The Story Craft Cafe Podcast

Mar 14 2025 209 ep. 52 mins 1k
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Story Crafters talking about the magic of storytelling and giving you the tools to craft your story. We’re launching a new kind of online writing community. One where we can all find support, encouragement, ideas, and inspiration. A place where we can all write together. A place where we can celebrate failures and successes, find mentors, and work together to get published.

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Small Stories, Big Impact: The Art of Short Fiction Week Two Crafting Your First Draft | SCC 208

Mar 14 2025 69 mins  
Move from concept to creation in our second session. This week focuses on the architecture of effective scenes, the art of gripping openings, and dialogue that reveals character while advancing plot. We will share techniques for maintaining narrative momentum, balancing showing versus telling, and creating the emotional impact that distinguishes memorable short fiction. In week 2 y

Small Stories, Big Impact, The Art of Short Fiction Week One: Finding Your Story | SCC 207

Mar 07 2025 72 mins  
Discover the foundations of compelling short fiction in our first session. Our panel will guide you through proven story generation techniques, character development essentials, and the key elements that make short stories resonate with readers. You'll learn to mine your experiences for authentic material, observe the world with a writer's eye, and transform simple prompts into sto

Writing into the dark with Dean Wesley Smith | SCC 206

Feb 28 2025 60 mins  
Considered one of the most prolific writers working in modern fiction, USA Today bestselling writer, Dean Wesley Smith has published over two hundred novels in forty years, and hundreds and hundreds of short stories across many genres. At the moment he produces novels in five major series, including the time travel Thunder Mountain novels set in the old west, the galaxy-spanning

Writing Thrillers While Sailing The World With Rosa Linda Román | SCC 205

Feb 21 2025 59 mins  
Rosa Linda Román is an Emmy-nominated, William Randolph Hearst Award-winning reporter, anchor & podcaster. Rosa Linda’s broadcasting career includes WCTV Tallahassee, KVIA El Paso, KOAT-7 Albuquerque, KSAZ Fox 10 Phoenix, WTVT-13 Tampa & KION-46 Salinas/Monterey. She’s also a successful independent director & screenwriter. In 2005, Rosa Linda left TV news to start

Laugh Out Loud Crime Fiction With Jesse Q. Sutanto | SCC

Feb 14 2025 44 mins  
Jesse Q Sutanto grew up shuttling back and forth between Indonesia, Singapore, and Oxford, and considers all three places her home. She has a Masters from Oxford University, but she has yet to figure out how to say that without sounding obnoxious. Jesse has forty-two first cousins and thirty aunties and uncles, many of whom live just down the road. She used to game but with two lit

Using Short Stories To Explore Characters with Elly Griffiths | SCC 203

Feb 07 2025 47 mins  
Elly Griffiths has always written short stories to experiment with different voices and genres as well as to explore what some of her fictional creations such as Ruth Galloway, Harbinder Kaur, and Max Mephisto might have done outside of the novels. The Man in Black gathers these bite-sized tales all together in one splendid volume. There are ghost stories, cozy mysteries, tales of

Speculative Short Fiction With Henry Herz, David Mack, Jonathan Maberry, and Scott Sigler | SCC 202

Jan 31 2025 77 mins  
Today we talk about writing and publishing short stories. Have you thought about how writing short fiction might help your creative process? Tune in today to hear these four masters talk craft with Hank. Henry Herz has authored fourteen picture books and edited eight anthologies for Albert Whitman & Co., Blackstone Publishing, and others. His short stories have been published b

Fireside Chats With Hank and Doug: What New Authors Need to Know | SCC 201

Jan 24 2025 62 mins  
It's another Fireside Chat with Hank and Doug. This week we tackle the topic of how to get started as an author. You have a great idea for a story that needs to be told, but how do you go about bringing that story idea out into the light of day? Doug and Hank tackle that today.

2025 is the Year of Your Story (Dabble Fireside Chats) | SCC 200

Jan 17 2025 58 mins  
Join us for a cozy, candid Fireside Chat where we dive into all things writing goals! In this session, we’ll reflect on the highs, lows, and lessons learned from the past year, celebrating our wins and examining what didn’t quite go as planned. Then, we’ll look ahead to the new year, discussing how to set realistic, motivating writing goals that align with your aspirations as

Q & A: Life Balance and Point of View | SCC 199

Jan 10 2025 61 mins  
Welcome back for 2025! It's a new year and we hope you are enjoying it so far and that you have big plans for your writing this year. Join us today as Hank and Doug answer some of your questions about the writing life. Stay tuned for more great content as the year unfolds. Join us at storycraft.cafe to find your tribe.