Writing Naked
We’re two writers who have decided to put our writing life online to help other writers, and because we like talking about writing. Each week we dig into our writing process, what is working and what is not, our wins and failures, and share them with you. Writing Naked is about being vulnerable, on the page and on the podcast. Writing can be scary, hard, and painful. But it can also be wonderful. Wherever you are, other writers have been there, too. And on Writing Naked, we talk about it.
Episodes
Cody and Andrew talk to Portland author Jamie Yourdon about writing, life, and desserts. Jamie writes literary fables and ghost stories, with two out currently (The Space Between Two Deaths and Froelich's Ladder). He is currently working on a Snow White retelling. We dive into his writing process, art vs commerce, and how a small silver spoon fits into it all.
Jamie Yourdon's Website https://www.jamieduclo...
Cody takes on the podcast alone in this reading of his short story, "Pale". Regrets, redemption, revenge, these themes wind through weird western stories like a sidewinder over sand dunes. What happens when a retired gunslinger answers for his past crimes? Find out in, "Pale", a Weird Western horror story.
If you want to read along, here is the link. https://worlds.workingtitle.us/pale/
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Portland, Oregon author Erik Grove talks writing with Cody and Andrew. Erik discusses his writing cocktail mix, spills the tea on his process, and explains why ideas aren't the problem. Not even the question. We delve into Erik's writing journey, how he goes about publishing, and why play in writing is all-important.
Visit Erik's website for more Grove goodness: https://erikgrove.com/
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Community is key for writers to develop their full potential. Whether bouncing ideas off another writer, finding people that understand the peculiar writer's mind, or just commiserating with other people that grok the word mines, we write best when we have a community. In this episode, Cody and Andrew talk about what makes good and bad community, navigating critique groups, and what to do about finding a place you fit as a wri...
Cody and Andrew interview Willa Literary Award Finalist and Portland author Lara Messersmith-Glavin about her writing life, process, and publication journey. On the way we touch on recent work, her different approaches to creative non-fiction and fiction, how she summons her writing, her cetacean/angler fish-mermaid-climate fiction/non-fiction-horror WIP, and her future plans.
Lara's Website, Queen of Pirates....
Andrew and Cody talk about the New Year, where they are going next, and the issues with starting to write or starting anew on an old project.
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Cody and Andrew discuss genre! What is it, how it is defined and used, and how we use it in our writing. There are gray areas of genre, poles of fantasy and science fiction, core tropes that describe the central aspects of a genre and are critical for readers to buy in to your story. And then there is moving beyond or between genre to create a hybrid or undefined story. How do you do that? What do Cody and Andrew do in their writi...
In this episode, Cody and Andrew give a brief update on their writing (rejections, submissions, and novel progress), and then dive right into the layering scenes with dialogue, action, and plot. Andrew uses too many baking analogies and talks about the One Immortal Writing Rule. Cody talks about where he begins with layering.
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Andrew and Cody talk about their current projects and dive deeper into the Craft of Dialogue. Specifically, how they navigate dialogue scenes with multiple characters and why they avoid writing dialect.
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Check out the Winding Paths anthology from Demagogue Press.
Cody and Andrew discuss dialogue; purpose, what makes it special, how to make it sound like people, and the many ways dialogue can go wrong. Andrew reads from his forthcoming story "Ava", appearing in the game-themed anthology Winding Paths from Demagogue Press.
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The Craft of Dialogue
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Cody and Andrew put their writing life online to help other writers. In this episode, they discuss their current projects, submissions, writing blocks, and why Cody loves writing action scenes. Cody talks about the difference between action scenes in film and prose, and Andrew the recapitulation of story arc within each scene. Oh, and Cody reads from his debut novel, Ration.
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Andrew and Cody talk about getting an idea off the ground, which ones to pick out, and sketching the elephant between the ideas. Also, writing for anthologies, and mentions of two new anthologies with their work. Oh, and why an editor might not pick your piece to publish.
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Mentions
Where Andrew and Cody talk about writing progress, drafting methods, and growing your writing process. We also touch on creativity, various writing exercises for story generation, and why a smidgen of fear is necessary for writing
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Mentions
John Cleese
Progress so far, what went right/wrong
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Cody and Andrew discuss the concepts for their stories and planned story development. How does research for fiction work? How much is too much? What purpose does research have for fiction, especially science fiction or fantasy? How do you start the actual writing, after you are done going down the research rabbit hole? How do you turn ideas into marks on the page?
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Andrew and Cody talk about starting a novel, getting ideas, how they generate story, and a crazy stunt they will try and pull off this month.
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