Tell The Damn Story

Sunday, April 19, 2020 Tell The. Damn Story 135: The Healing Episode. What Happens After Corona Time?

This week Alex and Chris talk about coronavirus head on; what's happening to us. They discuss the effect all aspects of this disease are having on us...

Sunday, April 12, 2020 Tell The Damn Story #134: Watching While Living In The Twilight Zone

Submitted for your approval ladies and gentlemen, we have all entered the twilight zone. In this episode Alex and Chris, and special guest, pop cult...

Sunday, April 5, 2020 Tell The Damn Story #133: In Creating Characters It's Hard To Get Better Than Olmos

Today, Alex and Chris turn to veteran actor Edward James Olmos for wisdom and guidance when it comes to contributing to story. At least they do in the...

Sunday, March 29, 2020 Tell The Damn Story 132: Turn Left At "The Grind!"

And BATTLING THE GRIND This week Alex and Chris dive deep into the struggle that we're all facing; the war against boredom. While outlining some of th...

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...

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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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