolf: Tantalus

#21: Zounds

#20: Jog

#19: Rupees, Annas, and Pies

#18: The Cru Write Thompson: Damsel in Distress

#17: Tarzan

#16: To Gird Up One's Loins

#15: To Go the Whole Hog

#14: The Cru Write Vonnegut: Hogmanay

#13: Zeitgeist

FreeWrite#1: A Thanksgiving Intermission

#12: Caurus

#11: Harum Scarum

#10: Hole in the Wall

#9: The Cru Write Tolkien: Echidna

#8: Parandrus

#7: Caladrius

#6: Brekkie Epie: Mandrake

#5: Couch Potato

#4: Norwich

#3: The Grim Reaper

#2: Slubberdegullion

#1: Monkey Business

Introduction

Soft Launch 2: Jitterbug: Radio FreeWrite Gone Wilde

Soft Launch 1: Jabberwocky