Moving Write Along: Recent Episodes
The Young Writer's Initiative
The Young Writer’s Initiative presents Moving Write Along, a podcast produced, hosted, and written by young writers, for young writers. Moving Write Along’s goal is to create a warm, thriving community amongst young and developing writers for them to share their work and grow together alongside our podcast hosts. This podcast seeks to provide an accessible platform that writers of all backgrounds can learn from and enjoy.
Our hosts and crew bid you, our wonderful cadets, a final thank you. As we all speed off in our spaceships, racing into new adventures, we give our final bow and empty the stage for you. Keep writing and keep growing <3
As promised, our socials so you can keep in touch:
@the_sara_ray
@letthewriteonein
@rubyteresawrites
@cosetteconstell
It's the end of our summer season! Our cast and crew reflect on what it took to make three seasons of MWA. Spoiler: it wasn't about the episodes; it was about the friends we made along the way.
Our hosts swapped writing routines! What will a plotter do when she has to pants? Join us for a three-season long full circle conclusion as the hosts force themselves out of their comfort zones.
We wrap up our interview with Lillie Lainoff, author of One For All, by discussing the publishing industry and what changes are needed to make it accessible. What are the consequences of demanding a new book every year from an author? Is this sustainable?
Jazmín takes over the podcast to interview Lillie Lainoff, author of One For All. They discuss French history, self care, and how the publishing industry approaches disability representation. Tune in next week for part two!
While the cast and crew prep some upcoming interviews, enjoy these bloopers and outtakes from our past two seasons (there were many to choose from).
The hosts share what they would tell their younger selves about writing; lessons about querying, how to take advice, and how early success isn't the norm. Also, Ruby crawled out of the well.
Simone sits down to get an English teacher's perspective on the pandemic, teaching, and the struggles that came with shifting to online schooling. They discuss what districts did, how the pandemic disproportionately impacted lower-income schools, and how to keep writing and reading fun in a classroom setting.
Ray and Kat try out weird writing advice, including ice cubes in laps and hanging upside down. Is there any merit to all these weird methods?
In this episode, Kat and Ray (Ruby has now mysteriously fallen down the well) interview TYWI's Pre-Reading department. What are beta and alpha readers, why are they important, and how can you get involved?
In this episode, Ray is in a well, Beepo has gone missing, and it's up to Kat and Ruby to get alibis from the pod squad while learning about common mystery tropes! Will they find Beepo? Will the kidnapper be revealed? And who pushed Ray into the well?
In our season 2 finale, the cast and crew expose their old, embarrassing, cringe-worthy writing to prove that you can get better as long as you keep at it. (Featuring a snippet of Once Upon a Time fanfiction from Zoulfa Katouh.)
The hosts finish their conversation with Zoulfa Katouh, author of As Long As the Lemon Trees Grow (September 2022). They discuss details on Lemon Trees, Muslim representation in media, and what it means to be the first Syrian YA Author.
Our hosts chat with Zoulfa Katouh, author of As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow (releasing September 13th, 2022) about her writing journey, self-doubt, and how to convince yourself that you and your story are 'enough'.
In the thick of National Poetry Month, our hosts welcome poet DeeSoul Carson aboard to talk about all things meter, rhyme, and imagery. (And the enemies to lovers question tradition continues).
The hosts welcome writergram veteran and social media manager @cosi.writes on to talk about how social media impacts writers, and what it's like to manage a writing account.
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In between intergalactic adventures with guests, Ruby interviews our resident screenwriters, Kat and Ray, on what screenwriting is and how it differs from traditional novel writing.
Allison Saft, author of Down Comes the Night and A Far Wilder Magic, joins our hosts in space! They discuss romance tropes, healthy relationships in writing, and which of Saft's characters is most likely to be on a dating show. Allison can be found on allisonsaft.com and @allisonhsaft on Instagram and Twitter.
On today's mission, the hosts explore the world of romance tropes. They discuss their favorite tropes, why tropes work, and how they can be toxic. Then, Ruby takes control of the spaceship and goes on a rant.
Back for their second inter-galactic season, our hosts Ray, Ruby, and Kat interview black non-fiction author and counselor Shirley Anstis. They discuss why it's important for young people to see themselves represented, the vastness of black history, and the enemies to lovers trope.
About Shirley: Shirley Anstis is a counselor and writer. She came to counseling after years as a Careers Adviser working in schools with young people and teenagers. She facilitates therapeutic writing workshops online and is the editor of a community magazine. As a counselor for over 10 years, she helps people connect to their true selves, rediscover their identity, their goals, and what brings them joy and happiness. Her books are concerned with mental health, personal stories, and finding role models for living well. They seek to increase self-awareness, self-care, and optimism.
The cat and crew conclude their epic, interstellar pitch war and say goodbye to their first season. MWA will be back on February 5th in 2022! See you then, Writing Cadets!
On our final and most chaotic mission of season 1, the control room crew faces off against the hosts in an interstellar pitch war. Can the team live, laugh, love through this, or will they be divided by space and time?
Our hosts talk about how to fathom, form and flesh out dynamic characters. From villains to heroes to the side-character we fall in love with.
One of the most universal things in well, the universe, is burnout. Our hosts start a conversation on coping with burnout as well as overcoming it. As much as writers enjoy having space for their productivity, they need to know they aren't alone in their artistic struggles.
Our hosts traverse the darkest reaches of the NaNoWriMo Expanse. What it is, why it's scary, and how you can make sure you have a healthy, productive National Novel Writing Month.
Since there's no trick-or-treating in space, our hosts open up about the fickle genre of horror, delving into its past origins and how to assure a bright future. They analyze the fatal flaws of some of our most beloved horror films and even read their own scary stories.
The hosts tackle one of the scariest aliens that's plagued our galaxy for generations: misogyny. And we announce who gets to plant their flag on the moon as the winner of our plotter v. pantser v. plantser debate.
Our hosts defend and define the concept of "real writing". Is Les Mis just fanfiction of the French revolution? Was Mr. Shakey-Shakespeare himself as highbrow as we think he was? It's all revealed in this week's mission.
On their inaugural mission into the writing unknown, our hosts Ruby, Kat, and Ray battle it out in an epic debate over three popular writing methods: plotting, pantsing, and plantsing.