Start With This

By: Night Vale Presents
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  • Summary

  • The creators of Welcome to Night Vale Jeffrey Cranor and Joseph Fink believe the only bad writing is not writing. Start With This is a podcast gone creativity playground designed to put your ideas in motion. Each episode centers around a writing topic. Then they give listeners two short assignments: something to consume and something to create. Make something—anything. Then make something else.
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Episodes
  • Perceiving the Audience w/Sarah Maria Griffin

    Perceiving the Audience w/Sarah Maria Griffin
    Sep 14 2021

    Author and poet Sarah Griffin joins us to talk about how the awareness of an audience affects our writing.

    Guest: Sarah Maria Griffin, https://twitter.com/griffski

    CONSUME: “AACK Cast!” a podcast about the comic strip Cathy by Jamie Loftus

    CREATE: Write a 200-400 word monologue for a live audience. Interact with your audience in some way.

    Help spread the word about our show by wearing our logo: https://topatoco.com/collections/startwiththis

    Follow us on Facebook and Twitter.

    Credits: Jeffrey Cranor (host) & Joseph Fink (host), Jeffrey Cranor (producer), Grant Stewart (editor), Vincent Cacchione (mixer). Rob Wilson (logo).

    Theme written and performed by Joseph Fink. If you'd like your own cover of the theme song featured on this show, email us at startwiththis@nightvalepresents.com or share it in our membership community.

    Produced by Night Vale Presents.

    http://www.startwiththispodcast.comhttp://www.nightvalepresents.com
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    59 mins
  • The Burnout Cycle w/Janina Matthewson

    The Burnout Cycle w/Janina Matthewson
    Aug 13 2021

    Burnout is real and it comes around on the regular.

    Guest: Janina Matthewson, https://twitter.com/j9andif

    CONSUME: Keep Your Hands off Eizouken! (anime series)

    CREATE: Think of a story or project you’ve let sit idle. Write a letter from the point of view of someone who has just bought, or commissioned, or earned the distribution rights for this work.

    Join the SWT Membership community to share your work, give feedback, and connect with other artists: https://www.patreon.com/startwiththis

    Help spread the word about our show by wearing our logo: https://topatoco.com/collections/startwiththisFollow us on Facebook and Twitter.

    Credits: Jeffrey Cranor (host) & Joseph Fink (host), Jeffrey Cranor (producer), Grant Stewart (editor), Vincent Cacchione (mixer). Rob Wilson (logo).

    Theme written and performed by Joseph Fink. If you'd like your own cover of the theme song featured on this show, email us at startwiththis@nightvalepresents.com or share it in our membership community.

    Produced by Night Vale Presents.

    http://www.startwiththispodcast.comhttp://www.nightvalepresents.com
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    51 mins
  • Minimal w/Brie Williams

    Minimal w/Brie Williams
    Jul 9 2021

    Writing more with less.

    Guest: Brie Williams, https://twitter.com/briezillionaire

    CONSUME: Getting on with James Urbaniak (podcast), specifically episode 22 “Status”

    CREATE: Write a 200-400 word short story, It can be a monologue. Or it can be a dialogue. But every sentence must be short. Make them 6 words or fewer.

    Join the SWT Membership community to share your work, give feedback, and connect with other artists: https://www.patreon.com/startwiththis

    Help spread the word about our show by wearing our logo: https://topatoco.com/collections/startwiththisFollow us on Facebook and Twitter.

    Credits: Jeffrey Cranor (host) & Joseph Fink (host), Jeffrey Cranor (producer), Grant Stewart (editor), Vincent Cacchione (mixer). Rob Wilson (logo).

    Theme written and performed by Joseph Fink. If you'd like your own cover of the theme song featured on this show, email us at startwiththis@nightvalepresents.com or share it in our membership community.

    Produced by Night Vale Presents.

    http://www.startwiththispodcast.comhttp://www.nightvalepresents.com
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    37 mins

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