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Monday, March 23, 2020 Tell The Damn Story #131: PLOTS OF THE FAST AND FURIOUS

Today on Tell The Damn Story, Alex and Chris role model how to create a new story out of mid air. By pitching each other genres and themes they creat...

Saturday, March 14, 2020 Tell The Damn Story #130: How Do You Tell This Story? Dance, Sing, Draw, Write!

We're two days early! Yes we are! In light of the quickly escalating coronavirus, Alex and Chris discuss social distancing and the hardships and bles...

Sunday, March 8, 2020 Tell The Damn Story #129: WITH SUSPECTS AND RED HERRINGS, WHICH ONE TO CHOOSE? IT'S A MYSTERY!

This week Alex and Chris sing the coronavirus blues, absolutely diss Agatha Christie, and discuss structuring a mystery, the value of red herrings, an...

Sunday, March 1, 2020 Tell The Damn Story #128: How To Face The Fears of Telling A Damn Story

Go in deep with Alex and Chris as they embrace the pain. This week they're talking about the times when writing caused them pain or was painful or wa...

Sunday, February 23, 2020 Tell The Damn Story #127: A Story By Any Other Name. Or Finding Yourself, Your Voice, And Your Genre.

Alex and Chris talk about, well, almost everything in an attempt to explain the chicken-or-egg maze run of a creative finding voice and proper genre. ...

Sunday, February 16, 2020 Tell The Damn Story #126: Are ReWrites An Author's Path To Heaven or Hell?

In this episode, Chris and Alex explore the next segment of their GET YOUR WRITE ON series. Rewriting -- how to seed what you need in your stories so ...

Monday, February 10, 2020 Tell The Damn Story # 125: VICTOR, A PAUSE TO PAY TRIBUTE

This week, Alex and Chris pay tribute to Archie Comics legend Victor Gorelick, the oldest editor in comics, who has died this week. He was a sweet guy...

Sunday, February 2, 2020 Tell The Damn Story #124: A WRITER'S SUPER BRAWL - HOW TO PLAY IN THE BIG GAME OF GETTING YOUR STORY RIGHT

It might be Super Bowl Sunday for everyone else, but for Alex Simmons and Christopher Ryan, it is time to Tell The Damn Story. Today we talk about ma...

Sunday, January 26, 2020 Tell The Damn Story #123: HOW TO GET YOUR WRITE ON #3 - READY, SETTING, GO!

It's Where, When, and How Much do you need to decide before writing a good story! This week Alex and Chris discuss Rod Serling, tease an upcoming Twi...

Sunday, January 19, 2020 Tell The Damn Story #122: What Is A Writers' Toughest Challenge? Or Tales From The Comments

This week Alex and I catch up on our separate creative projects, give a huge shout out to a truly fun podcast (besides this one, of course), and we us...

Sunday, January 12, 2020 Tell The Damn Story #121: For Writers What's The Big Story Behind, "LITTLE WOMEN?"

After weeks of Alex fretting about the quality of the new film version of "Little Women" both he and Chris (and the goddess) went to see #LittleWomen ...

Sunday, January 5, 2020 Tell The Damn Story #120: A 2020 Look At Getting It Write

Alex and Chris launch a new decade with a new feature, "Get Yer Write On" offering practical advice on a wide range of storytelling skills, this week ...

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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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