All Episodes

Lost Lambs by Madeline Cash - Does it Live Up to the Hype?

Storytime 8: Viral by Dan Surber and Slam, Shatter, Scream by Justin Webb. Horror stories for scary days.

Unpacking Kayla's $1000+ Developmental Edit Letter

What does voice mean in creative writing? WTF is it? We experiment.

Storytime 7: Prink Rotary Telephone horror story by Barry Malone, Debtor's Prison and Juliet by Chris Ritchey

Half His Age by Jennette McCurdy: Is It Well-Written?

Writing Voice

Storytime 6: Our Hero Academia Fanfiction! Where Lilies Bloom by Nova

Movies Are Not Books

Hot Takes on Louis C.K.'s Debut "Literary" Novel, Ingram

Storytime 5: A Fair Trade by Rachel Cyr, The Beholden by Jessie Wingate, and Kayla Ogden's #VanLife

Bugonia (2025) with Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons: Does It Follow Save the Cat?

Developmental Editing

Enneagram for Writing Characters

Taylor Swift vs. Charli XCX: When “Actually Romantic” Met “Sympathy Is a Knife”

Storytime 4: Blair Visscher reads “Easy Dark,” plus Dave Richanbach’s Poe-esque prose and MJ’s “Strangers”

"Show Don’t Tell" debunked

Storytime 3: Scott Gibson reads "Fairytale of Bangkok", and we finally get MJ's "Elon"

Make the Art, Ignore the Market (aka “Are We the Sausage in This Metaphor?”)

Should Fiction Writers Use A.I.?

Making the Reader Cry

Save the Cat!

Hot Takes on the Writers' Luncheon

Brandon Sanderson Mansplaining, The Next Big Story, The Bonnie Blue of Agents, and Rachel's Muse is Murderous

Storytime 2 - Stories that were too good for Reedsy. MJ’s “Clouds,” The Flamingo Poem and love for Chuck Palahniuk

Did we just get rejected?

Storytime - Larry is Not Well

Challenge Accepted

How do we write sex scenes without cringe? Plus ACOTAR Hot Takes.

Did we just join a cult?

Are we writers yet?

Write Your Heart Out - Coming Wednesday, June 11!