The Real Writing Process
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The Real Writing Process
@realwritingpro.bsky.social
The Official Bluesky account of The Real Writing Process podcast.

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The New York Times bestselling author, @caitlinrozakis.bsky.social talks about her writing process. Caitlin discusses the importance of outlines, how her world building can sometimes change the story, and why she needed to use her child's construction paper to solve a plot problem.

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May 28, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Tom Pepperdine interviews author, screenwriter, and award-winning podcaster, Mark Stay, about his writing process. Mark talks about having a central dramatic argument to each story, how he develops realistic characters, and going through the five stages of grief when receiving feedback.

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April 27, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Tom Pepperdine interviews the #1 Sunday Times-bestselling author, @elizachanwrites.bsky.social about her writing process. Eliza explains how her frustration with traditional folklore inspires her to write, what she enjoyed about writing her first sequel, and how her appetite affects her writing.
March 23, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Have you heard our latest interview with M. R. Carey? With a career running over 25 years, Mike discusses how writing comics helps with his novels. He also describes the experience of writing both the screenplay and novel of The Girl With All The Gifts.

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February 27, 2025 at 8:43 PM
This month, we've interviewed the best selling author, M. R. Carey. Mike explains how his comic writing career proved to benefit his novel writing, why his latest novel was actually a form of procrastination, and the one element of his process many other writers would consider psychopathic. Link 👇🏻
February 23, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Tom Pepperdine interviews award winning author, @trip.bsky.social, about his writing process. Trip discusses how he discovered the most important part of learning to write, his experience of writing a novel as part of his PhD, and the benefits of dating a professional proofreader.

Link in bio.
January 27, 2025 at 2:59 PM
In our latest episode, Tom interviews multi-award winning author, Donal Ryan, about his writing process. Donal discusses how it felt revisiting old characters for his latest novel, what techniques he uses to progress the story, and the benefits of unplugging and enjoying life.

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January 1, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Our interview with the #1 New York Times-bestselling author of the Book of Tea duology, Judy I. Lin, about her writing process. Judy discusses her approach to world building, the benefit of listening to music whilst writing, and why her best motivator is guilt.

player.captivate.fm/episode/a427...
December 2, 2024 at 6:00 PM
Our interview with the wonderful historical fiction author, Sean Lusk. Sean discusses the benefits of writing retreats, why he based his second book on Mary Wartley Montague, and how he literally runs away from his writing problems in a forest in the Highlands.

player.captivate.fm/episode/7367...
November 17, 2024 at 10:55 AM
Our interview with Sunday Times best selling author, @lissakevans.bsky.social about her writing process. Lissa discusses the importance of libraries and research, her approach to complex characters, and why it takes over two years for her to finish a manuscript.

player.captivate.fm/episode/7e6c...
November 3, 2024 at 4:10 PM
One from the vault, our episode about the real writing process of author and scriptwriter, @georgemann.bsky.social

George describes the difference in writing novels to comics, what it's like working on existing franchises, and why he drinks biscuit tea.

player.captivate.fm/episode/cd02...
November 3, 2024 at 9:41 AM
NYT Bestselling author, Isaac Marion, discusses his writing process.

What's it like having his novel adapted into a film, what he learned working in a writer's room, and why he moved to write in a shed in the wilderness.

You can listen to the episode here: player.captivate.fm/episode/62ec...
November 3, 2024 at 9:05 AM
New episode with crime thriller author L D Smithson. Leona discusses how she writes around her job as a psychologist, being inspired by the real world, and why it takes a glass of wine and 24 hours to deal with editorial feedback.
open.spotify.com/episode/4AQUgU…
February 29, 2024 at 8:13 PM