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Make Your Environment Writer-Friendly
Make Your Environment Writer-Friendly – How To Write the Future podcast, episode 215 *** “I really like to have physical objects in my environment to inspire my creativity so that when I look...
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https://writersfunzone.com/blog/2026/07/27/make-your-environment-writer-friendly
#HOWTOWRITETHEFUTUREPODCAST #artwork #BethBarany #brainstorm #challenges
How to Self-Coach Toward Your Writing North Star
How to Self-Coach Toward Your Writing North Star – How To Write the Future podcast, episode 214 *** “What you want is to be able to look at your goal, what you’ve written down,...
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https://writersfunzone.com/blog/2026/07/20/how-to-self-coach-toward-your-writing-north-star
#HOWTOWRITETHEFUTUREPODCAST #accomplishment #BethBarany #communication #conflict
Editing Your Sci-Fi/Fantasy Novel: Genre, Tropes, and Character Arc
Editing Your Sci-Fi/Fantasy Novel: Genre, Tropes, and Character Arc – How To Write the Future podcast, episode 213 *** “Identify in your own book what are the tropes that you’re using that are identifiable...
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https://writersfunzone.com/blog/2026/07/13/editing-your-sci-fi-fantasy-novel-genre-tropes-and-character-arc
#HOWTOWRITETHEFUTUREPODCAST #betareaders #BethBarany #booktropes #brainstorm
How To Use Notion AI for Developmental Editing
How To Use Notion AI for Developmental Editing – How To Write the Future podcast, episode 212 *** “ My end goal is to be able to say to the writer, “Here’s where you’re weak,...
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https://writersfunzone.com/blog/2026/07/07/how-to-use-notion-ai-for-developmental-editing
#HOWTOWRITETHEFUTUREPODCAST #AItools #BethBarany #detailedproblemsolving #editor
Write the Future: Our Five Themes
Write the Future: Our Five Themes – How To Write the Future podcast, episode 211 *** “Writing craft is about meaning and the reader experience. I really don’t teach rigid rules because language is...
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https://writersfunzone.com/blog/2026/06/29/write-the-future-our-five-themes
#HOWTOWRITETHEFUTUREPODCAST #AIethics #BethBarany #bookmarketing #creativemindset
Crafting a Compelling Villain: Goals, Motivation, Conflict
Crafting a Compelling Villain: Goals, Motivation, Conflict – How To Write the Future podcast, episode 210 *** “In addition to your villain’s goal, they need a motivation. They feel like they’re the hero of...
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https://writersfunzone.com/blog/2026/06/22/crafting-a-compelling-villain-goals-motivation-conflict
#HOWTOWRITETHEFUTUREPODCAST #Antagonist #backstory #BethBarany #blindspots
How To Find the Right Illustrator for You with Anna Leitensdorfer
How To Find the Right Illustrator for You with Anna Leitensdorfer – How To Write the Future podcast, episode 209 *** “Since it was my first book cover there, I learned a lot. There...
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https://writersfunzone.com/blog/2026/06/15/how-to-find-the-right-illustrator-for-you-with-anna-leitensdorfer
#HOWTOWRITETHEFUTUREPODCAST #AnnaLeitensdorfer #artwork #avoidingartistscams #BethBarany
Turn Your Wish Into Story Fuel with Brownell Landrum
Turn Your Wish Into Story Fuel with Brownell Landrum *** “I researched over 70 different scientists. And so it was really, really fun to go into that exploration of what are the sciences of...
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https://writersfunzone.com/blog/2026/06/08/turn-your-wish-into-story-fuel-with-brownell-landrum
#HOWTOWRITETHEFUTUREPODCAST #AaronSorkin #anthropology #art #BethBarany
Edit Your Novel Checklist: First Read, No Edits
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...
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https://writersfunzone.com/blog/2026/06/01/edit-your-novel-checklist-first-read-no-edits
#HOWTOWRITETHEFUTUREPODCAST #actstructure #BethBarany #characterconflict #characterconsistency
AI Content Licensing for Authors: Julie Trelstad
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...
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https://writersfunzone.com/blog/2026/05/25/ai-content-licensing-for-authors-julie-trelstad
#HOWTOWRITETHEFUTUREPODCAST #acquisitionseditor #AIbookrecommendations #AIcontentlicensing #AIdiscoverability
AI Content Licensing for Authors: Julie Trelstad
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...
