Drunken Pen Writing Podcast

There's a lot to unpack in this episode. We start the cold open off by discussing some... incest in popular fiction. Yeah. Then we follow that up with a conversation about The Stranger by Albert Camus. Once we get to the topic of the day, we go over the important questions you must ask yourself as a writer. This leads us into a more personal discussion about things like depression and the importan...

We start the episode off with a quick character study. Then we talk about Stephen King and his totally terrifying horror story, The Jaunt.  After the cold open, we have a long conversation about the past. More specifically, some of the first books we've read, bought, and how we started our reading journeys. Then we discuss what we think the future of fiction will look like in the hands of Gen Z an...

We open the episode with some current reading and writing business, then we introduce our new music for the podcast! After that, we celebrate our 100th official episode by listening and commenting on a snippet of our very first episode.  We eventually get into the topic at hand, which is book length! How long should your book be and what are the parameters of book length in various genres? We disc...

Well, Caleb went and got himself sick. Lucky for you, you get to listen to him suffer throughout the whole episode!  We start things off by discussing The Batman and what we thought about the movie. After that, we talk about our writing (or lack thereof) and what we've been reading. This is a fairly short but entertaining episode.  Check out our Spring Submissions at www.drunkenpenwriting.com Foll...

Original story by Spencer Church about a man who lives through the apocalypse in a unique way.  Check out the story at Drunken Pen Writing

We start the episode off with a quick conversation about J.R.R. Tolkien's writing style. Eventually, we get onto the topic of how to write a modern story using, or not using, cell phones. It's a lot more interesting topic than we first realized.  Check out our work at www.drunkenpenwriting.com Follow us on Twitter @drunkpenwriting On Instagram @drunkenpenwriting And like us on Facebook @drunkenpen...

We start the episode by discussing the greatest opening paragraphs and lines in literature. After that, we get down to business and take a deep dive into the importance of emotions in your writing. We break down how we go about eliciting emotions in the reader, ways to go about doing so without being boring or over the top, and the art of nuance in your writing.  Check out our work at www.drunkenp...

We start things off with an extra-long cold open where we discuss what books we're reading and how our writing is going. After that, we cover a great article on how to write good reviews and break down the things you need to know to become a good reviewer.  Check out the article at Lithub . You can also read our reviews over at www.drunkenpenwriting.com Make sure to follow us on Twitter @drunkpenw...

For February's Book of the Month, we've chosen to read "Devil in a Blue Dress" by Walter Mosley. We highly recommend you start reading the Easy Rawlins series right away! You won't regret it. 

Caleb reads Brian Abbey's hilarious story, My First Kiss of Shame . An American moves to Romania and attends a party. Things are going alright until the guest of honor shows up. To the American's surprise, that guest turns out to be Lucifer! Even more surprising, or horrifying depending on how you look at it, all the other partygoers begin lining up to take turns kissing Lucifer's anus. And pretty...

This episode is PACKED with great topics! We start things off with a quick bit about the intro of Walter Mosley's The Devil in the Blue Dress. Then we discuss Lord of the Rings and its literary merit.  Once we get to the main topic, we go over the top ten greatest American authors of the 20th century. We cover an interesting list we found online and tweak it to our liking. We end things by discuss...

We start things off with an interesting conversation about Microsoft Word's new "woke" editing feature. After that, we chat it up with some dialogue talk. Finally, we get to the real topic of the day and devote a good portion of the episode to discussing how to reclaim your creative life.  Many of us struggle with creating (in our case, writing) because life seems to always beat us down. It's hard...

We discuss some tips on how to read better and Caleb yells at Spencer for hating poetry. 

If you want to learn how to properly pace your stories, there are probably better ways to do that. But they probably won't be nearly as entertaining.  Check out our work at www.drunkenpenwriting Follow us on Twitter @drunkpenwriting On Instagram @drunkenpenwriting And like us on Facebook @drunkenpenwriting

We open up things by briefly discussing how our writing and reading goals are starting this new year. After that, oh, we get into it! We have a long conversation on an article written about Stephen King recently. In the article, Stephen King has been exposed as being fatphobic and possibly having negative views of women.  Also, make sure to stick around after the outro for a brief bit of absolute...

We start things off with a conversation about languages. After that, we go over the books we've read this past year and what we plan on reading in 2022. Then we talk about our writing goals for the upcoming year, and boy are they lofty!  There's also a discussion about the future of DPW, this podcast, and the possibility of starting new podcasts.  Check out our work at www.drunkenpenwriting.com Fo...

We discuss the final stories in The Elephant Vanishes. One of which turns out to be the weirdest story of them all!  Be sure to listen to the end to get our final rating of The Elephant Vanishes, as well as a quick breakdown of the stories we liked the most.

We talk about 50 of the best books that are under 200 pages. We get a bit ridiculous in this one but we do our best to keep things moving.  You can check out the list at https://lithub.com/50-great-classic-novels-under-200-pages/ Check out our work at www.drunkenpenwriting.com You can follow us on Twitter @drunkpenwriting On Instagram @drunkenpenwriting And like us on Facebook @drunkenpenwriting

We break down three more weird Murakami stories. In this one, we meet a young man who works for a bizarre letter reading company, a guy who has unnerving encounters with the "TV People" who nobody else seems to notice, and a guy who reminisces about all the Chinese people he's ever met in his life.

We open things with a chat about freelance writing jobs. After that, we get into the gritty details of indie publishing, traditional publishing, working with small publishers, and what it all means for us writers.  Check out our work at www.drunkenpenwriting.com Follow us on Twitter @drunkpenwriting On Instagram @drunkenpenwriting And like us on Facebook @drunkenpenwriting

In the stories we cover today, we meet a hopelessly romantic little green monster who falls in love with a dangerous woman. After that, we're dropped into the world of a young man who refuses to grow up while his younger sister plans to get married and live a mature life.

We start today's episode off with a discussion about the use of adverbs in your writing. Specifically, whether you should follow the old adage of cutting them out of your work or if it's not actually that bad to use them. After that, we have a long conversation about purple prose.  For those who don't know, purple prose is essentially overwriting to the point that it harms the story you're telling...

This week we cover three more wild stories from Haruki Murakami's short story collection, The Elephant Vanishes. We meet a man who has a very odd diary, a miserable wife who shops for lederhosen, and a mysterious rich guy who has a passion for burning down random barns. 

We cover a lot of topics in this one. We start off by discussing Professor Tolkien's view on escapism and what we think about people who use entertainment as a means to escape their lives for a bit. That transforms into a quick conversation about media personalities who purposely say and do outlandish things to garner attention.  When we finally get to the topic at hand, we have a wonderful discus...

In today's episode, we discuss three more stories from Haruki Murakami's short story collection, The Elephant Vanishes. In this one, we cover themes of obsession, living a mundane, unfulfilling existence, and weird creeps!