Radio FreeWrite
A podcast for lovers of stories- reading them, hearing them, and writing them. We provide a new prompt every week, then share the stories we have created from that prompt. We discuss the stories and the art of storytelling while encouraging listeners to create their own stories along with us.
Podcasting since 2021 • 161 episodes
Radio FreeWrite
Latest Episodes
131: Batrachomyomachia – Reflecting on Writing Goals & Poetic Experiments | Radio FreeWrite Season 4 Finale
In the Season 4 finale, the Radio FreeWrite crew looks back on their writing goals—ranging from dialogue practice to poetic experimentation—and what they’ve learned along the way. Krispy shares how a season of poetry shaped his approach to lang...
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Season 4
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Episode 21
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1:20:46
130: Propaganda – How We Steal Writing Tricks from Other Authors (feat. Sandwich)
This week we got deep into writing nerd territory, swapping stories about the books that shape our craft—Slaughterhouse‑Five, Catch‑22, and one Nabokov short story WebEater dissected like he was an eager fifth grader who'd just been ha...
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Season 4
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Episode 20
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129: Queensbury Rules – Practicing Dialogue That Doesn’t Sound Wooden
Krispy had wedding #2 out of 3 this year (to the same woman) but still pinched out a story. We talked about making dialogue sound natural, how to write characters who don't sound like, well, you talking to yourself, and why highlightin...
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Season 4
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Episode 19
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128: U and Non‑U – Using Dan Harmon’s Story Circle to Jump-Start Plotting
We fell straight into the story‑structure void this week—Dan Harmon’s Story Circle (of Community fame, as Murph will be quick to tell you; only casuals know him from Rick and Morty), Joseph Campbell, sitcom plotting, and the e...
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Season 4
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Episode 18
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1:01:42
127: Ganymede – Building Writing Community with Literary Cleveland
This episode special guest Matt Weinkam joins us! We talk about Literary Cleveland, a nonprofit organization and creative writing center that empowers people to explore other voices and discover their own; Cleveland's own free literary conferen...
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Season 4
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Episode 127
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