Write the story podcast

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Helping YOU understand story structure.

Join Autumn M. Birt and Jesper Schmidt—two bestselling authors and writing coaches—in this limited series as they plot a story from scratch.

Episode 1

The Seven Pillars of Story Structure

In the first episode of the Write the Story Podcast, Jesper and Autumn discuss the premise they’ve developed in preparation for this podcast and look for ways to improve upon the general structure of the story.

Episode 1    |    59 min

Episode 8

Episode 8

In the eight, and final episode, of Write the Story podcast, Autumn and Jesper starts out by reviewing whether the introduction of the protagonist in chapter one has been handled well enough.

Episode 7

Episode 7

In this episode, Jesper initially believes that there isn’t much more to add in terms of sub plots to their short story, but he will soon think otherwise once he and Autumn start discussing story structure.

Episode 6

Episode 6

The Climax is created from five key events. In this episode of the Write the Story podcast, Autumn and Jesper discuss the Climax of their short story. Listen in to hear how it’s done!

Episode 5

Episode 5

In this part of the story, you’ll be setting up the conclusion to the character arc while simultaneously allowing enough time for both the hero and the villain to make the necessary “chess moves”.

Episode 4

Episode 4

In this episode of the Write the Story Podcast, Autumn and Jesper discuss the first four of the plot posts. They develop The Intro, Inciting Incident, Reaction Phase, New Info (or Dark Night of the Soul).

Episode 3

Episode 3

In this episode of the Write the Story podcast, Jesper and Autumn flesh out the character arc for the main protagonist, Dramna.

It’s also time to expand upon the personalities of the secondary characters in the story.

Episode 2

Episode 2

The time has come to develop the characters further; especially Dramna, the protagonist.

Jesper and Autumn discuss character roles – also for the secondary characters, making a Priestess much more interesting – before, in the second half of this episode, the focus is on developing the personality for the protagonist of the story.

Episode 1

Episode 1

In the first episode of the Write the Story podcast, Jesper and Autumn discuss the premise they’ve developed in preparation for this podcast and look for ways to improve upon the general structure of the story.

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