Tell The Damn Story

Sunday, October 4, 2020 Tell The Damn Story #159: What Music Do Your Characters Live By?

This episode Alex and Chris discuss how music can help inform and develop and evolve your characters in interesting ways. From pre-writing character p...

Sunday, September 27, 2020 Tell The Damn Story #158: WRITER'S HARD WON BUSINESS WISDOM! SORT OF

It's time to talk about the BUSINESS OF WRITING. So follow our intrepid co-hosts, Alex and Chris, as they discuss practical --sometimes hard won -- ...

Monday, September 21, 2020 Tell The Damn Story #157: Return to TTDS Ep. 69 ... The Challenge of Writing About Volatile Topics

Hey Folks: There's a saying that goes, "Life does happen." Another suggests, "God laughs while man is making plans." They both speak to, "You can't c...

Sunday, September 13, 2020 The The Damn Story #156: How Character Knowledge, Not Gimmicks, Can Add A New Spin

Chris and me (spunky Alex Simmons) discuss the how old tropes and lazy gimmicks are not the best source for bring a new angle to an old character. So...

Sunday, September 6, 2020 Tell The Damn Story #155: How Certain Stories Can Touch The Soul.

TELL THE DAMN STORY podcast inspired by #chadwickboseman and is devoted to telling stories that touch us deeply. Stories in books, films and TV shows...

Sunday, August 30, 2020 Tell The Damn Story #154: The Dignity of Chadwick Boseman, The Healing Grace of Creativity

In this episode Alex and Chris talk about loss and gain, and carrying on. First they they take a moment to eulogize the loss of acting artistry with ...

Sunday, August 23, 2020 Tell The Damn Story #153: Seven Plus Top Tips For Besting The Beast of Writing

Hey, hey, Hey! This episode Alex and Chris dip into our new email Q-Bag (Q = Questions) and answer a few of the the questions you listeners sent in. ...

Sunday, August 16, 2020 Tell The Damn Story #152: Can You Survive Night of the Living Contracts?

This week on TTDS, Alex and Chris explore the creatures called Contracts, including how to tell confident agreements from the ones that eat your brain...

Monday, August 10, 2020 Tell The Damn Story #151: Why Change Anything When You Know It All?

Or, BUILDING A BETTER TTDS and ME So many of people would rather hunker down, block off and shut out change, when growth and communication are at the ...

Monday, August 3, 2020 Tell The Damn Story #150: SUPER WRITERS SHARE HOW THEY TELL THE DAMN STORY

It's a TTDS WRITER-PALOOZA! We're celebrating a 150 Episodes! Alex And Chris host a tribute to Corona-cancelled (and we don't mean beer) genre con...

Sunday, July 26, 2020 Tell The Damn Story #149: HOW TO TELL THE DAMN STORY SUMMER SERIES (Part 4) The Pros & Perilous Cons of Promoting

It's episode four, so we added TIPS galore! That's right week 4 is here and so are Alex and Chris with the final component of their month-long creativ...

Sunday, July 19, 2020 Tell The Damn Story #148: HOW TO TELL THE DAMN STORY SUMMER SERIES (Part 3) EDITING = Clear, Cut, Delete

The Boys Are Back -- With Back Up! It's the THIRD WEEK, And Alex and Chris are back with Part 3 of their month-long supersize workshop, the “HOW TO TE...

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dubg406 on 11/4/2019

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

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lovesit39 on 7/7/2019

Excellent conversation with Jerry Craft. Thank you!

Eire1969 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 ...

Gordidon on 7/2/2018

Awesome stuff and very informative!!! ??

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