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How To Write The Future125. Trust Your Creative Heart Roadmap for Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers“I really recommend that you trust your own style and voice. Don't let anyone tell you that what you are trying to do is wrong or bad, or that you're wrong or bad for doing it. Trust yourself, trust your heart.”In the latest How To Write the Future podcast episode, “Trust Your Creative Heart Roadmap for Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers (Ep. 125)” host Beth Barany, kicks off an 9-part mini-series on her Trust Your Creative Heart Roadmap, the method she developed to help writers go from idea to published science fiction and fantasy novel.Sign u...2024-11-0407 minHow To Write The Future124. Interview with BookFunnel creator Damon Courtney, part 2“I want you to own the relationship with your reader. It should be your website they're buying on, not mine. So they're buying on your website. They're experiencing your process.”-- Damon Courtney In “Interview with BookFunnel creator Damon Courtney, part 2” How To Write the Future podcast host, Beth Barany continues her interview with Damon Courtney where he explains the importance of direct sales with BookFunnel, explains its features. Plus they discuss how traditional publishing is following the independent publishing in the realm of success. Damon also shares what’s next for Bookfunnel!Be sure to...2024-10-2816 minHow To Write The Future123. Interview with Bookfunnel creator Damon Courtney, part 1“I set out really just to write myself a set of instructions that I could give to readers who joined my list. And ended up building BookFunnel.”-- Damon Courtney In this How To Write the Future podcast episode, “Interview with Bookfunnel creator Damon Courtney” host, Beth Barany interviews Bookfunnel creator Damon Courtney where Damon shares the inspiration behind creating the author service and why authors need their own mailing list. Together they discuss the many helpful features the platform has and Beth shares why she has been a long-time customer.ABOUT DA...2024-10-2116 minHow To Write The Future122. Interview with Science Fiction Western novelist, Rachael Clarke, Part 2“What I'll tell people is to find your writing group, find your writing family.”-- R.A. ClarkeIn this episode, “Interview with Science Fiction Western novelist, Rachael Clarke, Part 2 Part 2” podcast host Beth Barany continues her interview with Rachael Clarke where they discuss Rachael’s writing process, including one of the biggest points of struggles. Plus, they share why it’s important to be a part of a writing community.Listen to part 1 where they both discuss Rachael's first full-length novel published under her pseudonym R.A. Clarke, Race to Novus.2024-10-1412 minHow To Write The Future121. Interview with Science Fiction Western Novelist, Rachael Clarke, Part 1“I'm passionate about sci-fi and I was thinking, I just I love horses so much, and I started thinking, what would horses be like in the future? What does that look like? What would happen? My brain started like kind of spiraling and brainstorming with this, what would a horse be like in the future?”-- R.A. ClarkeIn this episode, “Interview with Western Science Fiction Novelist, Rachael Clarke, Part 1” podcast host Beth Barany talks to Rachael Clarke where they discuss Rachael's first full-length novel published under her pseudonym R.A. Clarke c...2024-10-0713 minHow To Write The Future120. Using Games to Design our Futures with Randy Lubin, part 2“I know for me what I'm working on, especially at the beginning of creating a story I'm asking, because stories have to have escalating conflict, I ask: What is the worst thing that could happen now to my dear lovely character? And now what?What's worse than that? And what's worse than that? And that's how I build my plot.”-- Beth BaranyIn this episode of How To Write the Future podcast, host Beth Barany continues her interview with game designer and entrepreneur, Randy Lubin. They share resources for w...2024-09-3016 minHow To Write The Future119. Using Games to Design our Futures with Randy Lubin, part 1“I think games are excellent at building intuition for complex systems, and if you're trying to think through the future, trying to get a grasp of the system dynamics and second order effects and points of leverage are all super helpful.”--Randy LubinIn this episode of How To Write the Future podcast, host Beth Barany interviews game designer and entrepreneur, Randy Lubin. They discuss how games can be used as powerful tools for shaping the future and how world building games help you write stories.ABOUT RAND...2024-09-2313 minHow To Write The Future118. Dealing with Perfectionism, Interview with Melissa Dinwiddie, part 3“If you are having fun and you're playing and you're experimenting, it is all gonna feed into what you're doing.”