All Episodes
Write On SC — 234 episodes
Body Language
Love is in the Pages
That’s no small moon, it’s a plot device!
Motifs and other Plot Devices
The Appeal of the Apocalypse
The 2026 Writing Plan … path? expectations? goals?
Flashback!
A$$holes or Anti-Heroes? They’re Everywhere These Days!
Fools, Clowns, Comic Relief
Heather Bergevin Returns
RetCon, what is it good for?
Special Guest: Cymsyn Hart
Special Guest: S.L. Harby
Special Guest: Nick Roberts
Catalysts and Decision Makers
Getting Ready for an Event
Welcome Back Heather Harris-Bergevin
Being a Good Literary Citizen: Part 2
Being a Good Literary Citizen: Part 1
Searching for Inspiration
Internet Grab Bag AI edition
Red-Faced, Rage-Filled Sinner
Pea Green with You Know What
Seeking Comfort in Abundance - Gluttony as Character Motivation
The Sneaky Sin of Sloth
7 Deadly Sins – Pride First
All the things. (Greed)
Desire, Passion, and Sex (Lust)
The Secrets Our Characters Keep
What the heck is happening? Non-Linear Storytelling
Keep it in Line – linear storytelling
May the Forth Be With You
Internet Grab Bag
Organizing a Major Project
Describe it to me
Off to a Great Start
The Real Work of Writing is Revision, or so they say
Special Guest: Roger Jones
Plot Structures with Proper Names
Snowflakes and Spines
Revision. Again.
Plot Arcs Revisited
The Ubiquitous 3 Act Structure (thanks, Aristotle)
Changing the Lens
Screenwriting for Dummies
To Make or Not to Remake
Seeing Shadows & an Internet Grab Bag
On Someone's Shoulder
Better Reading in 2024
Primary and Secondary Conflicts
The 1st Person POV
NaNoWriMo Boot Camp Part 2
NaNoWriMo Boot Camp Part 1
Besties and Kissyfaces - Side Characters Take Center Stage
I'm the Bad Guy. Duh.
Episode 241: You are the 'Bad Guy' but that doesn't mean you are a bad guy
Protagonist and Antagonist in the Horror Genre
Writing the Main Character
Edit like a Pro
Special Episode: Roger Jones, author of The Final Victory
Ideas are not stories
Turn Right to Go Left
Timeless or Expired?
Special Guests Coach Anthony Washington and Authorpreneur Jen Roberson
7 Basic Plots Revisited with Dr. Anna Courie
Why You Should Attend Storyfest
Full Series Creation with Catherine Peace Part 2
Write a Binge Worthy Series with Catherine Peace
The Appeal of the Outlaw
Writing in Lore Part 2
Writing in Existing Lore
Character Origin Stories
Where does the story come from?
Subplot Basics
Grow Up! Aging into Plannerhood
Internet Grab Bag Spring Break Edition
Trickeration
Ceremonies, Events, and Rituals: Built in Stakes
Get in the Game Part 2
Get in the Game
The Appeal of a Legal Thriller
The 3 Act Structure
More Flaws than You Can Shake a Stick at
Adding Dimension to the Story with Character Flaws
Rankin Must Die
Characters Are Not People
Storytellers Do It With Words
The Write Stuff
Jerry Dean Pate's Lost Cause
War. What is it good for?
Gotta have some conflict
Voices In Your Head
Stories like Sparklers
Dogs at the Poker Table
Choose Your Weapon
The good advice that you just didn't take
The best of times. The worst of times. Classic.
But what does it mean?
Learning How to Take Rejection
Those Query Pages Suck
The Work of Rewriting
Backstory Essentials
Multimedia Storytelling with Dr. Jones
Are you guilty of lazy writing?
What's Next?
Tech Nerd or Savvy Author?
How You Know You're Writing a Hero's Journey
Character Arcs: The Moral Descent
Carolyn Hartley
Long Fic or Short Fic? That is the question.
