The Odyssey Writing Workshops Charitable Trust is a nonprofit with the mission of helping writers of fantasy, science fiction, and horror improve their work. To fulfill our mission, we offer Your Personal Odyssey Writing Workshop, an intensive, one-on-one online program, customized for each student. Top authors, editors, and agents serve as guest lecturers and guest critiquers. We also offer five-week online writing classes each winter; webinars, critiques, consultations, and coaching year-r ...
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Tiffin Inn Writing Workshop (with Imposter Syndrome & Unlimited Refills)
Arthur Franz IV, Tim Goodwin
An author is published regularly. Tim Goodwin and Art Franz are "writers," the people who work and scrape and publish (on occasion) but mostly faceplant, rise, brush off, and repeat. What does it take to learn how to tell good stories? How can I fully realize my characters? How do I gather quality feedback on works in progress? What can I do to punch through writer's block? What must we do to publish work in today's media landscape? No, really. We're asking. But we are also answering! Join T ...
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We are a monthly writing workshop for survivors of trauma. These are the recordings of our meetings with just Jenna and Talia’s parts to keep our members privacy safe. Most episodes are two writing prompts and a healing exercise. Some will be discussions between Jenna and Talia about topics that come up while sharing. We hope this podcast will help you redefine your story in your words. We want healing to happen through bonding with other survivors and through the outlet of writing.
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The Write Idea Workshop is a comedic podcast about the creative process. Comedian Ryan Andersons and the occassional cohost sit down and talk with writers, artists, comedians, actors and all manner of creative people to figure out what makes them tick, and have some laughs along the way
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Are you a writer looking for some help and encouragement? Want to improve your writing and advance your career? Or maybe you're just getting started and don't know what you need yet. Author and teacher Kitty Bucholtz and her guests are happy to help you on the sometimes difficult and often lonely road writers travel. Learn to build your business, whether you're traditionally published or self-published, and improve your craft, regardless of where you are as an author. Together, we can write ...
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Tim and Art welcome author E.B. Hauk to the corner booth to gain insights into her process of publishing her comic novel Heck McTyre, Neuromanfluencer. Join the discussion for tips on software she uses to help develop and promote the book, including Bookfunnel, BookBarbarian, BookRoar, and many others. The blurb for the novel: "Heck hasn't slept in…
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Rebecca Kuang on Common Pitfalls in Character Description
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Exploring Self-Publishing with Jeff Giles
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Tim and Art welcome author Jeff Giles to the corner booth to talk about his process of publishing his first novel Langley Powell and the Society for the Defense of the Mundane. For the last 30-plus years and counting, Jeff Giles has been a pop culture writer of mild renown, with bylines at an array of publications including Paste Magazine, the Vill…
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REFILL: Exploring Self-Publishing Models
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Art introduces a two-part series of interviews coming in the next two weeks that focuses on the ins and outs of self-publishing. Tim and Art are inviting two new authors into the corner booth to discuss their experiences with hybrid publishers and with full-blown self-publishing strategies. The conversation should be enlightening for any who want t…
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Feedback Session for Art's Short Story "V-Hold"
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Art reads his latest short story, "V-Hold," into the record for Tim to critique. Tim and Art then explore how Art's process has changed (for the better) since the start of the podcast. Listen in on their conversation as a sample of how to give and accept feedback on your work with your writing group. Tim and Art plan to pilot Tiffin Inn Writing Wor…
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Tim discusses the incredibly fast process from inception to publication on his latest story, and what role the inner editor plays in this process. Tim and Art plan to pilot Tiffin Inn Writing Workshops online in 2025! Workshops will be low cost, high impact, 1-hour sessions with instruction and guided practice. E-mail us at TiffinInnWritingWorkshop…
