Story Love - The Offical Podcast of writing BY structure
Story Love is a podcast for writers who need encouragement as much as inspiration. Hosted by screenwriter, director and creator of 16 Steps to a Screenplay, Amanda Moresco, the show is a warm, honest space for conversations about writing life, the creative process, navigating the business, staying motivated, and showing up on the days when it feels especially hard.
This isn’t a class. It’s a companion for the journey. Because no writer is an island.
Writing is hard. Writers need love.
Story Love - The Offical Podcast of writing BY structure
Joy Simmons - World Building Whiz
Joyce Simmons is one of the best world builders I've come across! Listen in as she describes her process of building worlds and the best way to tap into what your heart is calling you to write!
Also:
Follow Joyce on Instagram!
https://www.instagram.com/melanatedscribesllc/
Joyce mentions Jordan Ifueko and her book Raybearer. It took 12 years to write. In this book she conceives 13 distinct kingdoms. Next-level world building!
Link to info on the book and Jordan! https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50158128-raybearer
https://www.jordanifueko.com
A note from Joyce:
It only took her 9 months to write the sequel entitled Redemptor, probably because the world was already built but she did build an underworld in this book. The underworld is a common theme in African inspired storytelling. African cultures hold the belief that the two worlds cross back and forth a lot and just as there is no finality to life, there is no finality to death.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55624056-redemptor
Here’s Jordan’s Instagram page. Note that she’s in her twenties!
https://www.instagram.com/jordanifueko/
Also, you might also enjoy Namina Forna’s Guilded Ones which is a world that she built when she asked herself, what if a world like The Handmaid’s Tale met the kick ass women of the Dora Milaje in Black Panther:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40024121-the-gilded-ones
About Story Love
Story Love is a podcast for writers and anyone else who loves to hear about creative processes, and writing experiences.
Hosted by screenwriter, director, and story consultant Amanda Moresco, the show is a space to talk honestly about the writing life, the emotional highs and lows, and what it really takes to keep going. Because no writer is an island. Writing is hard. Writers need love.
Connect with Amanda:
🌐 Website: https://www.amandamoresco.org
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/amanda.moresco.wxs/
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