Prompety Prompt

Jun 17 2022 13 ep. 45 mins 20

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Join Letty Butler and Stephen Mellor (also known as Dave) for a game show that shines the spotlight on new and existing writers, via the medium of chatting, creative prompts and live writing challenges. We have two different guests every episode - novelists, poets, spoken word artists, script and screenwriters. You can also play along at home, so send us your work and it might just end up on the show!

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A Very Prompt Chat - Davis Gilbert Jr

Jun 17 2022 19 mins

Salutations! Welcome back to the collection of mini-episodes that we’re creating in-between our main series (which is back again for eight new episodes later this year). In ‘A Very Prompt Chat’ we talk with fellow writers and prompteteers around the world and ask them to create and read a new piece of work for us (based on one of our previous prompts).For this next episode, w

A Very Prompt Chat - Sharisse Zeroonian

May 04 2022 14 mins

Hello you. Welcome to a brand new series of mini-episodes that we’re creating in-between our main series (which is back again for eight new episodes later this summer). We are calling these shows ‘A Very Prompt Chat’ and within them we’ll be talking with fellow writers and prompteteers around the world and asking them to create and read a new piece of work for us; based on

Prompety Prompt: Episode 9 - We Write Because... (Listener Response Special)

Feb 23 2022 67 mins

Welcome to a bumper series end special, crammed with 23 different listener contributions based on past season prompts; plus a catch up between Letty Butler and Stephen Mellor and a cheeky new prompt challenge between our two hosts …because revenge is best served minty fresh!If this all sounds like fun; that’s because it is! Remember you too can be part of the show, so always fe

Prompety Prompt: Episode 8 - Who The F**K Is Sharky? (with Afshan D'souza-Lodhi & Joe Willis)

Feb 09 2022 52 mins

Guests Afshan D’souza-Lodhi and Joe Willis join hosts Letty Butler and Stephen Mellor for a screenwriting special. In this episode Afshan, Joe and Stephen respond live, against the clock, to a series of writing prompts, as well as discussing bad sex, pineapples, LGBTQIA+ support, how to break into screenwriting, and lubing up the gherkin — oh, and Stephen dresses like a vicar.T

Episode 7 - A Gill-Girl Called Fanny (with Mark Stay & Ian W.Sainsbury)

Jan 26 2022 74 mins

Guests Mark Stay and Ian W Sainsbury join hosts Letty Butler and Stephen Mellor in a ‘controversial’ podcast with a difference, for writers and readers alike. In this episode Mark, Ian, and Letty respond live, against the clock, to a series of writing prompts, as well as discussing writing what you know, impostor syndrome, books in the loo and how giving up is the 100% certain

Episode 6 - Severed Heads & Banana Delivery (with Molly Aitken & Conor O'Callaghan)

Jan 12 2022 56 mins

Enter the scintillating world of severed heads and banana delivery logistics, as we sit side by side with award winning guests Molly Aitkin, author of The Island Child, and Conor O’Callaghan, author of We Are Not In The World. Joining hosts Letty Butler and Stephen Mellor, as they respond live, against the clock, to a series of writing prompts, as well as discussing the highs and

Episode 5 - Don’t Do That In A Gondola (With Nik Perring & Genevieve Carver)

Dec 29 2021 59 mins

Guests Nik Perring and Genevieve Carver join hosts Letty Butler and Stephen Mellor in a podcast with a difference, for writers and readers alike. In this episode, Stephen hosts, and Nik, Joanna, and Letty respond live, against the clock, to a series of writing prompts, as well as discussing the highs and lows and challenges of being a writer, how to deal with criticism and the best

Episode 4 - Kipperlips & Christmas Parties (With Helen Mort & Joe Kriss)

Dec 15 2021 62 mins

Guests Helen Mort and Joe Kriss join hosts Letty Butler and Stephen Mellor in a Christmas podcast with a difference, for both writers and readers alike. In this episode, Helen, Joe, and Letty enter a seasonal world of lonely freelance Christmas parties, David Beckham, kipperlips and Sally Rooney chat up lines — oh, and Letty makes an innuendo about crackers and Stephen has to go

Episode 3 - Unhappy Ducks (With Joanna Hastings & Iain Broome)

Dec 01 2021 60 mins

Enter the world of unhappy ducks, endangered canaries, dubious freezer contents, dementia and sonnet bombing with guests Joanna Hastings & Iain Broome plus hosts Letty Butler & Stephen Mellor.The prompts today were taken from writingprompts.com (and their twitter account) and were: 200 words on the pre-prepared prompt of ‘For some reason the ducks were not happy today.’

Mini Writing Prompt: Guided Writing Exercise - The Memory Box

Nov 24 2021 17 mins

If you want to boost your brain without the banter, you're in the right place. This is a spin-off of the main ‘Prompety Prompt’ show where we give you short audio suggestions to get you writing, right here, right now. No chat, no nonsense - just writer/coach Letty Butler, talking you through a creative prompt every two weeks to get the ideas and the ink flowing. So grab a pen o