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Tim reveals his latest publication in one of his aspirational "dream journals." Tim and Art then compare and contrast common styles, focusing in on how much to use metaphor vs straightforward narrative storytelling. Join us in the corner booth and see where you fall in the range! Tim and Art plan to pilot Tiffin Inn Writing Workshops online in 2025…
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REFILL: Making a Writing Plan for 2025
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Success begins with planning. In this Refill episode, Art explores the purpose of our podcast episodes and how they are designed to add tools to your writing toolbelt. Art then lays out his writing plan for 2025 as a template for you to use as a starting point for your writing plan. Art finally reveals that in 2025 we plan to offer Tiffin Inn Writi…
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Tim and Art are delighted to be joined in the corner booth by acclaimed writer Bethany Jarmul, an Appalachian writer and poet. Her work has been published in 100+ literary magazines including Rattle, Brevity, Salamander, One Art, and Ghost Parachute. She’s the author of two chapbooks and one poetry collection—This Strange and Wonderful Existence (p…
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Jessie Mihalik on Worldbuilding, Exposition, Romance, and Sticking with a Project
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Tim and Art discuss how to use role-playing games and writing activities to gamify your creative process. They also tease an important takeaway from next week's interview episode with author Bethany Jarmul about the importance of having a "turn" in your story. Tim and Art are ready to help! Join the conversation at TiffinInnWritingWorkshop@gmail.co…
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REFILL: Diggin' in the Crates and a Novel Update
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Tim makes a case for the value in revisiting old work, then gives an update on his novel progress. Tim and Art are here to help, so email the show at TiffinInnWritingWorkshop@gmail.com to get your conversation started.Av Tim Goodwin
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Learning Secrets from Your Older Work
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Tim and Art discuss the value of revisiting older drafts to understand your writing journey. Whether it is to mine your past for story prompts, searching for promising unfinished work to revise, or just to plot your improvement over time, revisiting your past work can offer clues on how to better approach your current and future drafts. Tim and Art…
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REFILL: Role-Playing to Practice Characterization
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Is your creative battery drained or running low? Art describes how using role-playing can help free up your internal editor and create opportunities to explore new characterization. Art shares a story from his early role-playing days that demonstrates how a simple game can free you up to find unexpected studies in character. Tim and Art are here to…
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Jeanne Cavelos on a Complex Character Arc of Growth and Transformation
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Putting Your Characters Under Stress
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Tim and Art return for Season 4 by revisiting the fundamentals. Is your story missing something? Does your main character glide through your story with very little at stake? Is the action happening "around" them rather than your character struggling through it? Tim and Art present four easy button concepts to apply to ensure that you put your chara…
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Prepping for the Next Draft of a Novel
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With Season 4 just around the corner, Tim and Art offer a glimpse into their unscripted conversations about their own work. Up this week, Art responds to Tim's novel draft with encouragement and a path forward. Tim and Art are here to help, so email the show at TiffinInnWritingWorkshop@gmail.com to get your conversation started.…
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Meagan Spooner on Building a Writing Career and Working in the Young Adult Field
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Season 3 Finale - Expanding Your Creativity
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Tim and Art look back at Season 3 for lessons learned and cast their gaze forward at Season 4. Even during the hiatus, Tim and Art are here to help. Email the show at TiffinInnWritingWorkshop@gmail.com to get the conversation started.Av Arthur Franz IV, Tim Goodwin
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REFILL: Identifying Your Ideal Reader