-- Melissa Dinwiddie In this How To Write the Future episode, “Dealing with Perfectionism, Interview with Melissa Dinwiddie, part 3” podcast host Beth Barany wraps up her interview with former professional artist and trained improviser, Melissa Dinwiddie, where they discuss the importance of setting “ridiculously achievable” goals to help you succeed in your creative practice and how to find a supportive writing environment.Listen to parts 1 and 2 of the interview where Melissa share...2024-09-1616 minHow To Write The Future117. Let's Play A Game, Interview with Melissa Dinwiddie, Part 2“I'm leading people through some kind of an activity. So often when I tell people that I use play-based methods, or particularly if I tell people that I use improv, they will often jump to the conclusion that I'm doing some kind of role playing.”-- Melissa DinwiddieIn this How To Write the Future episode, “Let's Play A Game, Interview with Melissa Dinwiddie, Part 2” host Beth Barany continues her interview with former professional artist and trained improviser, Melissa Dinwiddie, where together they discuss the the FUN method that Melissa uses to help othe...2024-09-0912 minHow To Write The Future116. Bring Improv to Your Life, Interview with Melissa Dinwiddie, Part 1“So every day after breakfast, I lead these creative catalyzing sessions, which is basically a bunch of improv games to get people laughing and moving. And people will say often that it's their favorite part of the retreat.“ --Melissa DinwiddieIn this latest How To Write the Future episode, “Bring Improv to Your Life, Interview with Melissa Dinwiddie, Part 1”host Beth Barany interviews former professional artist and trained improviser, Melissa Dinwiddie, who shares her personal journey about how she became an artist after believing she was not creative and how it changed her identity. And together they dis...2024-09-0218 minHow To Write The Future115. How to bring magical elements into your contemporary story (Q&A)“It's very common in the urban fantasy genre for there to be a group of magical beings of various kinds.”In the latest How To Write the Future episode, host Beth Barany answers a question from a listener on “How to bring magical elements into your contemporary story (Q&A)” and shares what elements to consider. Beth also shares about her gift, the “World Building Workbook for Fiction Writers,” to help you develop compelling story worlds.ABOUT THE HOW TO WRITE THE FUTURE PODCASTThe How To W...2024-08-2606 minHow To Write The Future114. How do I rein in all my ideas? (Q&A)“Do you need to think bigger? Do you need to think of a map that would encompass all of your story worlds, and maybe they're all connected.”In this How To Write the Future episode, “How do I rein in all my ideas? (Q&A),” host Beth Barany answers a listener’s question on how to manage so many ideas for your story and hint: it has something to do with setting boundaries for your story worlds. Beth also shares how you can get your copy of her “World Building Workbook For Fiction Writers.” RESOURC...2024-08-1905 minHow To Write The Future113. Where to insert backstory (Q&A)“You want the reader to experience backstory from the perspective of your point of view character, who is living in the present and responding and going after their goal and accounting obstacles.“In this podcast episode of How To Write The Future, host Beth Barany answers a question from a listener on where and how to add the backstory in your novel. Beth also shares about her “World Building Workbook for Fiction Writers” to help you develop compelling story worlds.ABOUT THE HOW TO WRITE THE FUTURE PODCAST2024-08-1206 minHow To Write The Future112. How do I know if I’ve added too many details to my novel? (Q&A)“How do you tell if there are too many details? It all comes down to the reader experience. What is the reader experience that you want your readers to have?”In this episode of How To Write The Future podcast, host Beth Barany answers a question from a historical romance writer about how to strike the right balance of detail in your novel and how picking one of the five senses can help characterize and captivate your reader's experience without overwhelming them. Beth also shares her “World Building Workbook for Fiction Writers” to aid in developing compelli...2024-08-0505 minHow To Write The Future111. The Challenge of Imagining Thrutopias with Jennifer Browdy, Pt. 2 of 2“I think maintaining our own individual health is a really important part of being able to contribute to broader social health.”