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The Dale Hurst Writing Show | 40. Mapping your Fantasy Realms
Fantasy fans know where to find Mordor, Rivendell, Casterly Rock and Winterfell in their heads, but where do they fall on maps of their respective realms? How does a fantasy author go about plotting the locations of their cities, rivers, mountains and more? And how are these locations crucial to plot and character development? Providing some…
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The Dale Hurst Writing Show | 39. Independently Publishing Poetry
This episode tackles the issue of independent publishing, particularly within poetry. Both our guests, poets Karishma Natu and Ben Whittall, released collections in 2024 (Under Orange Blossom and Man is an Ocean respectively), and lend their insights and experiences with publishing and marketing their work.
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The Dale Hurst Writing Show | 38. Fresh Spins on Sci-Fi
Author D.C. Eastman joins the podcast to pontificate on how a saturated genre like science fiction can be refreshed. The discussion in this edition includes some psychological musings, thoughts on lucid dreams, and the curse of instant gratification. Content warning: Contains some instances of moderate language.
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The Dale Hurst Writing Show | 37. Writing the Anthology Format
Ever wondered how writers construct series like Black Mirror, The White Lotus, and American Horror Story? Screenwriter Asad Moghal brings along insights from his own comedy series, Patterns (available on Amazon Prime), to discuss writing the anthology format for screen.
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The Dale Hurst Writing Show | 36. Crafting Adventure Fiction
Season 4 of the podcast kicks off by delving into the ins and outs of adventure stories. The author of Vipers and Red Rocks and Retaliation Mountain, as well as the pulp series The Noah Redford Adventures, L.S. Goozdich, is in charge of this edition.
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The Dale Hurst Writing Show | 35. Writing Your Memoirs
The podcast’s run at Bournemouth Writing Festival 2024 ends on an unusual note as it delves into life writing and memoir for the first time. Journalist and memoirist Beverley Glick is in the hotseat, discussing the distinction between memoir and autobiography, and what – if any – topics are off-limits for life writing?
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The Dale Hurst Writing Show | 34. Defining the Poetic Voice
Award-winning poet and MA Creative Writing and Publishing alumna Emilie Fiirgaard Rasmussen dropped by the podcast’s digs at Bournemouth Writing Festival 2024 to discuss how one defines their own poetic voice.
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The Dale Hurst Writing Show | 33. Describing Smells
Continuing the podcast’s mini run at Bournemouth Writing Festival 2024, it’s the turn of scent expert and author Liam R. Findlay to join the show. Liam discusses the oft-forgotten smell sense and its role in descriptive writing and the role it plays in his book, The Doomtown Dummies.
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The Dale Hurst Writing Show | 32. Transferring Novelist and Screenwriter Techniques
Joining the show in person shortly after her talk at Bournemouth Writing Festival 2024, novelist, screenwriter and writing coach Lucy V Hay chats for a bit about the skills that transfer well between writing prose and for screen.
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The Dale Hurst Writing Show | 31. Why Take Part in a Writing Festival?
In 2024, the podcast went to Bournemouth Writing Festival and produced a mini-series of episodes featuring some of the writers and facilitators on the programme. But first, the festival’s director and founder Dominic Wong joins the show to discuss the benefits of attending a writing event.