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https://writersfunzone.com/blog/2026/05/25/ai-content-licensing-for-authors-julie-trelstad
#HOWTOWRITETHEFUTUREPODCAST #acquisitionseditor #AIbookrecommendations #AIcontentlicensing #AIdiscoverability
Goal-Based Sci-Fi Research With Sue Burke
Goal-Based 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 Burke In this How To Write the...
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https://writersfunzone.com/blog/2026/05/18/goal-based-sci-fi-research-with-sue-burke
#HOWTOWRITETHEFUTUREPODCAST #BethBarany #conflict #earth #fictionwritingtips
Alex Kingsley: Writing Speculative Futures
Alex Kingsley: Writing Speculative Futures *** In the latest How To Write the Future podcast episode titled, “Alex Kingsley: Writing Speculative Futures,” host Beth Barany chats with Alex Kingsley, a science fiction writer, playwright,...
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https://writersfunzone.com/blog/2026/05/12/alex-kingsley-writing-speculative-futures
#HOWTOWRITETHEFUTUREPODCAST #academia #AIcognition #AlexKingsley #BethBarany
Hip Hop for the Future
Hip Hop for the Future – How To Write the Future podcast, episode 203 *** “I’m trying to make sure we have artists, the next generation people who can get to the open mic...
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https://writersfunzone.com/blog/2026/05/04/hip-hop-for-the-future
#HOWTOWRITETHEFUTUREPODCAST #BethBarany #community #creativespaces #culture
Read, Write, Repeat with David D. Levine
Read, Write, Repeat with David D. Levine – How To Write the Future podcast, episode 202 *** “I was a science fiction reader from the beginning, and I continued to identify myself as a...
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https://writersfunzone.com/blog/2026/04/27/read-write-repeat-with-david-d-levine
#HOWTOWRITETHEFUTUREPODCAST #advice #anthology #ArabellaandtheBattleofVenus #ArabellaofMars
5 Upcoming Inspiring Interviews
5 Upcoming Inspiring Interviews – How To Write the Future podcast, episode 201 *** “Oh my goodness. Sue has so much to say about research and how to use research strategically about finding conflicts...
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https://writersfunzone.com/blog/2026/04/21/5-upcoming-inspiring-interviews
#HOWTOWRITETHEFUTUREPODCAST #academiccriticism #AIlicensing #AlexKingsley #arttouplift
Uncertain Times: Five Creative Superpowers
Uncertain Times: Five Creative Superpowers – How To Write the Future podcast, episode 200 *** “What is creativity? Here’s the short of it. For me, creativity is about combining disparate elements, elements we might...
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https://writersfunzone.com/blog/2026/04/13/uncertain-times-five-creative-superpowers
#HOWTOWRITETHEFUTUREPODCAST #BethBarany #channelingideas #choicemaking #commitment
Use Divination Cards to Spark Stories
Use Divination Cards to Spark Stories – How To Write the Future podcast, epsiode 199 ***** “If you need help with ideas, if you want to play with randomness, to inspire you, to jumpstart...
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https://writersfunzone.com/blog/2026/04/07/use-divination-cards-to-spark-stories
#HOWTOWRITETHEFUTUREPODCAST #AleisterCrowley #archetypes #BethBarany #cardspreads
Beginning, Middle, End — And Mess
Beginning, Middle, End — And Mess – How To Write the future podcast, episode 198 *** “Life is messy. Life is unpredictable, and so is creating. Make room for that. Create compassion.” – Beth...
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https://writersfunzone.com/blog/2026/03/30/beginning-middle-end-and-mess
#HOWTOWRITETHEFUTUREPODCAST #afternoonwriter #beginningmiddleend #BethBarany #buildingahousestorymetaphor
Business Advice Creatives Can Actually Use
Business Advice Creatives Can Actually Use – How To Write the Future podcast, episode 197 *** “Traditionally, at least for the last 200 years, there’s been a cultural divide between being in business and...
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https://writersfunzone.com/blog/2026/03/23/business-advice-creatives-can-actually-use
#HOWTOWRITETHEFUTUREPODCAST #advice #Artist #BethBarany #bookproduction
Trust Your Creative Process
Trust Your Creative Process – How To Write the Future podcast, episode 195 *** “In difficult days when I’m struggling with my story or I’m struggling with my creative entrepreneur business. I turn to...