-- Jennifer BrowdyIn this latest How To Write the Future podcast episode, host Beth Barany continues her conversation with Jennifer Browdy, PhD Professor of Comparative Literature & Media Arts, publisher of Green Fire Press, and award-winning author. Together they discuss Jennifer’s “Women Write the World” class where she shares why it’s important to maintain a positive outlook for the future and how seeing what we write could be beneficial to others. Abou...2024-07-2912 minHow To Write The Future110. The Challenge of Imagining Thrutopias with Jennifer Browdy, Pt. 1 of 2“Human creativity, the amazing thing about it is that we can come up with a thought that's never been thought before. We have these dreams that come to us that are totally unique and nobody but each one of us can have that particular perspective tied into our life experience and our culture and our location and who we are uniquely.“— Jennifer BrowdyIn this latest How To Write the Future podcast episode, host Beth Barany interviews Jennifer Browdy, PhD Professor of Comparative Literature & Media Arts, publisher of Green Fire Press, and award-winning author. Togeth...2024-07-2213 minHow To Write The Future109. Interview with Michael Kilman, Co-Author of Build Better Worlds, part 2 of 2“Every culture is telling different stories to some degree. And when we share our each other's stories and we read and learn and engage and practice empathy, then we stand a better chance of understanding the ways in which our diversity is a tool for the future.”--Michael KilmanFollows on from the mini-series where host of the How To Write The Future podcast, Beth Barany, delved into the book Build Better Worlds by Michael Kilman and Kyra Wellstrom. In Episode 109, “Interview with Michael Kilman, co-author of Build Better Worlds, part 2 of 2.” Beth continues her intervie...2024-07-1514 minHow To Write The Future108. Interview with Michael Kilman, Co-Author of Build Better Worlds, part 1 of 2“I think if you're writing truthfully, because that's what we're trying to do a lot of times as author, telling a good story, but being honest in our writing and in terms of the human experience, I think it really helps to have some sort of guidepost for how do we build these human experiences?”-- Michael Kilman Following on from the mini series where podcast host Beth Barany delved into the book Build Better Worlds by Michael Kilman and Kyra Wellstrom, in this latest episode Beth chats to co-author Michael Kilman about his history and...2024-07-0811 minHow To Write The Future107. The Name of the Game is Change“I want to encourage you to have it rooted in heart. In fact, I bet you, it already is. What you care about is what you're writing about. So, Where is the heart in your work?”In “The Name of the Game is Change” episode, novelist and podcaster, Beth Barany, reflects on her two-year anniversary of How To Write the Future podcast and shares what she has learned in the process including her inspiration, tools used, and what’s next for the podcast.ABOUT THE HOW TO WRITE THE FUTURE PODCAST...2024-07-0108 minHow To Write The Future106. Books to films: Why the Switch“Humans have been shaping culture from the very beginning. And we are obviously continuing to do so even today.And. I really believe that through the stories we tell ourselves, through the stories we tell each other through our art and all the mediums of art, we're actually impacting what is possible for the human race, for human culture, and in all, its incredible diversity.”In this episode, “106. Books to films: Why the switch,” host of How To Write The Future Beth Barany shares the challenges and motivation as she goes from prose writing for fict...2024-06-2411 minHow To Write The Future105. Your Creativity vs. ChatGPT“All this to say, exercise your creativity. Find ways to put disparate things that don't normally go together, put them together and see what happens. Ask yourself: "What if...?" Such a powerful question. Every day find ways to learn something new, do something new, go someplace new.”In “Your Creativity vs. ChatGPT” How To Write the Future podcast host Beth Barany shares how to invite AI tools into our creativity and how they are not to replace us but instead here to help us. Beth also shares how being creative is essential for being a resilient human be...2024-06-1709 minHow To Write The Future104. Upcoming Writerly Events, June 2024“I will invite you to bring all the parts of you into creating an author marketing goal or goals. And a plan, a plan that is doable, sustainable, and oh my gosh, fun.”In this episode, “Upcoming Writerly Events, June 2024” How To Write The Future podcast host, Beth Barany, shares with listeners the online events she’s taking part in this month, June 2024, and explains how you can get involved. If you’re wanting to teach writers, want to write romance and improve your craft, or learn how to develop and sustain your author presence then this episode...2024-06-1007 minHow To Write