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How To Write The Future
The How to Write The Future Podcast offers fiction writing tips for science fiction and fantasy authors who want to create optimistic stories because when we vision what is possible, we help make it so. By science fiction and fantasy author and fiction writing coach, Beth Barany.
How To Write The Future
Latest Episodes
13. Constructive Critique Basics
How to Give (and Receive) Constructive Critique in a Writing GroupBeth offers tips for giving and receiving critique in a way that is constructive, respectful, and supportive.She recommends first asking writers what specifi...
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216. How to Restart Your Writing after a Break
“Do not make yourself wrong. Life is busy. We have multiple commitments that we're juggling, all of us.” - Beth BaranyIn this How To Write the Future podcast episode titled “How to Restart Your Writing after a Break,” hos...
11. Five Plot Points and Story Grid
Four Story Structure Maps (Part 1): Five-Point Plot Structure and Story Grid’s Five CommandmentsIn this episode, Beth Barany introduces four story structure maps that have influenced her writing, noting that many more exist and that stru...
12. Hero's Journey and Virgin's Promise
Story Structures for Writers: The Hero’s Journey and The Virgin’s PromiseBeth Barany outlines the 12 Stages of the Hero’s Journey, briefly defining each step from the ordinary world through the call to adventure, refusal, mentor interven...
10. Three-Act Structure Overview
Understanding the Three-Act Structure: Key Plot Points from Hook to DenouementIn this episode, Beth Barany explains the three-act structure, attributed to Plato, as a plot-driven framework with key plot points.Act One covers the h...