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Secrets of Story Podcast

Matt Bird and James Kennedy

Podcast by Matt Bird and James Kennedy

  • 59 minutes 27 seconds
    Episode 46: Organizing Chaos with Sophie Beal and Gary Dalkin
    Sophie Beal and Gary Dalkin return to discuss novelists' relationship with editors, whether freelance or at a publisher. All four of us have been on one side of that divide or another, and most of us more than one, and we have a grand old time discussing it.
    16 January 2024, 11:46 pm
  • 1 hour 11 minutes
    Episode 45: Specific vs. Generic (Or is it Factual vs. Archetypal?)
    It's always good to load up your story with specifics, right? Not so fast! James talks about his decision to leave some information out of his new novel Bride of the Tornado, and Matt quibbles.
    7 December 2023, 2:08 pm
  • 1 hour 24 minutes
    Episode 44: Putting the Secrets of Story Into Action with Torrey Maldonado
    Matt and James welcome acclaimed novelist Torrey Maldonado to talk about how he's put Matt's advice into action for his books for young people (much to James's chagrin)
    19 October 2023, 9:17 pm
  • 1 hour 7 minutes
    Episode 43: Writing Every Day with Brock Swinson
    Matt and James are joined by author Brock Swinson and discuss his new book of writing advice Ink by the Barrel. All three of us agree that writers must write every day and then sheepishly admit that we don't actually do that. Download Brock's book for free at BrockSwinson.com and check out his podcast Creative Principles!
    26 June 2023, 7:21 pm
  • 52 minutes 56 seconds
    Episode 42: Mackendrick's Rules, the Epic Conclusion
    Alexander Mackendrick summed up the wisdom that film schools (and MFA programs in general) hand down to writers. Is it helpful or poisonous? In this episode, Matt and James finish examining and questioning his 41 rules.
    19 June 2023, 4:05 pm
  • 59 minutes 58 seconds
    Episode 41: Mackendrick's Rules, Part 2
    Matt and James once again use the rules of Alexander Mackendrick as a springboard to talk about what makes for a good story. Bonus: Matt posits his theory of what's in the case in Pulp Fiction and completely convinces James!
    12 June 2023, 4:22 pm
  • 1 hour 9 minutes
    Episode 40: Mackendrick's Rules, Part 1
    The great filmmaker Alexander Mackendrick famously passed along 41 rules of writing advice and now Matt and James are going to evaluate them all in a three-part epic!
    6 June 2023, 3:56 am
  • 1 hour 22 minutes
    Episode 39: Agents
    James and Matt discuss their checkered history of getting agents/managers, failing to hold onto them, and getting new ones, with lots of tips for the unagented! Check out lots of supplemental materials on SecretsOfStory.com.
    2 February 2023, 10:46 pm
  • 57 minutes 10 seconds
    Episode 38: AI
    Can a computer do our jobs? Matt puts it to the test and James scoffs, as is his wont.
    24 December 2022, 6:50 pm
  • 1 hour 13 minutes
    Episode 37: Craft in the Real World
    The long-awaited return! James and Matt reunite to discuss Matthew Salesses' book Craft in the Real World. Matt is worried about offending anyone and James is less so!
    2 November 2022, 1:27 pm
  • 55 minutes 55 seconds
    Episode 36: Save the Cat with Sophie Beal and Gary Dalkin
    Special guests Sophie Beal and Gary Dalkin join us to debate the merits of the most infamous writing guide of all, Blake Snyder's Save the Cat
    4 April 2022, 9:09 pm
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