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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
07 The Writer’s GMC: Goal, Motivation, Conflict (and Strengths) for Creative Projects
Today Beth Barany shares about the writer’s GMC—goal, motivation, and conflict—adapted from Deb Dixon’s book "GMC: Goal, Motivation, Conflict" as a self-coaching tool for writing and other creative projects.She describes choosing a speci...
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207. Edit Your Novel Checklist: First Read, No Edits
“Read through the checklist, put it in your mind, and let it just float there. Don't be so restrictive about it. You can always revisit it whenever you want.” - Beth BaranyIn this episode of How To Write The Future, Bet...
06 Premium; Editing Your Novel: Identify Genre, Tropes, and Reader Expectations
The episode focuses on considering genre and tropes during the editing phase, emphasizing that revision is about editing for readers and managing their expectations rather than writing only for oneself.Beth frames editing as refining the...
206. AI Content Licensing for Authors: Julie Trelstad
“Amlet AI creates a tool that allows authors to make it known to machine to developers that their work can be licensed and is available and that they expect to be compensated.” - Julie TrelstadIn this How To Write the Future pod...
205. Goal-Based Sci-Fi Research With Sue Burke
“One thing I recommend is that if you're really sure about something look it up cause you're probably wrong.” - Sue BurkeIn this How To Write the Future podcast episode, titled, “Goal-Based Sci-Fi Research With Sue Burke,...