The Write Off

Feb 17 2025 20 ep. 19 mins 10
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with Hannah and Debs. The Write Off Podcast is a discussion about trying to write whilst trying to live. A podcast for the everyday writer. Even if you don't write every day. Come and join the conversation!

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We Retreat! Part Two

Feb 17 2025 11 mins  
In part two, we discuss the Pomodoro technique, writing sprints, the lonely nature of writing and the importance of snacks. We hope you enjoy. Good luck with your writing!

We Retreat! Part One

Jan 30 2025 11 mins  
This is a special episode in which we meet for our very own DIY writing retreat! We hope this inspires you to carve out time for yourself and whatever it is you are working on. Part Two will follow soon. Good luck with your writing!

Great Expectations?

Jun 27 2023 17 mins  
It's the last episode of series three! We chat about the expectations we put on ourselves and our writing. Are we asking too much of ourselves? Do expectations help or hinder our creativity? Thanks for listening and good luck with your writing xxx

Patterns of Running (we mean Writing!)

Apr 13 2023 23 mins  
In this episode we chat about the patterns of our working, how we motivate ourselves to sit down at our desks and stay there, how we understand our own habits in order to get most out of our writing time and really 'go the distance' with our work. Stay tuned for more running analogies!

Be Real

Dec 06 2022 21 mins  
What makes your characters feel real? How do we bring them to life? In this episode we chat about how we attempt to find an essential truth when writing dialogue and portraying characters. We also discuss character flaws, finding nuance in dialogue, varying our tone and adopting we know traits from people we know. Superman also gets a mention, as does the super Sharon Horgan. We ho

Where do we go from here?

Nov 19 2022 21 mins  
Do you get writers block? Is it a want for inspiration or an inability to make decisions? In this episode we discuss plotting vs improv. We also talk about what we do when we get stuck whilst writing to become unstuck.

You Do You!

Nov 06 2022 21 mins  
In this episode we discuss writing advice. Writing can be inspiring and motivational. But should we listen to all advice from professionals? Does the advice of others ever make you feel like you're doing it wrong? Or make you feel guilty? We're here to say... us too!

'Fuck me, I love Keats'.

Oct 18 2022 19 mins  
'Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness....' and all that. Keats wrote autumn well, and so did many writers who put ink to quill before him and digits to keyboards after. But what effect did the seasons have on those writers - and do the seasons have an impact on us? Does the time of year affect our ability to put pen to paper? And when we are productive, does the tone of our writ

Kill Your Darlings

Jan 20 2022 19 mins  
In series 2 episode 6, we discuss the challenges of editing. Do we let our egos get in the way of refining our work? How hard is it to remove writing that we are proud of, for the good of the story - especially when we have such limited time to put down any words at all? We also discuss our writing resolutions for 2022. We hope you enjoy 'Kill Your Darlings' - and as always, good l

Notions

Dec 17 2021 22 mins  
We talk about our writing expectations vs our writing reality. What notions did we have about writing and the life of a a writer? Do we still have expectations that might not be met? How do we continue to have hope and enthusiasm when mean old reality rears its head?