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Sunday, December 27, 2020 TELL THE DAMN STORY 171: It's All About Holiday Highs and 2020 Goodbyes

Today on Tell The Damn Story, Chris speaks in defense of "WONDER WOMAN 1984," and Alex enthuses over "JINGLE JANGLE" and "SOULS." And then we look at ...

Sunday, December 20, 2020 Tell The Damn Story 170: How A Love of Horses And A Real Life Crime Lead To Writing Mystery & Murder

Grab your flashlight, clues kit and, in this case, your reins and saddle. This week Alex and Chris discuss the mane parts of murder and mystery when ...

Sunday, December 13, 2020 TELL THE DAMN STORY 169: Come Play With The Holiday Tales!

This week, Alex and Chris play "What If..." (No. Not the Marvel comic book or TV show) with a bunch of the new projects coming from Disney/Marvel/Sta...

Sunday, December 6, 2020 Tell The Damn Story 168: HOW HOLLYWOOD IS REBOOTING OLD CLASSIC INTO THEIR NEW MODELS

This TTDS episode is all about "THE RAZZLES, SORT OF," as Chris put it. This week he and Alex deliver the verbal equivalent of Razzles ("First it's a...

Sunday, November 29, 2020 Tell The Damn Story 167: How To Make Creative Sparks Fly

Where do story Ideas come from and do you grow them? That's a question both Chris I have heard countless times over many years. Because writing is ver...

Sunday, November 22, 2020 TELL THE DAMN STORY 166: IF DC'S GOING THROUGH CHANGES -AND SO ARE WE ALL!

This week, Alex and Chris discuss changes. Business changes for DC comics, potential changes in the comic book industry, and changes creatively in who...

Sunday, November 15, 2020 TELL THE DAMN STORY EPISODE #165: ARE POSITIVELY POSITIVE ABOUT THE NEED FOR POSITIVITY?

This week, Alex and Chris discuss the opportunity that creatives have to end 2020 on a positive note in whatever we are working on. We cover a lot of...

Sunday, November 8, 2020 Tell The Damn Story #164: ARE THERE STORIES IN OUR COUNTRY'S 2020 CHANGES?

Today on Tell The Damn Story, Chris and Alex discuss the dramatic changes defining 2020 and how they can inspire creative to do the kind of work we ne...

Sunday, November 1, 2020 TELL THE DAMN STORY, Episode # 163 - "Cornered Creatives Can Conjure Compelling Classics"

In this energized episode Alex and Chris discuss a full range of how creators are working through the limitations and obstacles Covid presents and urg...

Sunday, October 25, 2020 TELL THE DAMN STORY EPISODE 162 : THE TRICKS AND TREATS OF HORROR

This week, Alex and Chris prepare for Halloween by celebrating fiction and film moments that scared them and then discussing the techniques and/or ele...

Monday, October 19, 2020 Tell The Damn Story Episode #161: A Covid Book Addiction Offers Halloween Entertainment Ideas

In this episode, Alex and Chris confront Chris' out of control addiction ... Covid books. We get to see how his delicious affliction has resulted i...

Monday, October 12, 2020 Tell The Damn Story 160: Question Quest - How To Deal With Tough Writer Challenges

Despite upset stomach and looming deadlines, once again co-hosts Chris Ryan and Alex Simmons take time to answer some of the questions writers are wre...

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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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