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The ”ideal reader” is that one person in the world, whether real or imagined, who really GETS what we are trying to do and who LOVES our take on fiction. In this Refill episode, Art demonstrates how Q&A can help you define what your "ideal reader" looks like. Knowing this can help you stay focused on the kind of fiction you want to produce as well …
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Have you ever been less than satisfied with your work in progress? Your latest drafts have you rethinking fundamental decisions you've made as a writer? Then join us as Tim cousels Art through his crisis of conscience about the quality of his work in progress. What should Art do to get back to the "good stuff"? In this episode, we reference a publi…
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It can be worthwhile to journal about your flaws, whether real or imagined. This is one of the many obstacles we face on our journey to create art. Art demonstrates how to be introspective and critique your own work as a way to refocus and improve rather than giving in to negative thinking. Tim and Art are here to help, so email the show at TiffinI…
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Getting Motivated After Rejections
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Tim and Art discuss their submission goals and lay out how to mentally bounce back from rejections and stay focused on your fiction. Tim and Art are here to help, so email the show at TiffinInnWritingWorkshop@gmail.com to get your conversation started.Av Arthur Franz IV, Tim Goodwin
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Getting Inspired to Revise Your Fiction
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Tim and Art discuss how to get back into the right frame of mind to revise your fiction. When we decide to go back, why does that first draft read so much worse than we remember? How can you begin again once you've lost the initial spark of creativity? What's the right way to resume work without messing up what you've already done? Tim and Art are …
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REFILL: Active Reading Can Improve Your Writing
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Art discusses the process of "Active Reading" as a way to pan for gold in published stories. Reading authors with intentionality and purpose can help unlock elements of style or voice that you want to adopt. Art presents a method for getting the most writing benefit out of your reading experience. Tim and Art are here to help, so email the show at …
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Feedback Session for Art's Short Story
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Tim provides feedback on Art's story "Donut Fridays" from last week's Refill episode. This unscripted feedback session on Art's story is intended to demonstrate best practices of giving and receiving feedback with a trusted beta reader. Tim asks open-ended questions about choices Art made in the story, resulting in a "to do" list of things for Art …
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REFILL: "Donut Fridays" by Arthur Franz IV
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Art reads his 825-word short story "Donut Fridays" into the record in preparation for Tim's feedback during next week's episode. Art is open to your feedback, so if you want to share your thoughts on this draft of the story, email the show at TiffinInnWritingWorkshop@gmail.com to help Art make this story the best it can be.…
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Tim and Art discuss their experiences in gaining (and losing and regaining) confidence in their writing output. They discuss how they know when a piece is “done” and ready for submission. They also reveal how imperative it is to reject the arrogance that sustained them in their youth because ultimately it made it harder to improve as professionals.…
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Art presents four ways to recharge your creativity when your discipline is high but the quality or quantity of your writing output is just not cutting it. Tim and Art are here to help, so email the show at TiffinInnWritingWorkshop@gmail.com to get your conversation started.Av Arthur Franz IV
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Tim and Art explore how vignettes, brief episodes within your larger narrative, and flashbacks, small stories from a character's past, can help illuminate character or create tension in the forward action. Tim and Art are here to help, so email the show at TiffinInnWritingWorkshop@gmail.com to get your conversation started.…
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Tim and Art are here to help you with your fiction. Yes, yours! E-mail us at TiffinInnWritingWorkshop@gmail.com to inquire about our wrtiting coaching, proofing, copyediting, and workshop services.Av Arthur Franz IV, Tim Goodwin
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REFILL: Where Can I Submit My Fiction?
