Writer at Work Podcast: Recent Episodes
Writer at Work Podcast
Writer at Work Podcast documents the journeys of Miss Catherine M.H. and Kit Boyer from scrounging writing moments to becoming full-time authors. Find us online: writeratworkpodcast.com patreon.com/writeratworkpod instagram.com/writeratworkpod twitter.com/writeratworkpod youtube.com/channel/UCVfLPY4mM7452AoZnX1N2gw
We talk about what we have in our writing environment, what helps, how we get in the zone, and how we each feel about writing in public.
Check our instagram for pictures of our writing spaces (including the tree/leaf thing Kit mentions). We'd love to see your writing setups, too! Post a pic on insta and tag us @writeratworkpod.
**Quick update since we recorded this. Cate is now using a Supernote to keep all of her work stuff and writing/editing organized. Kit is back to using regular paper notebooks for planning and outlining, and Scrivener on laptop/phone for actual writing.
Buncha links this time! We aren't getting paid for these; they're just things we find helpful.
Inkarnate (for maps): inkarnate.com
donjon (for maps and demographics): donjon.bin.sh
Bose noise cancelling headphones: https://a.co/d/hzduQfv
Revision Wizards (Cate's other podcast): revisionwizards.com
Neil Gaiman interview: https://youtu.be/iHPKTby9z6o
Rocketbook (reusable notebook): getrocketbook.com
Supernote: supernote.com
Scrivener: literatureandlatte.com
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Cate is a pantster, Kit is a plantser. We talk about how we outline and organize our plots. There's also some random stuff about character creation and how to write details when you have a hard time remembering what it's like to be a human person.
We mention the following software (we're not sponsored, Kit just likes using these):
- Scrivener
- Aeon Timeline
- Plottr
- Dan Harmon's Story Circle
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The difference between a habit and a routine, how chunking helps foster the necessary flexibility to keep a routine, and more than you ever wanted to know about Kit's daily schedule and mental health. Hope you enjoy!
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Kit talks about poetry!!
This is the list of places to start when giving critique or looking at your own work:
- opening and closing lines
- themes and motifs
- cohesion
- line and stanza breaks
- emotional response
- overall meaning/interpretation
- shape and white space
- rhyme and meter
- punctuation and caps
- be kind and mention things that are done really well
Here's a link to Kit's Monday Poetry Critique Group. We meet on Zoom at 8:30pm Eastern. Hope to see you there!
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When should you give up on a writing project? When should you set it aside? Is it ever ok to just totally drop something you've been working on?
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Writing about holidays, making holidays up for your stories, and writing during the holidays. Enjoy!
Check out Kit's walk-through for setting writing goals on Scrivener.
Find Cate's other podcast here: https://revisionwizards.com/
Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairies by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100270
Artist: http://incompetech.com/
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What do we write about? What inspires us? How do we keep track of our thousands of story ideas? What do we do with old ideas?
CW: References to sexual assault, other sensitive issues.
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How do we research?
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Why does Cate hate Scrivener? What does Kit use to keep in touch with other writers? Listen to find out!
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Our first craft episode. How do you write dialogue? How do you make sure it's believable?
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What is accountability for writers? What kind of accountability suits you more?
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First episode of the new season. We talk about plans for the podcast, what we did last year, and our writing goals for 2023.
We're releasing new episodes every two weeks, plus bonus episodes between those. The regular episodes will alternate between process and craft. Bonus episodes will include book (and webtoon <3) reviews, interviews with writers, and live instructional videos.
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Wherein Kit gives an abominable sports analogy. Also, we talk about how to keep boundaries around your creative time and space.
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This is the full interview Cate did with Valerie Ihsan, a memoir writer.
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https://valerieihsan.com/
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Cate interviews Valerie Ihsan, a memoir writer, in five minutes.
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https://valerieihsan.com/
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Cate interviews S. A. Schneider, a writer targeting the Middle Grade demographic, in under five minutes.
Find S. A. Schneider online here:
https://www.sa-schneider.com/
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This is the full interview Cate did with S. A. Schneider, a writer targeting the Middle Grade demographic.
Find S. A. Schneider online here:
https://www.sa-schneider.com/
Find Writer at Work here:
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Support the show (http://patreon.com/writeratworkpod)
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Cate interviews Allie Racette, a freelance writer, in under five minutes.
Find Allie Racette online here:
https://allieracette.com/
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We interview Christine Daigle and JP Rindfleisch, co-hosts of the Serial Fiction Show. We talk serial fiction, serial publishing platforms, making it as a serial author, and co-writing.
Find JP online here:
jprindfleischix.com
Find Christine online here:
christinedaiglebooks.com
lpstylesbooks.com
Listen to their podcasts here:
serialfictionshow.com
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In this mini episode, Cate and Kit give you four tips in five minutes. The topic: writing skin.
Resources:
Skin Color Website
(https://writingwithcolor.tumblr.com/post/96830966357/words-for-skin-tone-how-to-describe-skin-color)
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In this mini episode, Cate and Kit give you four tips in five minutes. The topic: writing hair.
Resources:
Hair Website
(https://writingwithcolor.tumblr.com/post/113627509260/words-to-describe-hair)
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Kit and Cate are back!<3 Welcome to Season 3 of the Writer at Work Podcast.
Today we're discussing how to make sure you're representing LGBT+ (or Gender and Sexual Minorities- GSM) folks in your writing, how to write people different from you, and how to make realistic romantic relationships.
Just as a quick note: Cate talks from her perspective- hetero and cis. Kit talks from her perspective- pan and cis. But we do try to be broad in our inclusion and descriptions.
Further research and info on writing GSM/LGBT+ characters:
https://goodmenproject.com/gender-sexuality/writing-trans-characters-jvinc/
https://www.dnbryn.com/2020/01/04/how-to-write-non-binary-characters-a-three-part-guide-for-writing-characters-with-non-binary-genders/
https://deaddarlings.com/closet-writing-gay-characters/?doing_wp_cron=1641611950.1962139606475830078125
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Kit talks about villanelles, guides you through writing your own, and shares one she wrote. Also, we read Lilace Mellin Guignard's Lullaby in Fracktown.
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Kit talks about Jeremy Michael Clark’s poem “One Fire, Quenched with Another,” as well as how to recontextualize things in your stories/poems/life.
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Kit talks about ekphrasis, the ancient Chinese poet Kuan Tao Sheng, and finding inspiration in art.
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For our first Poem of the Week, we read Javier Zamora's "Second Attempt Crossing." It's about Zamora's journey to the US at the age of 9 and the person who helped protect him. Kit gives insight into structure, meaning, and takeaways for your poetry.
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It's exactly what it sounds like. Kit and Cate talk menstruation, why it might not be addressed much in fiction, why it's important to include it in our writing, and how we can use menstruation in our stories.
Kit mentions this article in the episode:
https://mosaicscience.com/story/menstrual-taboo-periods-shame-women/
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Kit asks Cate about her stance on writer's block.
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I ask Cate some "get to know you" questions.
The cafe we talk about:
https://www.chapteronecoffee.com/
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Cate asks me some "get to know you" questions.
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