Podcast
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The Dale Hurst Writing Show | An overview
The Dale Hurst Writing Show is a podcast discussing writing, publishing, and storytelling, created by author and MA Creative Writing and Publishing alumnus Dale Hurst. In each episode, Dale delves into a different issue within the creative writing world, in the company of authors, screenwriters, playwrights, poets and other creatives, including fellow MACWP alumni! Topics…
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The Dale Hurst Writing Show | Self-Publishing as a Legitimate Option
Is self-publishing still for vanity projects, or a last resort for authors who couldn’t make it on the traditional side? Obviously not, but what misconceptions and levels of ignorance do they face these days? What challenges do they encounter in getting their work out there? And what opportunities have come up specifically because they are…
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The Dale Hurst Writing Show | 60. How Memoir Can Shape Your Fiction (and Vice Versa)
This podcast views creative non-fiction and life writing as a different beast to writing prose. But can the skills you use for one transfer well to the other? Or is there a bunch of bad habits you have to look out for? Bournemouth Writing Prize-winner Cecilia Maddison joins us to explore how memoir writing can…
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The Dale Hurst Writing Show | 59. The Gangster on Film
From the Mafiosi of Sicily to the heavies of East End London, the gangster is a universally recognised character archetype, taking many forms across history. It is also a genre, with memorable examples within drama and comedy. This episode takes the character and the genre apart, exploring common traits, plotlines, and ways in which writers…
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The Dale Hurst Writing Show | 58. Understanding Speculative Fiction
What is Speculative Fiction and how does one approach writing it for the first time? Alternative histories and realities, world issues gone mad, all these things are encompassed under the Speculative Fiction umbrella. Acclaimed writer Eve Smith, author of such works as The Cure, One and Off Target, joins us to lend her specialist knowledge.
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The Dale Hurst Writing Show | 57. The Western
The podcast tackles the realm of sheriffs, saloons and (gun)slinging, as well as the less stereotypical elements and tropes of writing a Western, whether in prose or on screen. Pulp adventure author and writing podcaster Nathanael Hummel joins to lend us his understanding.
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The Dale Hurst Writing Show | 56. Constructing Fantasy for Children
As a genre full of potential complexities, how do writers tackle the fantasy genre to make it accessible for younger readers? With lore, magic systems, world building, characterisation and scale to consider, among other things, how do we avoid the risk of patronising prose, accidental over-fluffy fairy tales, or overcomplicating the story for the audience?…
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The Dale Hurst Writing Show | 55. A Conversation at Christmas
Drawing the curtain on our fifth season with a slightly different Christmas edition. Acclaimed author A.J. West joins the podcast for an in-depth chat about his historical thriller novel The Betrayal of Thomas True, its themes and the research behind it. Plus a shared love of Charles Dickens with our host, and a bit of…
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The Dale Hurst Writing Show | 54. Scriptwriting for Video Games
In this edition, the podcast ventures into video game writing for the first time. How does one go about writing scripts for video games? What does a video game script even look like? And how easy is it to get into games publishing These are just a handful of the questions put to our guest…
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The Dale Hurst Writing Show | 53. The Essentials of Interactive Storytelling
The Bournemouth Journal‘s own Editor-in-Chief, and academic at Bournemouth University, Dr Bradford Gyori is the guest expert in this episode, which covers all things immersive and interactive storytelling. From Choose-Your-Own-Adventure stories all the way to Black Mirror‘s “Bandersnatch“, where do we start when it comes to crafting immersive and interactive stories? Can we take it…