Episode 159: Author Sonya Chung

Sonya Chung, author of The Loved Ones and Long for This World, talks to Daniel Ford about her approach to storytelling, her love of nonfiction, how she develops her characters, and what inspired The Loved Ones.

Photo Credit: Robin Holland

To learn more about Sonya Chung, visit her official website, like her Facebook page, or follow her on Twitter @ChungSonya. Also read our review of The Loved Ones in "The 30 Best Books of 2016."

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Today's episode is brought to you by Scrivener. Scrivener combines all the writing tools you need to craft your first draft, from nascent notion to final full stop. Visit the app's official website for more details.

Episode 158: 2016 Year in Review

Daniel Ford and Sean Tuohy discuss their favorite books, movies, television shows, and short stories from 2016. The pair also chats about how they’ve progressed as writers during the past year and their writing goals for 2017.

Follow Daniel Ford and Sean Tuohy on Twitter @danielfford and @SeanTuohy2.

Today's episode is brought to you by Scrivener. Scrivener combines all the writing tools you need to craft your first draft, from nascent notion to final full stop. Visit the app's official website for more details.

Today's episode is brought to you by Scrivener. Scrivener combines all the writing tools you need to craft your first draft, from nascent notion to final full stop. Visit the app's official website for more details.

15 Podcasts You Loved in 2016

We compiled 15 of the podcasts you loved in 2016 based on downloads and social media buzz. Feel free to share any other favorites you have from the past year in the comments section, on our Facebook page, or on Twitter @WritersBone.

Brookline Booksmith Presents Joe Hill, Kat Howard, Thomas Olde Heuvelt, and Paul Tremblay

“I figured out I wanted to murder people in really inventive ways. I wound up doing it with words instead of latex. ”
— Joe Hill

Filmmaker Lexi Alexander

“Hollywood isn’t a level playing field for anyone, but for women and minorities, we’re not even on it. We’re just trying to get to the playing field.”

Producer and Screenwriter Scott Mosier 

“If you’re not surprising yourself, you’re probably not surprising anyone else. ”

Long Beach Homicide Series Author Tyler Dilts

“Whenever I’m writing about my home turf of Long Beach, I never get lost.”

'Quarry' Creators Michael Fuller and Graham Gordy

“We got into writing as an excuse to do research.”

Screenwriter Randi Mayem Singer

“You bring your life into everything even if it has fairies, genies, or elves.”

Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author Richard Russo

“Get better, get better, and don’t think about anything other than getting better.”

Country Music Artist and Author Kasey Lansdale

“If I keep doing the things I love, that’s what people connect to.”

This Side of Providence Author Rachel Harper

“No writing is a waste. I learn something from my mistakes.”

Author Nicole Blades

“Use your own voice to write the stories you would want to read.”

‘Star Trek Beyond’ Screenwriter Doug Jung

“More than anything it was, ‘Let’s just tell a damn good story.”

Remembering Michelle McNamara

“Write every day. You get better every time you do it.”

Author Kristopher Jansma

“The crazy thing about living in a city like this is that you’re always bumping up
against it.”

Author and Screenwriter Phoef Sutton

“You have to have stuff to show people when the opportunity comes up.”

Author Jay Atkinson

“If you’re not passionate about a subject matter, you shouldn’t pursue it because the work will be labor.”

Episode 157: Best-Selling Author Wally Lamb

Wally Lamb, best-selling author of She’s Come Undone, I Know This Much Is True, We Are Water, and the recently published I’ll Take You There, talks to Daniel Ford about how his family ignited his passion for storytelling, his pokey writing style, his partnership with Metabook, and what inspired I’ll Take You There.

To learn more about Wally Lamb, visit his official website, like his Facebook page, or follow him on Twitter @WallyLambAuthor. Also read our first interview with the author. 

Today's episode is brought to you by Scrivener. Scrivener combines all the writing tools you need to craft your first draft, from nascent notion to final full stop. Visit the app's official website for more details.

Today's episode is brought to you by Scrivener. Scrivener combines all the writing tools you need to craft your first draft, from nascent notion to final full stop. Visit the app's official website for more details.

Episode 156: Screenwriter William Wisher Jr.

William Wisher Jr.—whose credits include “Terminator 2: Judgment Day,” “Judge Dredd,” and “I.T.”—talks to Sean Tuohy about his path to becoming a screenwriter, working as a script doctor, his screenwriting process, working with James Cameron on the Terminator movies, and why he’s always learning new things having to do with filmmaking.

To learn more about William Wisher Jr., like his Facebook page.

Today's episode is brought to you by Scrivener. Scrivener combines all the writing tools you need to craft your first draft, from nascent notion to final full stop. Visit the app's official website for more details.