The Future103. Economics: More Than Money and Markets (Build Better Worlds, 4 of 4)“My point here is I want to encourage you that even if you don't see anybody else crafting the kind of story, or living the kind of life that you are, that number one, you're actually not alone because all artists are trying to do that. Uh, or those of us who are on the edge. Uh, a cutting edge. And, it's important, the work you're doing, so please, please, please stay the course.”In this episode, “Economics: More Than Money and Markets (Build Better Worlds, 4 of 4)” podcast host of How To Write The Future, Beth Barany...2024-06-0314 minHow To Write The Future102. The Sacred: Religion and Mysticism (Build Better Worlds, 3 of 4)“So how does religion or mysticism fit into your story and how can you make it complex and nuanced and not homogeneous, which is the authors here say is one of the biggest problems they see in people's fictional worlds.”In this episode, “The Sacred: Religion and Mysticism (Build Better Worlds, 3 of 4),” podcast host of How To Write The Future, Beth Barany, continues her discussion of the book Build Better Worlds by Michael Kilman and Kyra Wellstrom. Beth focuses on the different types of religion and their meanings including mysticism and shares prompts for writers to use to i...2024-05-2712 minHow To Write The Future101. Myth, Imagined Past, and Cultural Purity in Fiction (Build Better Worlds, 2 of 4)“So I lived in France. After the meal, we would have cheese for dessert. That was a common dessert. And when I was in the country, outside of Paris in the Dijon area, dessert was pears and cheese. That was like, oh, the best dessert to be paired with the venison that we had. So of course the French are very keen on pairing their desserts and their wine with their meal. And it's all like this beautiful dance. And that's part of the culture and having a two hour lunch during the workday, as part of the culture th...2024-05-2010 minHow To Write The Future100. What is Cultural Context? (Build Better Worlds, 1 of 4)“Assumptions are great. What are our conscious and subconscious assumptions of the culture?”In this episode of How To Write the Future, podcast host Beth Barany celebrates her 100th episode with a special thanks to listeners and then dives into a discussion of the book Build Better Worlds by Michael Kilman and Kyra Wellstrom, with a focus on the importance of cultural context in storytelling and on world building in the science fiction and fantasy genres.ABOUT THE HOW TO WRITE THE FUTURE PODCASTThe How...2024-05-1312 minHow To Write The Future99. World Building with Andrew Zimba“When it comes to telling a story or crafting or condensing it into a book or a film, what kind of story do you want to tell? And I think that first question is, do I wanna tell an allegorical tale? Or what I'll call a world building tale, just for simplicity between the two.” -- Andrew ZimbaIn “World Building with Andrew Zimba,” How To Write the Future podcast host Beth Barany talks to lifelong storyteller, novelist, and avid historian, Andrew Zimba about the process involved in the world building for his novels and share ad...2024-05-0621 minHow To Write The Future97. Storytelling to Share Complex Ideas with Maggie Ostara (part 1)“Human brains work. We live in story.”-- Maggie OstaraIn this episode of How To Write the Future, podcast host Beth Barany talks with Amazon Bestselling author, Maggie Ostara. Together they discuss the concept of Feminine Sovereignty explored in Maggie's book “Feminine Sovereignty: 8 Pillars for Regenerating Ourselves and Our World.” They delve into how the book engages readers, the writing process, and the importance of storytelling in conveying complex ideas to empower people and inspire change. (Storytelling to Share Complex Ideas with Maggie Ostara, part 1)ABOUT MAGGIE OSTARA2024-04-2215 minHow To Write The Future96. Confidence and Purpose with Writing Coach, Kirsten McNeill“I really wanna be able to help writers focus on themselves, be themselves, figure out what they wanna write, and create, a community and a, a library of fiction novels or any kind of novels that they've written and live life and have fun because we need more of that positivity and that sunshine in the world.”In “Confidence and Purpose with Writing Coach, Kristin McNeill,” How To Write the Future podcast host Beth Barany talks to confidence and writing lifestyle coach, book editor, and author, Kristin McNeill about her mission to bring Sunflower sunshine to the crea...2024-04-1514 minHow To Write The Future95. Know Yourself, part 4 of 4“Editing is challenging. So whenever you get lost, feel overwhelmed, confused, just in a state about the editing process, come back to your goal, motivation, conflict about why you write. "“Know Yourself” In episode 95 of the How To