More Writing “How to” that we may or may not believe
Stupid Shit Other People Pass Off as ‘How to Write’
What’s Your Writing Style
Off to a Good Start
Required Elements – Character Arcs
Mark Allan Gunnells
White Knuckle Scenes
Doing Murder More Than Once
Talking About Vampires on the Radio (Again)
Paying Your Writerly Dues
Special Guest Len Lawson
The Romance Episode Part 2 with Ella Shawn
The Romance Episode with Catherine Peace
Special Guest co-host Raegan Teller
Do something about it
Insatiable
Bingewatching is a Sin
I Want You to Want Me
The Green-Eyed Monster
Rage-Filled Beast Monsters
Special Episode: Launch Day Interview with Jodie Cain Smith
Words and Wine with Kasie
It Goeth Before the Fall
The Patriarchy and Male Character Clichés
Empathy in Literature
Slushfest Losers
The virgin, the whore, and the madwoman
White Writers, Diverse Characters
Death in Fiction
Taboo Topics
Serialization Unpacked
Internet Grab Bag April 2021
The Core Wound
Kill Your Buddy
Author Interview with Signe Pike
Path to Publishing Part 2
The Path to Publishing Part 1
Story Structure – Why it Matters and How to Choose
When did that happen?
When are we?
Motivated by Survival
Motivated by Greed
Motivated by Forgiveness
TGI 2021 - The Goal Setting Episode
The Art of the Setback
Give Your Characters Agency
A Dark and Stormy Night
Literary Devices
Humbugs, Grinches, and Misers
Do You Have to Like the Main Character?
Don’t Say It
The Real Work of Authors
Before We Begin
The Iceburg Theory
Boo! Halloween Special
Pants the Show About Planning
Metaphors & Prophecies
Where you at Part 2 – that Fantasy/Sci-Fi World Building thing
Where you at?
Raise the Stakes
Establishing Desire
Antagonist, Villain, Frenemy
The Tragic Flaw
End of Summer Grab Bag
Cancel Culture and Writers’ Work
The Moral Imperative
Author Branding
Be Obvious About It
What the actual ... ?
Publishing Options
You Know Less Than You Think You Do: The Dunning-Kruger Effect and Writers
Summer Reads and Other Good Advice
Episode 100!!! Romantic Subplots
How to do Genre Research
Sidekick, Battle buddy, Best mate
May Grab Bag
Childish Copy Catting or Learning and Marketing Gold?
Great Beginnings
Reviews, Stars, & Thumbs Up
This is the End (Not Really)
The Gritty Reboot
Love Triangles
Stories from Troubling Times
Epidemic, Pandemic, Outbreak
Dystopia IRL
The Conditions for Drama
Cliché – Just Don’t
Epidemic, Pandemic, Outbreak – disease & disaster in literature
Tense Density: When did the story happen?
Who's Story is this Anyway?
Prologues are like Traffic Cones
Foreshadowing
Internet Grab Bag
Book Clubs
How to Make Money as a Writer
Chekov's Gun
2020 Goals and a Visit with Alexa Bigwarfe
Auld Lang Syne
Deus ex Machina: cheap device or valid resolution?
Fairytales Retold
Feminine Archetypes
Gratitude, Holidays, & Rivals
Beam me up, Scotty! Pop culture references in literature
Pace 911 or Why You're Bored With a Story You Wanted to Love
Pre-Writing and NaNoWriMo
The Importance of Feedback
Saying I Do
Make Mine Evil
Besties with Jonathan Haupt
The Changing Publishing Industry
Finding Your Voice: A Conversation with Cassie Premo Steele
The Emergence Part of Writing: A Conversation with Tim Conroy
Why do you write? A Conversation with Al Black
Conferences, Workshops, and Retreats
Genre Basics and Mystery Guest
Science Fiction Subgenres with Brian Barr
Dialogue & Dialect
Romance or Love Story?
Read Like a Writer
Genre Basics
Choosing a Point of View
Workshops, Feedback, and Writer Communities
Research for Fiction Part 2
Research for Fiction Part 1