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The Failing Writers Podcast

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Frequency: 1 episode/11d. Total Eps: 140

Join these 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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https://www.thecreativepenn.com
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outliers_
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S4 Ep17: A Shortcut To Querying Success

Season 4 · Episode 17

dimanche 22 septembre 2024 • Duration 01:02:31

Are you querying? or nearly querying? Maybe you’re fearing querying? Or merely getting weary and a bit teary querying? Well let’s hear from three writers who’ve been down in those querying trenches for a while now.

Find out how they're approaching it, what agents' responses have been like and how they’re holding up under pressure.

Because when it comes to finding an agent, it’s more often than not, a long and painful process. No matter how talented a writer you are.

Byddi Lee:

Byddi’s website:

https://www.byddilee.com

Byddi's Books:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/stores/Byddi-Lee/author/B00OICWYUU?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_3&qid=1726051761&sr=1-3&isDramIntegrated=true&shoppingPortalEnabled=true

Özgür Uyanık:

Short stories MEN ALONE

https://www.parthianbooks.com/products/men-alone-short-stories?_pos=1&_sid=53c734e1d&_ss=r

Short story from the collection, BANTER:

https://nation.cymru/culture/short-story-banter/

Novel CONCEPTION:

https://www.fairlightbooks.co.uk/conception/

THREADS

https://www.threads.net/@liberatedsleepless

SUBSTACK

https://ozguruyanik.substack.com

Mari Stewart:

Mari’s website:

https://mari-stewart.com

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S4 Ep16: Let's put off procrastinating, with Oliver Burkeman

Season 4 · Episode 16

lundi 9 septembre 2024 • Duration 46:57

... What? Did 2 weeks just fly by since the last episode? No flippin' way.

Time, I think, we had a chat about time. The fact that there's never enough of it. Especially for writing.

Why is that?

Well Oliver Burkeman might just have some answers.

Prepare to face the subject of time and limitation face-on.

Get ready to completely re-think how we view those precious hours, minutes and seconds. And ask... 'what would happen if we spent less of it worrying about the fact it's running out, and more of it just... being in it.'

Or even becoming time itself?

Might this shift in thinking actually help us stop procrastinating? and start spending more of our time doing the things that actually matter?

Hopefully, yes.

But what does actually matter?

You might have to answer that one yourself.

Regardless, whatever you do, you should definitely spend the next forty five minutes wasting your time listening to Oliver Burkeman.

Get a load of Oliver's brilliant 400 Weeks here:

https://www.oliverburkeman.com/fourthousandweeks

Get free incredible anti-procrastinatory tips here:

https://www.oliverburkeman.com/posts

And get Oliver's sparkly, life changing new book here:

https://www.oliverburkeman.com/meditationsformortals

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S4 Ep7: Robert Popper

Season 4 · Episode 7

lundi 15 avril 2024 • Duration 01:23:44

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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S1 Ep13: A chat with CJ Tudor

Season 1 · Episode 13

dimanche 18 juillet 2021 • Duration 51:28

This week, we talk to brilliant thriller-mystery-horror writer C.J. Tudor. Topics covered: Dog walking, the 1980s and what it's like when one of the biggest authors in the world decides to say something rather nice about your book.

Music by Dano Songs

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S1 Ep12: Rejections

Season 1 · Episode 12

dimanche 11 juillet 2021 • Duration 45:31

This week (as the more astute of you may have gathered from the title of this episode) we talk about rejections – including a surprise for Tom and Jon that Dave has been keeping up his sleeve for over a decade! Plus there's an exciting announcement about our first live show. Enjoy!

Music by Dano Songs

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S1 Ep11: I can't believe it's Caimh! (That rhymes by the way!?)

Season 1 · Episode 11

dimanche 4 juillet 2021 • Duration 53:06

This week we talk to multi-talented writer Caimh McDonnell about hecklers, dogs and successful self publishing. And we witness a huge moment in the history of podcasting; the release of Dave's brand new catchphrase!

https://whitehairedirishman.com/podcast/
https://whitehairedirishman.com/caimhs_books/
https://davidgaughran.com/
Gary Delaney - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qja1VIOBVcs

Music by Dano Songs

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S1 Ep10: Logs, trees and beats

Season 1 · Episode 10

dimanche 27 juin 2021 • Duration 01:05:31

What's a log line? How are they useful? How should you do them? These are all questions we really should have considered before recording a podcast about them. But as you'll hear, we get through it ok and actually find it really useful in the end. Plus, look out for an exclusive "arboreal narrative" reveal from Jon and the real highlight of the whole episode; Dave trying to be cool by making sounds like he's about to swallow a wasp.

Music by Dano Songs

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S1 Ep9: A nice chat with Beth Chalmers

Season 1 · Episode 9

dimanche 20 juin 2021 • Duration 55:08

We thoroughly enjoy a lovely chinwag with Beth Chalmers this week. She's a hugely successful writer with sketch shows, dramas, programmes like Horrible Histories and much, much more to her name. We talk about what goes on behind the scenes, the pitching process and eventually we manage to squeeze some top tips out of her too. Enjoy!!

Beth's current TV series "Mystic" (co-written with long time collaborator Amy Shindler) is currently on the iplayer

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/m000kxr2/mystic

Music by Dano Songs

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S1 Ep8: From first pages to review rages

Season 1 · Episode 8

dimanche 13 juin 2021 • Duration 01:02:23

In this week's audio smorgasbord (let's call it a smaudiosbord), inspired by our chat with OMJ Ryan in episode 7, we present back our first pages of our best-selling crime novels and then we have a bit of a natter about reviews - whether they're good, bad... or should just be blummin' ignored. We also find out about the time that Jon got blacklisted from the local writer's group and shortly after that, Dave unsuccessfully tries to find a book for 15 seconds.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outliers_(book)

Music by Dano Songs

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S1 Ep7: OMG it's OMJ Ryan

Season 1 · Episode 7

dimanche 6 juin 2021 • Duration 51:17

This week we talk to crime fiction author OMJ Ryan and we find out the answer to questions like; What happens when you quit your job to become an author? What do you call a competition where you have to dig up hidden snooker balls? And, what happens when you give a critical review of a book written by the person you're currently interviewing, which you thought was anonymous but it turns out it wasn't?! Awkward! (But also hilarious). Oh, and DON'T MENTION COATS.

https://www.omjryan.com/blog-avenue
https://www.amazon.co.uk/OMJ-Ryan/e/B07RSZS4BP/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coats_in_detective_fiction

Music by Dano Songs

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