The first episode from The Story Kitchen podcast where Miyuki Jane Pinckard and Maureen McHugh discuss fiction writing, community for writers and how to navigate bad feedback.  Story Kitchen is a place for fiction writers--to talk about practice and technique and take classes.  Find our website at storykitchenstudio.com and sign up for our newsletter.

Writing and Feedback: What Helps and What Hurts

Jane says Creativity is a Practice--how to cultivate your writing practice, what to do when you're stuck, and how to keep going.

When You're Stuck: How to Practice Creativity

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Maureen and Jane discuss what to do when you feel like your writing has hit a plateau. Hitting a plateau is a natural part of gaining skills and confidence as a creative! How do you recognize when it's happening to you, and what can you do? They share practical tips that have worked for them.

When You Hit a Plateau: How to Grow as a Writer

Making yourself write versus tools for writing, practice and technique.

What Exactly Is 'Technique' Anyway?

Fanfiction has long been a place where writers flex their skills and learn techniques! In this episode Maureen and Jane talk about what we love about fanfiction, what fanfiction can teach you about writing original fiction, and a few fanfiction habits that might not translate as well to original fiction. Mentioned in this episode: https://archiveofourown.org/

What Writing Fanfiction Can Teach You, and What to Watch Out For.

What are some tropes and are they okay in a story?  How can they help your writing, and how can they hurt?

Tropes: What's Good About Them Anyway?

Jane and Maureen discuss Space Opera; their favorites, and some of the pitfalls of writing it.

Nostalgia for Empire:  Space Opera and Tropes

Ingredients for delicious stories. Experimenting with writing techniques.

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