
Writing Rural With Alley
“Writing Rural With Alley” helps fiction writers bring rural lifestyles to life! Here you will learn to craft more realistic scenes and settings of rural life and lifestyles, new ways to show, not tell, helping to drive your story forward, discover obstacles and challenges for your characters to overcome. You’ll learn skills and techniques from the stone age to post-apocalyptic, including but not limited to, homesteading, living off the grid, bushcrafting, survival skills and more. And of course, we’ll explore all the ways things could possibly go wrong in your story.
Podcasting since 2023 • 114 episodes
Writing Rural With Alley
Latest Episodes
Isolation, Hardship, and Hidden Cost: The Dark Side of Going Off-Grid
The Harsh Realities of Off-Grid Living: A Fiction Writer’s GuideLiving off the grid sounds like the ultimate freedom—no utility bills, no nosy neighbors—but reality paints a different picture. In this episode, we’re exposing the h...
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No Power, No Water, No Plot Holes: Writing Off-Grid Hardships That Keep Readers Hooked
Romanticized visions of off-grid living often overlook the brutal hardships—hauling water for miles, battling extreme temperatures without modern climate control, and surviving isolation when medical help is hours away.In this episode, w...
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Breath of Peril: Weaving CO2 Hazards Into Your Fiction
Silent, odorless, and deadly—carbon dioxide poisoning is an often-overlooked but chilling threat in fiction. Whether you're crafting suspenseful mysteries, survival thrillers, hard-hitting sci-fi, or anything else, understanding how CO₂ e...
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Blazing Tales: Crafting Stories with the Swedish Fire Torch
Unleash the power of survival lore in your storytelling! Dive into this episode as we explore the Swedish fire torch—a fascinating survival tool that can double as your story's game-changer. Learn how to craft these ingenious log fires, their p...
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Wiggle Room: Incorporating Earthworms into Fiction Stories
Imagine a creature so unassuming, yet so vital, that its very existence shapes the foundation of life as we know it. I give you the earthworm. Often overlooked and underestimated, these tiny characters in the soil hold immense potential for cap...
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