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Tim explores some best practices on how to choose where to submit your fiction for publication. Reach out to us with questions at TiffinInnWritingWorkshop@gmail.com to get the conversation started.Av Tim Goodwin
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David Corbett on Rediscovering What You Love About Writing, Developing Useful Habits, and Generating Subtext
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Honing Your Writing Process (feat. Scott Farrin)
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Tim and Art welcome guest Scott Farrin to the corner booth to discuss honing your writing process. Scott Farrin has taught writing in varied forms for over twenty years, composition, technical writing, journalism and creative writing. A writer himself as well as a professor of English at Collin College, Scott Farrin has published in journals such a…
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Art explores how he has shifted his mindset from writing to "drafting" as a clever way to trick his brain into enjoying the rough draft process. Art offers seven steps for his process to keep the work engaging. Tim and Art are here to help, so email the show at TiffinInnWritingWorkshop@gmail.com to get your conversation started.…
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Finding Your Writing Voice: Playing with Form and Function
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Tim and Art explore ways you can discover your writing voice through playing with different forms within your early drafts. Adopting new forms (such as prose poetry, screenplays, haiku, etc.) as an avenue of play can unlock new directions in your work. Even if you try and discard or try and adopt, the work of trying can lead to new ideas and help y…
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Art explores how he uses the Refill episodes as a rationale for dispelling doubt and continuing to push forward in improving his craft. Tim and Art are here to help, so email the show at TiffinInnWritingWorkshop@gmail.com to get your conversation started.Av Arthur Franz IV
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Self Publishing with Guest Kalynn Applewhite
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Tim and Art welcome guest author Kalynn Applewhite to the corner booth to discuss her process in staying disciplined year-round in writing as well as a glimpse into her self-publishing successes. Kalynn Applewhite is a writer at heart with a lifetime love of fantasy. She is a work-at-home mom and lead creator for Applewhite Games. Through her books…
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Tim explores how to process constructive feedback and turn that into action on a future draft. Tim and Art are here to help, so email the show at TiffinInnWritingWorkshop@gmail.com to get your conversation started.Av Tim Goodwin
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Feedback Demo for Tim's Flash Fiction
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Tim and Art demonstrate best practices of giving and receiving feedback with an unscripted feedback session on Tim's flash fiction! Join us as we hear Tim's story read into the record, Art asking open-ended questions about choices Tim made in the story, Art's impression of the work, written feedback from editors who passed on the story, and finally…
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REWIND: Balancing Writing & Full-Time Employment
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Tim and Art transport you back in time to Season 1 with a new segment we are calling a "REWIND." We plan to release our regularly scheduled REFILL episode as a Bonus later this month whenever Art's voice no longer crackles like a campfire (thanks, mystery virus!). This episode originally aired on April 25, 2023. Ever struggled to find the time (or …
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Tim and Art discuss the hallmarks of quality feedback to writers, especially how to sort out good advice from bad. They offer tips on how to deliver helpful feedback to your peers as well as how to convert bad advice into something useful. We're here to help, so e-mail us at TiffinInnWritingWorkshop@gmail.com with any questions, success stories, or…
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David Corbett on Characterization and The Three Facets of Character Struggle
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Art introduces the distinction between Heroes and Anti-Heroes, specifically how their decision-making defines them. We're here to help, so e-mail us at TiffinInnWritingWorkshop@gmail.com with any questions, success stories, or to just get the conversation started.Av Arthur Franz IV
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Collaborating and Screenwriting - Interview with Cat Hammons
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Tim and Art welcome the talented Cat Hammons into the corner booth to discuss best practices on collaborating with a writing partner as well as tips on writing for film and TV. Cat Hammons is an actor and writer born and raised in Ogden, UT. Her acting career includes the award-winning film For When You Get Lost and a variety of television shows su…
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REFILL: Narrative Hooks and In Medias Res
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As writers, we all need the right tools in our toolbelts. This season, Tim and I are using the refill episodes to discuss fundamental literary tools. These tools could be important terminology, useful literary devices, or foundational concepts that we think every writer can find valuable. In each refill episode, we plan to tackle two at a time. Thi…
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Tim and Art are back with an all-new season of discussions, tips, and ways to progress your stories! In this season 3 opener, Tim and Art discuss practical strategies for approaching your 2nd draft. Art offers three major steps including how to approach big note-taking when you read your 1st draft back, when and how to approach revising scenes, and…
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E.C. Ambrose on Dialog, Description, Worldbuilding, and Pressure Points
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What We Really Learned from NaNoWriMo 2023
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With the end of NaNoWriMo 2023, Tim and Art discuss what they learned about themselves and the process of writing after the month-long sprint, how they plan to use their time now that it is over, and what to do differently going forward. Stay in touch during the hiatus at TiffinInnWritingWorkshop@gmail.com. Feel free to share your thoughts on your …
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Tim Waggoner on Balancing Multiple Conflicts, Creating Unusual Structures, Writing Short Stories vs Novels
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