Today's episode is brought to you by Scrivener. Scrivener combines all the writing tools you need to craft your first draft, from nascent notion to final full stop. Visit the app's official website for more details.

Episode 155: Newseum’s Gene Policinski Discusses the Future of Journalism

Episode 155: Newseum’s Gene Policinski Discusses the Future of Journalism

Gene Policinski, longtime journalist, chief operating officer for the Newseum Institute, and senior vice president of the First Amendment Center, talks to Daniel Ford about 2016 Presidential Election coverage, why we need more shoe-leather reporting, and what lessons news organizations, editors, and reporters need to learn to keep the profession relevant and necessary in the future.

Episode 154: Author Nicole Blades

Nicole Blades, author of The Thunder Beneath Us and Earth’s Waters, talks to Daniel Ford about her lifelong love of reading and writing, how she developed the character Best Lightburn, and why writers need to use their own voices to write the stories they would want to read.

To learn more about Nicole Blades, visit her official website, like her Facebook page, or follow her on Twitter (@NicoleBlades) and Instagram (@nicole_blades). Also read Lindsey Wojcik's first interview with the author, as well as our review of The Thunder Beneath Us.

Episode 153: ‘American Pastoral’ Screenwriter John Romano

Screenwriter John Romano—whose credits include “The Lincoln Lawyer,” “Nights in Rodanthe,” "Intolerable Cruelty,” and Ewan McGregor’s directorial debut “American Pastoral”—talks to Daniel Ford about his early love for books, how he caught the screenwriting bug and moved to Los Angeles, and the challenges he faced in adapting Philip Roth’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel.

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Episode 152: ‘Hacksaw Ridge’ Screenwriter Robert Schenkkan

Pulitzer Prize- and Tony Award-winning screenwriter and playwright Robert Schenkkan—whose credits include “All the Way,” “The Pacific,” “The Quiet American,” and the upcoming “Hacksaw Ridge”—talks to Sean Tuohy about his career and how he helped bring U.S. Army medic Desmond T. Doss’s story to the screen.

To learn more about Robert Schenkkan, visit his official website or follow him on Twitter @ROBERTSCHENKKAN. “Hacksaw Ridge” premieres Nov. 4.

Today's episode is brought to you by Final Draft. Final Draft is the industry standard in screenwriting software. Visit www.finaldraft.com for more details.

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Episode 151: Academy Award-Winning Screenwriter Ted Tally

Screenwriter Ted Tally—who won an Oscar for his screenplay for “Silence of the Lambs,” and whose other credits include “Red Dragon,” All the Pretty Horses,” and “The Juror”—talks to Sean Tuohy about the influence acting and theater had on his early career, transitioning from playwright to screenwriter, how he became involved with “Silence of the Lambs,” and why any time writing is never wasted.

It’s well worth watching Ted Tally’s Oscar acceptance speech. Good things are most definitely worth the wait!

Today's episode is brought to you by Final Draft. Final Draft is the industry standard in screenwriting software. Visit www.finaldraft.com for more details.

Today's episode is brought to you by Final Draft. Final Draft is the industry standard in screenwriting software. Visit www.finaldraft.com for more details.

Episode 150: Author and Journalist Tom Shroder

Tom Shroder, award-winning journalist, writer, and editor, talks to Daniel Ford about his early desire to be a writer, why he got into journalism, and what inspired him to tell his grandfather’s story in The Most Famous Writer Who Ever Lived: A True Story of My Family.

To learn more about Tom Shroder, visit his official website or follow him on Twitter @tomshroder.

Episode 149: Author and Screenwriter Phoef Sutton

Author and screenwriter Phoef Sutton—whose screenwriting credits include “Cheers,” “Boston Legal,” and “Terriers,” and whose fiction titles include Curious Minds (written with Janet Evanovich) 15 Minutes to Live, Crush, and the upcoming Heart Attack and Vine —talks to Daniel Ford about how he broke into television, his screenwriting process, why he loves writing fiction, and why aspiring writers need to write all the time.  

To learn more about Phoef Sutton, visit his official website, like his Facebook page, or follow him on Twitter @phoefsutton.

Today's episode is brought to you by Final Draft. Final Draft is the industry standard in screenwriting software. Visit www.finaldraft.com for more details.

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Episode 148: Screenwriter Chris Sparling

Chris Sparling, whose credits include “Mercy,” “Buried,” and “ATM,” talks to Sean Tuohy about his journey from Providence, R.I. to Hollywood, how he developed and produced his early films, how his screenwriting process has evolved, and why he still feels like he has something to prove as a screenwriter, director, and filmmaker.

