Tell The Damn Story

Sunday, October 11, 2026 TELL THE DAMN STORY, ep 436: Life As a Plot Patch—How Real Life Can Help Fix Your Story

Your characters are stuck. Your ending won’t cooperate. And staring at the page isn’t helping. Maybe it’s time to take your story out for a walk. In episode 436 of Tell the Damn Story, Chris Ryan an...

Sunday, October 4, 2026 TELL THE DAMN STORY, ep 435: Exploring the Origins of Comics, Books, & Films: How Our Story Started

Welcome to a special milestone on Tell the Damn Story, the podcast that dives deep into the creative journeys—the triumphs, setbacks, and lessons—of writers striving to tell their tales. In this 435...

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 fictional tale. Drawing from Avengers: Endgame, B...

Sunday, September 20, 2026 TELL THE DAMN STORY, ep 433: The Price of Breaking Into Hollywood — With Brandon Easton

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Sunday, September 13, 2026 Tell The Damn Story #432: "Inside the Three-Week Shoot That Led to 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. He also reveals how saying yes, staying useful...

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

How far can writers change an iconic hero before reinvention becomes betrayal? In this episode, Alex and Chris examine HBO’s LANTERNS—not simply as longtime Green Lantern fans, but as professional wr...

Sunday, August 30, 2026 TELL THE DAMN STORY, ep 430: From Flash Fiction to Full Novels_ Crafting Effective Horror, Part 2

Where do your stories really come from? In Part Two of our special conversation with horror author John “The King” Collins, we move from learning the craft to something much more personal: What does...

Sunday, August 30, 2026 TELL THE DAMN STORY, ep 430: From Flash Fiction to Full Novels_ Crafting Effective Horror

What happens when a lifelong horror fan stops worrying about getting published—and starts writing what he actually wants to write? Welcome to Part One of our special two-part conversation with horror...

Sunday, August 23, 2026 TELL THE DAMN STORY, ep 429: Christopher Nolan’s Odyssey—And The Uncertain Journey Every Story Takes

What happens after you finally put your creative work out into the world? You can write the best story you know how to write. You can research, revise, polish, perform, publish, and give it everythin...

Sunday, August 16, 2026 TELL THE DAMN STORY, ep. 428: The Message You Send Isn’t Always the Message They Get ...

... Why Presentation Matters! You finished the story. Congratulations. Now how the hell are you going to get anybody to pay attention to it? This week on Tell The Damn Story, Alex Simmons and Chri...

Sunday, August 9, 2026 TELL THE DAMN STORY, ep 427: "Deadlines, Day Jobs & Characters in Your Head - How Writers Manage ...

... the Madness & Keep Creating!" What does a writer’s life actually look like behind the scenes? Sometimes it looks like a carefully planned schedule. Sometimes it looks like index cards, legal pad...

Sunday, August 2, 2026 TELL THE DAMN STORY, ep 426: "Summer Blockbusters and Seasonal Storytelling and ...

...The Power of Timing in Film, Books, and Plays." From Jaws and Stand By Me to Do the Right Thing, A Midsummer Night's Dream, and Something Wicked This Way Comes, the greatest stories don't simply h...

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