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How To Write The Future
The How to Write The Future Podcast offers fiction writing tips for science fiction and fantasy authors who want to create optimistic stories because when we vision what is possible, we help make it so. By science fiction and fantasy author and fiction writing coach, Beth Barany.
How To Write The Future
Latest Episodes
211. Write the Future: Our Five Themes
“Writing craft is about meaning and the reader experience. I really don't teach rigid rules because language is evolving constantly, and it's all about choices.” - Beth BaranyIn this How To Write the Future podcast episode, titl...
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08 Editing Your Beginnings, Middles, Ends
Editing Beginnings, Middles, and Ends by Genre: Hooks, Builds, Payoffs, and TwistsIn this episode, Beth Barany explains how to revise novels by analyzing beginnings, middles, and ends at the book level, focusing on genre expectati...
210. Crafting a Compelling Villain: Goals, Motivation, Conflict
“In addition to your villain's goal, they need a motivation. They feel like they're the hero of their own story. They have a good reason for wanting what they want.” - Beth BaranyIn some stories long after the final page is clos...
209. How To Find the Right Illustrator for You with Anna Leitensdorfer
“Since it was my first book cover there, I learned a lot. There was a big process involved. Lots of figuring out, print lingo, making sure things are where they should be. So it was definitely a learning process.” - Anna Leitensdorfer<...
208. Turn Your Wish Into Story Fuel with Brownell Landrum
“That ties into your whole theme — because the theme of my novels is ‘Lose yourself in the fiction. Find yourself in the truth.’” - Brownell LandrumDo you know what sciences we use in making a wish? When blowing out the candles ...