Write the Future podcast, Beth Barany explains the importance of knowing why you write, focusing on your strengths, and trusting your creative process including why you study sentence structure and knowing which grammar rules to break when. (Part 4 of 4: Transform Your Novel with These 7 Editing Tips for Bestselling Success)ABOUT THE HOW TO WRI...2024-04-0811 minHow To Write The Future93. Know Your Genre and Characters, part 3 of 4“Take the expectations of the genre and spin it. That's our job, is to take what's expected and play around and work through multiple iterations.”Know Your Genre and Characters. In episode 93 of the How To Write the Future podcast, host Beth Barany explains the importance of knowing your genre, shares about reader expectations and tropes, and about bringing in your uniqueness. There’s also a special invitation to work one-on-one with Beth or sign up for her mastermind group. (Part 3 of 4: Transform Your Novel with These 7 Editing Tips for Bestselling Success)ABOUT...2024-03-2509 minHow To Write The Future92. Creative Writing and AI with Adam Fleming"You can tell them what a brain freezes, but they'll never feel it. That's right." -- Adam FlemingIn “Creative Writing and AI,” How To Write the Future podcast host Beth Barany talks to author, leadership coach, and hybrid publisher, Adam Fleming about the positives and negatives of using AI for creative writing, the origins for Adam’s fantasy series, and discuss why only you can write from your own experiences.ABOUT ADAM FLEMINGAdam G. Fleming is an author, leadership coach, and hybrid publishing leader, with 13 books to his name. His person...2024-03-2132 minHow To Write The Future90. How do I not overload background into my stories? Story Success Clinic“Stories are dynamic. Stories need to have action, movement. Stories need to have goals that the character is trying to pursue.”In this Story Success Clinic session, How To Write Future podcast host, Beth Barany, answers one the biggest questions she’s often asked as a writing coach “How do I not overload background into my stories?” and uses the start of a paranormal fantasy novel by Barbarella Haymaker as an example to talk through the summary and walk-through a live edit.ABOUT THE HOW TO WRITE THE FUTURE...2024-03-1413 minHow To Write The Future89. Transform Your Novel with These 7 Editing Tips for Bestselling Success, part 1 of 4“We need courage to do anything creative in life. And I invite you to step into your courage. And decide if now is the time to come and edit your novel with us because creativity is our superpower.”Transform Your Novel with These 7 Editing Tips for Bestselling Success, part 1 of 4, in episode 88, of the How To Write the Future podcast. Host Beth Barany shares about her writing stance, plus information on her group mastermind program including how you can get involved and sign up to be part of a supportive group and focus on editing your nove...2024-03-1106 minHow To Write The Future88. Exciting news! Fun Changes to the podcast!“My mission for this podcast is to really empower you with tools and resources so that you can sit down and write your story because I believe that our stories really do shape the world. They shape our readers and they influence our readers.”How To Write the Future host, Beth Barany, creativity coach, teacher, and science fiction and fantasy novelist, announces exciting news and fun changes she’s making to the podcast, shares who will be joining her for an interview in future episodes plus all about her latest film project for her award-winning series, Henrie...2024-03-0705 minHow To Write The Future87. Special Sneak Peek! The Henrietta The Dragon Slayer film!“I create magical tales of romance, mystery, and adventure to empower you to be the hero of your own life.” In this How To Write the Write Future podcast episode, host Beth Barany shares about her upcoming film project, why she is making the project, plus news of an upcoming Kickstarter fundraiser and how you can get involved. ABOUT THE HOW TO WRITE THE FUTURE PODCASTThe How To Write The Future podcast is for science fiction and fantasy writers who want to write positive futures and succ...2024-03-0403 minHow To Write The Future86. World Futures Day, March 1st“We all have different life paths and goals and strengths and interests. And I think we need to exercise our imagination and talk to each other about what we would really like for the future.”In the latest How To Write the Write Future podcast episode, host Beth Barany shares an overview of the upcoming event “Teach The Futures for World Futures Day: Young Voices”. Beth shares why she cares about the future for everyone and how you should find ways to lend your voice to the discussion and not wait to be invited as “There's not just o...2024-02-2606 minHow To Write