Episode 142: Places and Spaces

On this episode of the Stories We Don’t Tell Podcast, the crew discusses writing a story that takes place in a specific location. They have some tips and tricks on how to go back into your mind and imagination to tell a story rich in detail. But first, Jette shares her story about some memories of her past.

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Episode 138: Poor Review

The SWDT Crew is back with another batch of brand new episodes for our brave new world. On this episode, Joey shares a story about receiving a poor job review, a new dress, and lighting a fire. It all comes together at the end. After the fire is over, the crew talks about writing and listening to a story that has an incredibly satisfying conclusion.

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Episode 137: November Rain

The SWDT Crew is back with another batch of brand new episodes for our brave new world. On this episode, Paul shares a story about looking for love during a pandemic and learning how to play the Guns N' Roses classic song November Rain. You'll even get to hear him try and play it - very awkwardly. He then joins Joey and Stefan for a quick chat about integrating music into a story.

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Episode 136: Workshops

This is a special one-off episode that we hope provides some insight into our writing process. For each event, we hold two workshops with the intention of helping to guide storytellers to feel confident about sharing their story with an audience.

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Episode 135: We wanted to put on a show

For the last episode in this series, the SWDT crew comes together to talk about what you do with a book once it’s finished - marketing, launching it, and events. Included at the end of the episode is a short clip from a video that we produced for the launch event where you’ll hear directly from some of the book authors.

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Episode 129: Exquisite Corpse | Chapter One

The Exquisite Corpse is a writing exercise that was invented by French Surrealists in the 1920s. Each collaborator adds to a composition in sequence, but are only allowed to see what the previous person contributed. This is an audio version of this exercise, and we’ve asked each of our guests to write and record their own contribution based on a previous guest’s prompt.

So, this episode includes a stitched-together story written by several people. What is the story about? Where will it go? What will happen? You’ll have to listen to find out. Welcome to the Exquisite Corpse: Chapter One.

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Episode 128: Why am I so anxious?

On today’s episode, Rob shares a story about getting ill, his distaste over hipster haircuts, and his appreciation of red carpet Christoph Waltz. He is then joined by the Stories We Don’t Tell crew to talk about finding positivity and generalized anxiety.

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Episode 127: Two Moments

Join hosts Joey, Stefan, and Paul for this special ongoing series. This episode is a throwback to before, well, you know what, where you’ll hear a story from the live event followed by a discussion on an aspect of storytelling.

From last October, Georgette tells the story of two past relationships, and the lessons she learned from them. Your hosts have a discussion about writing relationship stories.

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