96 episodes
The Story Toolkit Bassim El-Wakil
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4.9 • 19 Ratings
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Podcast by Bassim El-Wakil
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Writer's Jihad#11: Roger Langridge—The Trap Of Pursuing Fame Is Forgetting What You Want It For
In Islam, Jihad means the struggle for peace, particularly within oneself. In this podcast series I interview writers at different points in their careers to talk about struggling and finding peace in their work. Contact me @bassimstory and you can support this series at my Patreon of my name: Bassim El-Wakil (www.patreon.com/user?u=4409461)
In this eleventh episode, I have the pleasure of talking to Roger Langridge, award-winning cartoonist, and writer of one of my favourite comics, Thor: The Mighty Avenger. He talks about his desire for fame as a cartoonist and how he matured past that need.
Thank you for listening to this series.
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Writer's Jihad #10: Willard Foxton-Todd—I Find Writing Without A Commercial Endgame Really Indulgent
In Islam, Jihad means the struggle for peace, particularly within oneself. In this podcast series I interview writers at different points in their careers to talk about struggling and finding peace in their work. Contact me @bassimstory and you can support this series at my Patreon of my name: Bassim El-Wakil (www.patreon.com/user?u=4409461)
The tenth episode is with my one of my oldest and closest friends, Willard Foxton-Todd, who guest-starred on a couple of Toolkit episodes. An award-winning producer of television and podcasts, Will talks about his yearning to write personal fiction and the sense of worth attached to that process.
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The Writer's Jihad #9: John McLean-Foreman — I've Lost The Passion For Making The Argument
In Islam, Jihad means the struggle for peace, particularly within oneself. In this podcast series I interview writers at different points in their careers to talk about struggling and finding peace in their work. Contact me @bassimstory and you can support this series at my Patreon of my name: Bassim El-Wakil (www.patreon.com/user?u=4409461)
The ninth episode is with John McLean-Foreman. A narrative designer for various game companies, he discusses his burn out from that industry and his reasons for moving to writing a self-help book.
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Writer's Jihad #8: Gavin Verhey — Your Life Is Measured In How Many Lives You Get To Understand
In Islam, Jihad means the struggle for peace, particularly within oneself. In this podcast series I interview writers at different points in their careers to talk about struggling and finding peace in their work. Contact me @bassimstory and you can support this series at my Patreon of my name: Bassim El-Wakil (www.patreon.com/user?u=4409461)
The eighth episode is with Gavin Verhey, a game designer for Magic: The Gathering. We talk about how Gavin's desire to write and how fulfilling a creative outlet game design can be.
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The Writer's Jihad #7: Jonny White — My Self-Esteem Can't Be Dependent On An Industry That's Fickle
In Islam, Jihad means the struggle for peace, particularly within oneself. In this podcast series I interview writers at different points in their careers to talk about struggling and finding peace in their work. Contact me @bassimstory and you can support this series at my Patreon of my name: Bassim El-Wakil (www.patreon.com/user?u=4409461)
The seventh episode is with Jonny White, an academic scholar of psychology and entrepreneur. With a strong love for story and desire to write his own works, I chatted to him about his standards of success and the process of over-intellectualising the creative act and analysis paralysis.
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The Writer's Jihad #6: Daniel Joshua Rubin — Why Aren't You Shakespeare Yet?
In Islam, Jihad means the struggle for peace, particularly within oneself. In this podcast series I interview writers at different points in their careers to talk about struggling and finding peace in their work. Contact me @bassimstory and you can support this series at my Patreon of my name: Bassim El-Wakil (www.patreon.com/user?u=4409461)
The sixth episode is Daniel Joshua Rubin, author of 27 Essential Principles of Story: Master the Secrets of Great Storytelling, from Shakespeare to South Park. DJR talks about living the life of a writer and the bizarre eddies of trying to make it in LA, in one entertaining anecdote after another.
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Customer Reviews
Anything Bass does
Is gold. There’s an honesty and purity that’s all-too elusive. More.
Hours of Entertainment
Great breakdowns of interesting stories, fun chemistry between the hosts
Fun AND useful
As an aspiring writer this gives me lots to think about. But I’d enjoy the show even if I wasn’t!
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