The Future85. Collaborative Writing, Story Success Clinic“So conflict is when it's between two very difficult choices that look bad, that feel bad, that are bad, that imply emotional or psychological pain, or of course, physical pain or death. Or conflict can also be between two very good things, but you just can't have one or the other.” — BETH BARANYIn the latest How To Write the Future episode, host Beth Barany does a Story Success Clinic session with Wattpad and science fiction writer, Annika K.E. Morgan. Together they discuss writing conflict into scenes and the benefits of collaborative writin...2024-02-1920 minHow To Write The Future84. Why do we procrastinate on our writing?"When you make an appointment with yourself for your writing, put it in your calendar and treat it as sacred.”In this week’s How To Write the Future podcast episode, host creativity coach for writers, Beth Barany, answers a listener's question: “Why do we procrastinate on our writing?” and shares how to show up for yourself and make writing a priority. Beth also explains the benefits of having a writing community and how to find resources to find one to suit you. ABOUT THE HOW TO WRITE THE FUTURE P...2024-02-1218 minHow To Write The Future83. The Power of Community, Interview with Kimberly Nightingale“Youth need to be invited to all of the places where adults are, and that's how they learn and that's how they grow and that's how they become adults themselves.” - Kimberly NightingaleIn this interview episode on How To Write the Future, host Beth Barany talks with Kimberley Nightingale, whose PhD focus in urban studies about belonging in cities for youth. They discuss the importance of inviting youth into adult decision-making spaces and how getting them involved in the community will have a positive influence on all. They also share insight into breaking and othe...2024-02-0522 minHow To Write The Future82. Upcoming 2024 Events in the Futurists and Foresight World“We need to exercise our imaginations so that we can create better futures for all of us.”In this How To Write the Future podcast episode, host Beth Barany shares “Upcoming 2024 Events in the Futurists and Foresight World” and shares how to download her free world-building booklet for fiction writers. ABOUT THE HOW TO WRITE THE FUTURE PODCASTThe How To Write The Future podcast is for science fiction and fantasy writers who want to write positive futures and successfully bring those stories out into the mark...2024-01-2911 minHow To Write The Future81. Good-Bad Girls, Barbie, and Other Wild Women Archetypes, Interview with Vanessa Sage, part 2“… I did have that moment like Barbie did, where this existential crisis, this journey to the underworld and I let go of everything and let go of it all. And in the process, I came back to the core and the root of my essence and who I've always been, and it's just one of delight.” -- Vanessa SageIn this second part of a two-part interview on How To Write the Future, host Beth Barany continues her conversation with conscious leadership and business mentor, Vanessa Sage about Good-Bad Girls, Barbie, and Other Wild Women A...2024-01-2219 minHow To Write The Future80. Barbie and the Wild Woman Archetype, Interview with Vanessa Sage“It's easy to be dismissed as a woman, but then it's also easy to be dismissed for being a challenging and a strong woman.” - Vanessa SageIn this exciting first episode of a two-part interview on How To Write the Future, host Beth Barany talks with trained mindfulness-based coach, teacher, writer, and conscious leadership and business mentor, Vanessa Sage about Barbie the movie, the wild woman archetype, and the challenges of the modern era. About Vanessa SageVanessa Sage, Ph.D., is a Cultural Anthropologist with a doctorate from McMas...2024-01-1521 minHow To Write The Future79. Top 6 Favorite Episodes“I'm going to highlight a few episodes from the past that I really enjoyed doing. So let's get started. And stay tuned to the end to hear about a special gift for you.”In this latest How To Write the Future podcast episode, host Beth Barany shares her Top 6 Favorite Episodes from the podcast in 2023 (and one from 2022). Beth also shares how you can support the podcast and shares a special gift to help with the world-building in your story. ABOUT THE HOW TO WRITE THE FUTURE PODCAST2024-01-0811 minHow To Write The Future78. How To Plan Your Writing Life“So for 2024, what is your big heart goal?If you can have anything that you wanted, and there you are on December 31st, 2024. And you're looking back over the year and you're like, wow. I did it.What is that one thing above all, above everything? And come from the heart. Really come from a place of - what you truly desire.Because the world needs people who have deep desires, true desires, and act on those