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Sunday, November 8, 2026 Tell The Damn Story, ep 440: Personal vs Public Face, What Face Do You Want Your Buyers To See?

What do readers learn about you before they open your book? Alex Simmons and Christopher Ryan talk about the public face writers put out there, from “...

Sunday, November 1, 2026 Tell The Damn Story, ep 439: When Your Inner Critic Says Your Writing Sucks, Say “Prove It”

Or ... Finding Your Way Back to the Stories You Want to Tell“Maybe I’m not really a writer.”Alex Simmons remembers being convinced that his writing ab...

Sunday, October 25, 2026 Tell The Damn Story, ep 438: From Photographs to Horror Stories—James Chambers on Abandoned Asylum

A hike. A camera. An abandoned hospital. And an idea that kept growing.James Chambers joins Alex Simmons and Chris Ryan to trace the creation of Aband...

Sunday, October 18, 2026 Tell The Damn Story, ep 437: Your Story’s Not Working? Then Try Telling It Another Way

What Punk Rock, Dracula, and an African Safari Can Teach Writers.What do these different experiences have to do with your unfinished story?Possibly mo...

Sunday, October 11, 2026 Tell The Damn Story, ep 436: Life As a Plot Patch—How Real Life Can Help Fix Your Story

Stuck in the middle of your story? Can’t find an ending that feels right? Take your story out for a walk.This week, Alex Simmons and Chris Ryan explor...

Sunday, October 11, 2026 Tell The Damn Story ep 435: Return To Episode 1, Where and Why Our Creative Journey Began

It's a trip back in time to where and how our 400+ odyssey to help creatives began. This special milestone episode of our podcast dives deep into ...

Sunday, September 27, 2026 Tell The Damn Story, ep 434: How to Make the Stakes Personal, Even When Worlds Collide

In Episode 434, Alex and Chris explore how writers humanize enormous stakes. Because the human factor is the thread that connects the audience to any ...

Sunday, September 20, 2026 Tell The Damn Story, ep 433: The Price of Breaking Into Hollywood , With Brandon Easton

Writer and producer Brandon Easton delivers an unfiltered account of breaking into Hollywood, surviving its unwritten rules, and building a career wit...

Sunday, September 13, 2026 Tell The Damn Story ep 432: "Inside the Three-Week Shoot That Led to Almost Ten Years of Streaming"

That's combined with almost 2 years of writing and another year of post-production.Those are some of the realities Chris Ryan shares with Alex Simmons...

Sunday, September 6, 2026 TELL THE DAMN STORY, ep 431: Writing Mastery: Balancing Originality and Reverence in Iconic Heroes

How far can you change an iconic hero before you lose what made that hero iconic?Alex and Chris turn their attention to HBO’s LANTERNS and the enormou...

Sunday, August 30, 2026 Tell The Damn Story ep 430: From Flash Fiction to Full Novels, Crafting Effective Horror, Pt 2

Part Two: Writing From the WoundIn this episode, Alex and Chris continue their conversation with horror author John “The King” Collins to get behind t...

Sunday, August 30, 2026 Tell The Damn Story, ep 430: From Flash Fiction to Full Novels: Crafting Effective Horror, Pt 1

"Part One: Finding Your Voice in the Dark"Horror writer John “The King” Collins joins Alex and Chris for Part One of a special two-part TTDS...

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on 11/4/2019

This is a podcast that will inspire your creativity. Five stars all the way ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️!

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on 7/7/2019

Excellent conversation with Jerry Craft. Thank you!

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on 12/25/2018

I throughly enjoy the teasing yet respectable repartee between these two writers. They both “tell stories” to get their points across (of course) which made their discussions so engaging. I have lots ...

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on 7/2/2018

Awesome stuff and very informative!!! ??

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