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The Failing Writers Podcast The Failing Writers Podcast
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Join three success-starved wordwranglers as they stumble towards their shared ambition: to become proper writers!
Learning from guests like bestselling authors and BAFTA-winning writers. Setting themselves writing tasks and trying to improve their craft. Discussing how to get past all the things that stop us writing. And hopefully taking you on a journey with them to become successful writers!
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S4 Ep8: A tour of Scarfolk, with Richard Littler
Have you ever been to Scarfolk? It's a strange, yet hauntingly familiar place. Join us as we take a bus trip into the mind of the man who dreamt it all up, Richard Littler.
Plus we take a look at another listener's bit o' writing they've kindly sent in to share with the class. This week we try and make Madelyn Postman cry...
Find out more about Richard here...
https://scarfolk.blogspot.com
and here...
https://www.richardlittler.com/
And thanks Mark@getcarterproductions.co.uk for letting us use those bangin' music tracks in Data Double! https://www.totim.audio/music
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S4 Ep7: Robert Popper
If comedy writing is your thing, we've got a real treat for you. This week we talk to the super talented and rather prolific Robert Popper. From how he broke into the industry via Steve Coogan and The Comic Strip to his smash hit sitcom Friday Night Dinner. We also chat about Robin Cooper, The Timewaster Letters, South Park, Look Around You, and plenty more besides.Robert’s Wikipedia Plus, in our regular 'Dare To Share' feature (where we have a look at what our listeners have been writing, read it out, then discuss it) we look at an excerpt from J. Aaron Courts' 'Hot Box'.See more from Aaron here:https://www.instagram.com/aaron.courts/ https://aaroncourts.substack.com
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S4 Ep6: Improv Your Writing - with Ruth Bratt
The great Carl Reiner once said “Improvisation is just writing in front of an audience”. So we figured if we could brush up on our improv skills it's bound to make us better writers... right?This week improv extraordinaire, and official Comedy Store Player, Ruth Bratt talks to us about her life, her craft and the eating habits of her cat... before putting us to the test with our own improvised play. What could possibly go wrong?Go and see Ruth with the legendary Comedy Store Players here:https://comedystoreplayers.comGet your ticket for Showstopper! The Improvised Musical here:https://showstopperthemusical.com
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S4 Ep5: The Interview That Went A Bit Wrong
Unfortunately we're not able to include show notes this week, for legal reasons.Thanks for listening.www.floraopil.comFind out more about Flora here
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S4 Ep4: Writers Unite! with Sarah from Writers' HQ & Debut Novelist Samuel Burr
Writing can be a solitary business. All those hours spent with nothing but a blank page and a bottomless coffee cup.On reflection we reckon it's probably good to interact with other human beings occasionally.It can stop you going full fruit-loops. (You know...dressing as your main character and wandering around the house talking to yourself.)It can help you find friendly Alpha / Beta readers.It can boost the learnies.It can even help you become more productive... apparently.So this week, we thought we'd have a look at the benefits of reaching out to other writers. Be it through communities like Writers' HQ, classes, retreats or social media.And in the process we stumble across a writer who is living proof of just how beneficial reaching out to others can be...and then some!Check out Writers' HQ here:https://writershq.co.ukBuy Sam's excellent book here:https://geni.us/PuzzlemakersAnd thanks to Jennifer Last for sharing her excellent Not Dead Girl extract!
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S4 Ep3: The Full Brontë
Join Tom & Jon on another rambly exploration.This time we're off back to the 1840s to take a good, hard look at the Brontë sisters. Who were Charlotte, Emily and Anne Brontë? What were they like? How is it possible that three sisters all wrote so brilliantly? Why are they still so revered by readers across the world? and what was the deal with Branwell?Pack a rain coat, a poetry book and a flask of tea and come with us o'er the moors, as we chat to experts: biographer - Lucasta Miller, English Lit Professor - Gregory Dart, and the lovely folk at the Brontë Museum in Haworth, to learn more about these fascinating and extraordinary writers.Lucasta's Website:https://www.lucastamiller.com/theauthorBuy The Brontë Myth:https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/355538/the-bronte-myth-by-lucasta-miller/9780099287148Visit The Brontë Parsonage Museum:https://www.bronte.org.ukAnd thank you to Professor Gregory Dart - a total legend.See him give Philomena Cunk a run for her money here:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=beP0rZIITmI
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Customer Reviews
I came for the contest and stayed for the witty banter of Failing Writers
I entered the flash fiction challenge on the recommendation of a friend and was duped into listening to the episode (at 1.25 speed) to get the prompt and phrase. In truth, I had to listen to it twice because I became so engaged with the podcast that I forgot to note the phrase. Since then, I’ve listened to every episode (not in order, of course…why would I do that?) and have thoroughly enjoyed the banter, the interviews, the three-chapter submissions as dramatizations, throwing out ideas and excuses about not writing.
I now write with semi-regular(ish) fervor accompanied by a glass of amethyst-infused wine and can confirm to Jon, Tom, and Dave, that a leg cramp is called a Charley Horse in the United States. Listen to the podcast if you want to know what I’m talking about. It's easier than writing.
Enthricing!!!!!
What can I say about this show that hasn't been said already. Wait... The fans are failing to write a review for the failing writers. SHAME! Alas, I live in a glass house. I've been listening to this podcast for a few years now and this is my first review.
All kidding aside, I was late arriving to the third season. Not sure what was going on, but I missed this season's start. That's got major disadvantages like missing most of their writing prompts and submission windows, and one pro; I've got to binge 14 episodes in about one week. Ah, discovered another con... now I have to wait to hear them for two weeks. I'm already beginning to have withdrawals.
The show is addictive, so if you have an addictive personality, stop reading now. For those that are willing to roll the dice, I offer the following: These guys are simply great. In fact, they're utterly enthricing! Creative banter, humble with an element of self-deprecation that I find hilarious, inspiring through personal anecdotes and guest selections.
They really have become the highlight of my morning and listening to their podcast has encouraged me to kick my own writing into high gear. If you're looking for a fun, enthricing, creative hour in your day, with the best songwriting on the old-world side of the pond, then hit pause on your other podcasts and enjoy Tom, Jon, and Dave (sometimes).
You won't regret it. And if you do... well, I'm not sure we can be friends.
Better watch out Rogan... The Failing Writers Podcast is creeping up on you buddy.
This podcast is excellent company.
Three British writers discuss, ruminate and regurgitate the craft and pain of life at the sharp end of the pencil. Their entertaining banter is interspersed by interviews with “successful” authors, offering fascinating insights into the business of writing.
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