desires.”In the first How To Write the Futu...2024-01-0114 minHow To Write The Future77. Favorite Interviews from How To Write The Future , part 2“Welcome back for another top five favorite interviews episode. I'm going to introduce each one. Hope you enjoy them. And stay tuned for a little goody at the end.”In this special episode of How To Write the Future podcast, host Beth Barany shares clips from five of her favorite interviews featuring Russell Nohelty, Joe Tankersley, Denise Baden, Nina Hart, and one of the Paper Lantern Writers, Edit Cay. Beth also invites listeners to share their favorite episodes on Instagram, Facebook, or Twitter: @BethBarany.ABOUT THE HOW TO WRITE THE...2023-12-2513 minHow To Write The Future76. Favorite Interviews from How To Write The Future , part 1“Highlighting today five of my favorite interviews from the past of How To Write The Future.”In this special episode of How To Write the Future podcast, host Beth Barany shares clips from five of her favorite interviews from past episodes featuring Keri Kruspe, Cat Tully, Sarah Elisabeth Sawyer, and Melissa Clarke-Reynolds. Beth also invites listeners to share your favorite episodes on Instagram, Facebook, or Twitter: @ BethBarany.ABOUT THE HOW TO WRITE THE FUTURE PODCASTThe How To Write The Future podcast is for science fiction and...2023-12-1811 minHow To Write The Future75. Inspire Green Behaviors with Denise Baden, Part 2“It seems like really the first step for writers is focus on the solution. Focus on what experts are saying, are doing, are thinking, are discussing, and then write toward that-- the resolution.”-Denise BadenIn this episode of the "How To Write The Future" podcast, “Inspire Green Behaviors with Denise Baden, Part 2,” host Beth Barany discusses with Denise Baden, a professor of sustainable practice and Thrutopia writer, what will inspire new green behaviors and appeal to the mainstream audience including how to write stories and scripts that address sustainable topics. ABOUT DE...2023-12-1112 minHow To Write The Future74. What is Thrutopia with Denise Baden, part 1“First, it's about imagination. What can we imagine better? And then it's about, well, how can we change our incentive systems? How can we change our systems with policies, different incentives?” - Beth BaranyIn this episode of the "How To Write The Future" podcast, “What is Thrutopia with Denise Baden, part 1,” host Beth Barany discusses with Denise Baden, a professor of sustainable practice and Thrutopia writer, what Thrutopia stories are, the research behind her eco rom-com Habitat Man, and how she’s raising awareness for the future of climate change.ABOUT DENISE BAD...2023-12-0417 minHow To Write The Future73. NaNoWriMo is nearly over. So now what?"It took me a while to get to this point, but I printed out my entire manuscript. And held it in my hands. And that was incredible. Just to feel the weight of all those pages." - Beth BaranyIn this episode of "How To Write The Future" podcast, “73. NaNoWriMo is nearly over. So now what?” host Beth Barany discusses with her husband, fellow author, Ezra Barany, what to do after NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) comes to an end. They provide tips for writers, such as taking a break from the manuscript, playing with taglines and...2023-11-2707 minHow To Write The Future72. Making the World Better with Storytelling featuring Joe Tankersley“We're in a time where if we continue to believe only in the negative possibilities, then we won't make the effort to create positive tomorrows.” - Joe TankersleyIn “Episode 72. Making the World Better with Storytelling featuring Joe Tankersley,” host Beth Barany, creativity coach, teacher, and science fiction and fantasy novelist, talks to storyteller and professional futurist, Joe Tankersley, about the importance of positive future stories and the role of storytelling in shaping the future. Joe shares his own journey as a futurist and storyteller, highlighting the need for diverse and equitable futures. Joe also...2023-11-2021 minHow To Write The Future71. How to Handle Backstory, A Story Success Clinic with Amy Johnson“So here instead of telling and this is kind of an advanced tool to be a deep point of view is that we don't want to say she felt or she thought, but we could just show by saying: there was, and that's one way to do it. There was is not the most elegant term but this keeps us in her point of view because we don't go around thinking, I'm thinking, I'm feeling it, right? We just think and we just feel.”In “Episode 71. How to Handle Backstory, A Story Success Clinic with Amy Johnso...2023-11-1324 minHow To Write The Future70. Editing Tips to Help You Avoid Information Overload“Stories come alive when they're told from the perspective of a character.”In “70. Editing Tips to Help You