Write-minded Podcast

Hosted ByBrooke Warner & Grant Faulkner

Write-minded: Weekly Inspiration for Writers is for writers craving a unique blend of inspiration and real talk about the ups and downs of the writing life. Hosted by Brooke Warner of She Writes and Grant Faulkner of National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo), each theme-focused episode of Write-minded features an interview with a writer, author, or publishing industry professional. There’s always a takeaway at the end of each show for listeners, too. Brooke and Grant interview writers, authors, and publishing industry folks, and bring to this weekly podcast their shared spirit of community, collaboration, and a deeply held belief that everyone is a writer, and everyone’s story matters.


All Episodes

The Higher Truth of Fiction, featuring Jamila Minnicks

Join Grant and Brooke this week for a conversation about truth—emotional truth, essential truth, truth as the core driver of all stories.

The Origin Story, featuring Deepa Anappara and Taymour Soomro

This week’s guests are the coeditors (and contributors to) Letters to a Writer of Color.

One Sentence Leads to a Second Sentence: Pushing Through the Muddy Middle of NaNoWriMo, featuring Grant Faulkner and Brooke Warner

Pep Talk alert! Whether you’re writing a ton or writing a-none, this week’s episode is geared toward writers who are feeling the strain of the Muddy Middle.

Get Inspired to Write from One of the Most Prolific Women Writers in History, featuring Allison Gilbert

This week Brooke shares an interview she recorded with Allison Gilbert about her new book, Listen World!, a biography of the most famous woman writer you’ve never heard of.

Gothic Stories’ Long History of Drawing from Everyday Monsters, featuring Isabel Cañas

This week’s episode is a twofer because we’re bringing you a little dose of horror through our exploration of gothic stories with this week’s guest Isabel Cañas, who also happens to be a ten-year veteran of NaNoWriMo.

Playing with Narration in Memoir, with Maggie Smith

This interview covers narration, structure, and Maggie’s process of constructing this memoir, as well as how her background as a poet informed her approach to the writing.

For the Love of Fanfiction, featuring Rainbow Rowell

Whether you already love fanfiction or don’t really get it, you’ll want to tune into this episode for the sheer appreciation of its presence in the literary world.

The Art of Coauthoring, featuring Helen Macdonald and Sin Blaché

This week’s co-authoring duo, Helen Macdonald and Sin Blaché, take us inside their relationship and share authentically and honestly about some of the considerations unique to writing your book with someone else.

The Best Way to Learn to Write a Novel? Write It!, featuring Kayvion Lewis

One month out from National Novel Writing Month, this episode hopes to inspire listeners around the truism that the very best way to write a novel is simply to try it.

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