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https://writersfunzone.com/blog/2026/03/09/trust-your-creative-process
#HOWTOWRITETHEFUTUREPODCAST #artistdevelopment #artisticconfidence #authenticexpression #BethBarany
Risk Taking Without Desperation: Write From Trust
Risk Taking Without Desperation: Write From Trust – How To Write the Future podcast, episode 194 *** “Every creative project involves risk, whether you are writing a novel, creating a play, a film, or...
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https://writersfunzone.com/blog/2026/03/02/risk-taking-without-desperation-write-from-trust
#HOWTOWRITETHEFUTUREPODCAST #BethBarany #creativebusiness #creativeentrepreneur #desperation
Marketing and Selling Tips for Sci-Fi & Fantasy Writers
Marketing and Selling Tips for Sci-Fi & Fantasy Writers – How To Write the Future podcast, episode 193 *** “Marketing and selling, especially learning how to do it in written form, is also a...
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https://writersfunzone.com/blog/2026/02/23/marketing-and-selling-tips-for-sci-fi-fantasy-writers
#HOWTOWRITETHEFUTUREPODCAST #BethBarany #bookmarketing #fantasy #fictionwritingtips
Level Up with Writer Feedback
Level Up with Writer Feedback – How To Write the Future podcast, episode 192 *** “If you start asking for feedback too soon, it can really destroy the creative process for you. It can...
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https://writersfunzone.com/blog/2026/02/16/level-up-with-writer-feedback
#HOWTOWRITETHEFUTUREPODCAST #betareaders #BethBarany #Constructivecriticism #critiquepartners
Writing Constraints: The Fast Creativity Reset
Writing Constraints: The Fast Creativity Reset – How To Write the Future podcast, episode 191 *** “For me, writing fiction is a place of play. So, yeah, that Aha came to me recently and...
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https://writersfunzone.com/blog/2026/02/09/writing-constraints-the-fast-creativity-reset
#HOWTOWRITETHEFUTUREPODCAST #BaileyLang #BethBarany #busydiner #constraints
Ethical AI for Writers with Ana del Valle
Ethical AI for Writers with Ana del Valle – How To Write the Future podcast, episode 190 *** “I think that if you sit on the sidelines…
https://writersfunzone.com/blog/2026/02/02/ethical-ai-for-writers-with-ana-del-valle
#HOWTOWRITETHEFUTUREPODCAST #AIandcharacterdevelopment #AIandthewritingcraft #AIcollaborationinwriting #AIcontentcreation
Decode The Obsidian Tower’s Setting
Decode The Obsidian Tower’s Setting – How To Write the Future podcast, episode 187 *** “By setting in this case, we are getting the scope of the world. We are learning the…
https://writersfunzone.com/blog/2026/01/12/decode-the-obsidian-towers-setting
#HOWTOWRITETHEFUTUREPODCAST #authorialtechniques #backdroptechniques #BethBarany #characterrelationships
How Much Science in Your Sci-Fi Stories?
How Much Science in Your Sci-Fi Stories? – How To Write the Future podcast, epsiode 186 *** “Go ahead and base your sci-fi entirely on your own imagination, whatever science…
https://writersfunzone.com/blog/2026/01/05/how-much-science-in-your-sci-fi-stories
#HOWTOWRITETHEFUTUREPODCAST #BethBarany #fictionwritingtips #futuristics #imagination
How to Find a Literary Agent
How to Find a Literary Agent – How To Write the Future podcast, episode 185 *** “It’s essentially a marketplace. You want to shop around. You want to make sure that this person has...…
https://writersfunzone.com/blog/2025/12/29/how-to-find-a-literary-agent-2
#HOWTOWRITETHEFUTUREPODCAST #agentadvice #agentqueries #agentrepresentation #agentsubmission
Writing Consistently: Facts and Myths
Writing Consistently: Facts and Myths – How To Write the Future podcast, episode 184 *** “Learning how to write fiction– most people never learn in school, so we’re learning as…
https://writersfunzone.com/blog/2025/12/22/writing-consistently-facts-and-myths
#HOWTOWRITETHEFUTUREPODCAST #actionableadvice #BethBarany #buildinghabits #consistentpractice