Avoid Information Overload” host Beth Barany, creativity coach, teacher, and science fiction and fantasy novelist, answers a listener's question about when to stop adding ideas to your story and if it’s possible to kill your story by overworking it. Beth also invites you to come on the show as a guest and sign up for a free Story Success Clinic session to receive feedback and guidance on your work. ABOUT THE HOW TO W...2023-11-0611 minHow To Write The Future69. Intuitive Editing Your Fiction with Beth Barany“I'm going to show you how I edit my own work and make sure that my world-building is grounded and yet doesn't take away from the pacing.”In “Episode 69. Intuitive Editing Your Fiction with Beth Barany” host Beth Barany, science fiction and fantasy novelist, creativity coach, and writing teacher, shares a live edit of her own work. Also, she invites writers to sign up for her Story Success Clinic where they can be featured in an upcoming episode and get feedback on their story. RESOURCESFree World Building Workbook...2023-10-3009 minHow To Write The Future68. On the Creative Mindset with Beth Barany“The other thing that I do is I doodle. I've been doodling my whole life. Raise your hand if you love to doodle.”In “Episode 68. On the Creative Mindset with Beth Barany” host Beth Barany, creativity coach, teacher, and science fiction and fantasy novelist, answers a question from a listener and shares the tools she uses to stay in the creative zone or for when she takes a break from writing to relax and get inspired.RESOURCESTriple Flame app: https://genekeys.com/triple-flame/...2023-10-2311 minHow To Write The Future67. Inspiration for the Janey McCallister Mystery series“So space elevators really sparked my imagination and are one of the underpinnings or infrastructure of my world.”In “Episode 67. Inspiration for the Janey McCallister Mystery series” host Beth Barany, creativity coach, teacher, and science fiction and fantasy novelist, shares how she was inspired to start her sci-fi mystery series and gives insight into how to write your setting for science fiction.ABOUT THE HOW TO WRITE THE FUTURE PODCASTThe How To Write The Future podcast is for science fiction and fantasy writers...2023-10-1610 minHow To Write The Future65. Author Ecosystem with Russell Nohelty, part 2"You're not doing marketing wrong, you're doing the wrong marketing." - Russell NoheltyIn “Episode 65. Author Ecosystem with Russell Nohelty, part 2” host Beth Barany, creativity coach, teacher, and science fiction and fantasy novelist, talks to bestselling fantasy author, publisher, and podcast host Russell Nohelty to discuss in more detail the different types from the author ecosystem and the biggest problem authors face when building their career.ABOUT RUSSELL NOHELTYRussell Nohelty (www.russellnohelty.com) is a USA Today bestselling fantasy author who has written dozens of novels and...2023-10-0220 minHow To Write The Future64. Author Ecosystem with Russell Nohelty, part 1“I'm a sprinter. I want to run fast and then recover for like weeks, months, and then do it again". - Russell NoheltyIn “Episode 64. Author Ecosystem with Russell Nohelty, part 1” host Beth Barany, creativity coach, teacher, and science fiction and fantasy novelist, talks to bestselling fantasy author, publisher, and podcast host Russel Nohelty, where they discuss the author ecosystem that Russell co-created to help authors thrive.ABOUT THE HOW TO WRITE THE FUTURE PODCASTThe How To Write The Future podcast is for sc...2023-09-2521 minHow To Write The Future63. Writing Mystery in a Sci-Fi World“You need to indicate to the reader right away that you are writing a science fiction story.”In “Episode 63. Writing Mystery in a Sci-Fi World,” host Beth Barany, creativity coach and teacher, and science fiction and fantasy novelist shares the difference between how a contemporary mystery novelist and a science-fiction mystery novelist will open their novel. Beth also answers a client’s question about their novel and discusses the opening of Michael Connelly's book, The Late Show.ABOUT THE HOW TO WRITE THE FUTURE PODCASTThe How To Wri...2023-09-1808 minHow To Write The Future62. Science Fiction Romance and AI Tools with Keri Kruspe“To me, when you're writing anything with science fiction, the best way to present that is remembering your human foundation.”In “Episode 62. Science Fiction Romance and AI Tools with Keri Kruspe,” host Beth Barany, creativity coach and teacher, and science fiction and fantasy novelist, talks to science fiction romance author Keri Kruspe about both the positives and negatives of using Chat GPT and about how Keri uses it and other AI tools inside her creative process. They also discuss Keri’s writing, her upcoming books, and how she found her brand with Beth.ABOUT KERI KRUSP...2023-09-1122 min