You Write!
Welcome to "You Write!", the interactive storytelling podcast that invites you to unleash your creativity. Each episode, we challenge our listeners to craft a short story in just 30 minutes using 3 of 5 randomly generated words. Join hosts Rachel and Matt as we dive into listener-submitted stories, offering constructive feedback and lively discussions. Whether you're an aspiring author or a seasoned storyteller, "You Write!" is your creative playground.
Episodes
82 episodes
Episode 82: You Write Pastiche - Comfort, Chin, Infinite, Arise, Hypothesis
Welcome back, writers!This week, we are reading "Convention Conversation" by u/NickedYou!To write along with us, go to reddit.com/r/youwritepod to post your submission and join i...
Episode 81: Sound Effect Prompt - Domestic, Portrait, Housing, Doll, Hell
Welcome back writers!This week, we are reading "The Witch is Dead" by u/WookAgnstTheMachine AND "A Portrait" by u/MikeyDoesNotLikey.To write along with us, go to reddit.com/r/youwrit...
Episode 80: Scent Prompt - Large, Grandmother, Grip, Exclusive, Monopoly
Welcome back writers!This week, we will be reading "The Call" by u/CuriousWriter25!To write along with us, go to reddit.com/r/youwritepod to post your submission and join in the ...
Episode 79: Image Prompt - Wild, Kidnap, Dark, Fiber, Parade
Welcome back writers!For this episode we are reading "The Shot" by u/mattsaidwords!To write along with us, go to reddit.com/r/youwritepod to post your submission and join in the ...
Episode 78: Intro Line Prompt - Ball, Laborer, Claim, Rest, Quality
Welcome back everyone!This week, we are reading "Removed" by u/walkerbyfaith!To write along with us, go to reddit.com/r/youwritepod to post your submission and join in the discus...
Episode 77: Time Travel - Linger, Approval, Achieve, Personal, Swell
Hello writers!This week we are reading "[Savepoint]" by u/NickedYou!To write along with us, go to reddit.com/r/youwritepod to post your submission and join in the discussion. You...
Episode 76: Sound Effect Prompt - Bracket, Governor, Day, Microphone, Speed
Welcome back writers!This week, we will be reading "A Change In Leadership" by u/RichiePozier!To write along with us, go to reddit.com/r/youwritepod to post your submission and j...
Episode 75: Intro Line Prompt - Drop, Evaluate, Pleasant, Will, Coat
Hello writers!This week we are reading Accidents Will Happen by u/Curious_Writer25!To write along with us, go to reddit.com/r/youwritepod to post your submission and join in the ...
Episode 74: Music Prompt - Positive, Spend, Magazine, Census, Reader
Welcome back writers!This week we are reading "Inflatuation" by u/The_Prismatics19!To write along with us, go to reddit.com/r/youwritepod to post your submission and join in the ...
Episode 73: Mundane Scene - Vat, Relate, Run, Palm, Dealer
Welcome back writers!This week we will be reading "Preparations" by u/walkerbyfaith!To write along with us, go to reddit.com/r/youwritepod to post your submission and join in the...
Episode 72: Jovian Tansit - Consolidate, Amuse, Quarrel, Give, Merit
Hello writers!This week we are reading "Alchemy" by u/NickedYou!To write along with us, go to reddit.com/r/youwritepod to post your submission and join in the discussion. You can...
Episode 71: Swedish Fisherman - Priority, Unaware, Reconcile, Language, Curve
Hello writers!This week we are reading an untitled story by u/RichiePozier!To write along with us, go to reddit.com/r/youwritepod to post your submission and join in the discussi...
Episode 70: Puzzle - Sip, Jump, Coerce, Sustain, Parameter
Welcome back writers!This week we will be reading "Pieces" by u/Mexikim!To write along with us, go to reddit.com/r/youwritep...
Episode 69: Janus Story - Punch, Village, Tread, Elite, Consensus
Hello writers and welcome back to our 30 minute challenge!This week we are reading "New Beginnings" by u/SteveLivingroomCO!It is so nice to get back into the challenge this week! Thank you, writers, for providing such excellent st...
Episode 68: Get-to-know-Yule - Steve - Science, Effective, Example, Lover, Apple
Welcome to the finale of our Get-to-know-Yule series!This week, we get to know none other than Steve, AKA u/stevelivingroom and, more recently, u/SteveLivingroomCO. We discuss what it is that motivates his writing, what his passions are,...
Episode 67: Get-to-know-Yule - walkerbyfaith - Turn, Insert, Retire, Extent, Separate
Hello writers and welcome to our next episode in our Get-to-know-Yule series where we sit down and chat with our wonderful writers!This episode we sit down and chat with Michael, AKA walkerbyfaith. We discuss Elena's ash in close detail,...
Episode 66: Get-to-know-Yule - AllfairChatwin - Railcar, Linear, Ideology, Financial, Air
Hello writers and welcome to our next episode in our Get-to-know-Yule series where we sit down and chat with our wonderful writers!This episode we sit down and chat with AllfairChatwin, AKA Vee. We discuss their stories, process, inspira...
Episode 65: Get-to-know-Yule - NickedYou - Convert, Enemy, Garlic, Output, Create
Hello writers, and welcome to week three of our Get-to-know-Yule!This week, we are joined by u/NickedYou! We discuss past stories, Sepura and Badger, Nicked's many inter-connected worlds, and their process for writing engaging and satisf...
Episode 64: Get-to-know-Yule - RichiePozier - Glide, Circulate, Brick, Merit, Eaux
Hello writers and welcome to the second episode in our Get-to-know-Yule series where we sit down and chat with our wonderful writers!This episode we take some time to get to know RichiePozier, AKA Rich. We discuss his stories, inspiratio...
Episode 63: Get-to-know-Yule - The_Prismatics19 - Wire, March, Interface, Solve, Sector
Hello writers and welcome to the first episode in our Get-to-know-Yule series where we sit down and chat with our wonderful writers!This episode we take some time to get to know The_Prismatics19, AKA Jake. We discuss his stories, inspira...
Episode 62: Novel-bember - Dialog and Theme - Council, Movie, Persist, Mist, Counter
Hello writers and welcome to the finale of Novel-bember 2025!This week, we are reading a portion of "Husk" by u/The_Prismatics19!For the month of December, we will be talking with each of our lovely Novel-bember writers and gettin...
Episode 61: Novel-bember - Plot - Sight, Regular, Inject, Exit, Cheese
Hello writers, and welcome to week 3 of Novel-bember!This week, we are reading "Chrome River 3" by u/WookAgnstTheMachine!Next week, we will be taking a break while we celebrate thanksgiving. We will return in two weeks for Episode...
Episode 60: Novel-bember - Character Development - Grateful, Beautiful, Wait, Plane, Fresh
Welcome to week 2 of Novel-bember!This week, we are reading a portion of "Elena's Ash - Prologue" by u/walkerbyfaith!Stick around for week 3 where we will dive into Plot!To write along with us, go to
Episode 59: Novel-bember - World-building - Wolf, Virtue, Separation, Length, Aware
Hello writers and welcome to week 1 of Novel-bember!This week, we will be reading a portion of "Sepura Viscera" by u/NickedYou.To write along with us, go to
Episode 58: Sound Effect Prompt - Restaurant, Message, Customer, Finding, Dinner
Hello writers!This week, we are reading "Insect Ballet" by u/AllfairChatwin!Stay tuned after the story discussions for the introduction of Novel-bember where we discuss world-building.To write along with us, go to