To learn more about Chris Sparling, follow him on Twitter @chrissparling. Also be sure to check out the trailer for "Mercy," which comes out on Netflix in November! 

Today's episode is brought to you by Final Draft. Final Draft is the industry standard in screenwriting software. Visit www.finaldraft.com for more details.

Today's episode is brought to you by Final Draft. Final Draft is the industry standard in screenwriting software. Visit www.finaldraft.com for more details.

Episode 147: Screenwriter Randi Mayem Singer

Randi Mayem Singer, whose screenwriting credits include “Mrs. Doubtfire” and “Tooth Fairy,” talks about her early love of writing, how she went from journalism to screenwriting, writing original material versus taking assignments, and the questions she has to answer before writing any script.

You can follow Randi Mayem Singer @rmayemsinger.

Today's episode is brought to you by Final Draft. Final Draft is the industry standard in screenwriting software. Visit www.finaldraft.com for more details.

Today's episode is brought to you by Final Draft. Final Draft is the industry standard in screenwriting software. Visit www.finaldraft.com for more details.

Episode 146: 'Quarry' Creators Michael Fuller and Graham Gordy

Michael Fuller and Graham Gordy, creators of Cinemax's new show "Quarry," talk to Sean Tuohy about how they brought Max Allen Collins's Quarry to life on the screen, recreating the 1970s, and why Vietnam veterans' experiences play a central role in their show.

To learn more about Michael Fuller and Graham Gordy, follow them on Twitter @michaeldfuller and @grahamgordy. You can watch "Quarry" Fridays at 10 p.m. on Cinemax. Also, as Michael and Graham mentioned during the interview, Episode 1 is free on YouTube!

Today's episode is brought to you by Final Draft. Final Draft is the industry standard in screenwriting software. Visit www.finaldraft.com for more details.

Today's episode is brought to you by Final Draft. Final Draft is the industry standard in screenwriting software. Visit www.finaldraft.com for more details.

Episode 145: Country Music Artist and Author Kasey Lansdale

Kasey Lansdale, country music artist and author, talks to Sean Tuohy about how she’s always wanted to be an entertainer, what it’s like working with her father (author Joe R. Lansdale), and her new EP “Leave Her Wild.”

Photo credit: Alex Huggan

To learn more about Kasey Lansdale, visit her official website, like her Facebook page, subscribe to her YouTube channel, or follow her on Twitter @KaseyLansdale and Instagram @kaseylansdale.

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Episode 144: Filmmaker Lexi Alexander

Lexi Alexander, whose credits include “Punisher: War Zone,” “Lifted,” and “Green Street Hooligans,” talks to Sean Tuohy about how she got her start in filmmaking, why martial arts are an important part of her identity, and fighting against Hollywood’s diversity issues.

To learn more about Lexi Alexander, visit her official website or follow her on Twitter @Lexialex.

Today's episode is brought to you by Final Draft. Final Draft is the industry standard in screenwriting software. Visit www.finaldraft.com for more details.

Today's episode is brought to you by Final Draft. Final Draft is the industry standard in screenwriting software. Visit www.finaldraft.com for more details.

Episode 143: Long Beach Homicide Series Author Tyler Dilts

Tyler Dilts, author of the widely popular Long Beach Homicide series, talks to Sean Tuohy about his new book Come Twilight, his plans for the series, how he's gone about developing his characters, taking time to appreciate the world he's built, and, of course, Danny Beckett's favorite food haunts.

To learn more about Tyler Dilts, visit his Amazon page, like his Facebook page, or follow him on Twitter @tylerdilts. Also listen to our first podcast interview with the author.

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Episode 142: Producer and Screenwriter Scott Mosier

Producer/screenwriter/movie manimal Scott Mosier, whose credits include “Clerks,” "Good Will Hunting," “Chasing Amy,” “Dogma,” “Milius,” “A Band Called Death,” and “Ultimate Spider-Man,” talks to Sean Tuohy about what inspired him to get into filmmaking, the differences between producing a documentary versus a feature, exploring other storytelling mediums to inform your own work, and the challenge filmmakers face trying to surprise today’s media-saturated moviegoers.

To learn more about Scott Mosier, visit smodcast.com or follow him on Twitter @smosier.

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Episode 141: Author Julia Claiborne Johnson

Julia Claiborne Johnson, author of the wonderfully heartfelt Be Frank With Me, talks to Daniel Ford about the typewriter that inspired her to become a writer, her writing process, how she shopped her debut novel, and what’s she’s learned while promoting Be Frank With Me.

To learn more about Julia Claiborne Johnson, like her Facebook page or follow her on Twitter @JuliaClaiborneJ. Also read our first interview with the author, as well as check out our review of Be Frank With Me.

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