How To Write The Future
How To Write The Future is a podcast for science fiction and fantasy writers who want to imagine better worlds—and write stories that bring those futures to life. Each episode offers practical craft guidance, creative prompts, and big-picture inspiration to help you draft, revise, and publish with purpose. By science fiction and fantasy author and fiction writing coach, Beth Barany.
How To Write The Future
Latest Episodes
230. Juggling Creative Projects, Live from World Fantasy Con
“I recommend doing is getting with some friends, going to a cafe or maybe even, I know some people, they take the train, and they go not too far outside of where they live, and they may get a hotel somewhere and write creatively. If you don...
229. Edit Without Losing Your Creative Vision
“You cannot edit your book in one day. You did not write your book in one day. Multiple passes are totally normal. Writing is rewriting, and the rewriting process is where you're gonna do a lot of creation and recreation for your story. Kee...
228. Fancy Fresh Ideas for Upcoming Episodes
“When I'm working on sci-fi, I'm really thinking about this a lot, and I'm thinking about it from my main character's perspective. What is it like to be looking at the Earth from space and from various distances? That just blows me away.”
227. Writing Community: Your Secret Publishing Advantage
“I realized I had to accelerate the pace. And I've seen this in other mediums with other people in completely different domains. If you want to get better at something, hit the publish button.“ - Beth BaranyIn this Ho...
23. How To Find Critique Partners
How to Find Critique Partners (and Alpha & Beta Readers)In this Edit Lab video, Beth Barany explains how to find critique partners and clarifies how critique partnerships work as a reciprocal exchange of reading each other’s work, re...