How To Write The Future

“Welcome back for another top five favorite interviews episode. I'm going to introduce each one. Hope you enjoy them. And stay tuned for a little goody at the end.” In this special episode of How To Write the Future podcast, host Beth Barany shares clips from five of her favorite interviews featuring Russell Nohelty, Joe Tankersley, Denise Baden, Nina Hart, and one of the Paper Lantern Writer...

“Highlighting today five of my favorite interviews from the past of How To Write The Future.” In this special episode of How To Write the Future podcast, host Beth Barany shares clips from five of her favorite interviews from past episodes featuring Keri Kruspe, Cat Tully, Sarah Elisabeth Sawyer, and Melissa Clarke-Reynolds. Beth also invites listeners to share your favorite episodes on Instagram,...

“It seems like really the first step for writers is focus on the solution. Focus on what experts are saying, are doing, are thinking, are discussing, and then write toward that-- the resolution.” -Denise Baden In this episode of the "How To Write The Future" podcast, “ Inspire Green Behaviors with Denise Baden, Part 2 ,” host Beth Barany discusses with Denise Baden, a professor of sustai...

“First, it's about imagination. What can we imagine better? And then it's about, well, how can we change our incentive systems? How can we change our systems with policies, different incentives?” - Beth Barany In this episode of the "How To Write The Future" podcast, “What is Thrutopia with Denise Baden, part 1,” host Beth Barany discusses with Denise Baden, a professor of sust...

"It took me a while to get to this point, but I printed out my entire manuscript. And held it in my hands. And that was incredible. Just to feel the weight of all those pages." - Beth Barany In this episode of "How To Write The Future" podcast, “73. NaNoWriMo is nearly over. So now what?” host Beth Barany discusses with her husband, fellow author, Ezra Barany, what to do after...

“We're in a time where if we continue to believe only in the negative possibilities, then we won't make the effort to create positive tomorrows.” - Joe Tankersley In “Episode 72. Making the World Better with Storytelling featuring Joe Tankersley , ” host Beth Barany, creativity coach, teacher, and science fiction and fantasy novelist, talks to storyteller and professional futurist, Joe T...

“So here instead of telling and this is kind of an advanced tool to be a deep point of view is that we don't want to say she felt or she thought, but we could just show by saying: there was, and that's one way to do it. There was is not the most elegant term but this keeps us in her point of view because we don't go around thinking, I'm thinking, I'm feeling it, right? We...

“Stories come alive when they're told from the perspective of a character.” In “ 70. Editing Tips to Help You Avoid Information Overload ” host Beth Barany, creativity coach, teacher, and science fiction and fantasy novelist, answers a listener's question about when to stop adding ideas to your story and if it’s possible to kill your story by overworking it. Beth also invites you to come...

“I'm going to show you how I edit my own work and make sure that my world-building is grounded and yet doesn't take away from the pacing.” In “Episode 69. Intuitive Editing Your Fiction with Beth Barany ” host Beth Barany, science fiction and fantasy novelist, creativity coach, and writing teacher, shares a live edit of her own work. Also, she invites writers to sign up for her Story Suc...

“The other thing that I do is I doodle. I've been doodling my whole life. Raise your hand if you love to doodle.” In “Episode 68.  On the Creative Mindset with Beth Barany ” host Beth Barany, creativity coach, teacher, and science fiction and fantasy novelist, answers a question from a listener and shares the tools she uses to stay in the creative zone or for when she takes a break from writi...

“So space elevators really sparked my imagination and are one of the underpinnings or infrastructure of my world.” In “Episode 67. Inspiration for the Janey McCallister Mystery series ” host Beth Barany, creativity coach, teacher, and science fiction and fantasy novelist, shares how she was inspired to start her sci-fi mystery series and gives insight into how to write your setting for science fic...

“It is about technology, but it's really about where the industry is going in one to three years and how you can take advantage of it.” — Russell Nohelty In “Episode 66. The Future of Publishing with Russell Nohelty, ” host Beth Barany, creativity coach, teacher, and science fiction and fantasy novelist, talks to bestselling fantasy author, publisher, and podcast host Russell Nohelty to discu...

"You're not doing marketing wrong, you're doing the wrong marketing." - Russell Nohelty In “Episode 65. Author Ecosystem with Russell Nohelty, part 2 ” host Beth Barany, creativity coach, teacher, and science fiction and fantasy novelist, talks to bestselling fantasy author, publisher, and podcast host Russell Nohelty to discuss in more detail the different types from the autho...

“I'm a sprinter. I want to run fast and then recover for like weeks, months, and then do it again". - Russell Nohelty In “Episode 64. Author Ecosystem with Russell Nohelty, part 1 ” host Beth Barany, creativity coach, teacher, and science fiction and fantasy novelist, talks to bestselling fantasy author, publisher, and podcast host Russel Nohelty, where they discuss the author ecosystem...

“You need to indicate to the reader right away that you are writing a science fiction story.” In “Episode 63. Writing Mystery in a Sci-Fi World,” host Beth Barany, creativity coach and teacher, and science fiction and fantasy novelist shares the difference between how a contemporary mystery novelist and a science-fiction mystery novelist will open their novel. Beth also answers a client’s question...

“To me, when you're writing anything with science fiction, the best way to present that is remembering your human foundation.” In “Episode 62. Science Fiction Romance and AI Tools with Keri Kruspe,” host Beth Barany, creativity coach and teacher, and science fiction and fantasy novelist, talks to science fiction romance author Keri Kruspe about both the positives and negatives of using Chat G...

“If it is your dream to write a novel this year, then I invite you into our plan your novel material.” “I'm asking you to think about the kind of story that you want to write: the genre-- the kinds of things that you customarily see in your genre.” In Ep. 61, “ The Power of Nanowrimo, ” host Beth Barany, creativity coach and teacher, and science fiction and fantasy novelist shares how writing...

“Because I think like so many of us need to unlearn things. And also the process of saying Yes to material and opening the top of your head is, it is a gift, I think, to learn to come to creativity in that way.” In “ Episode 60, Permission to be Creative with Nina Hart (part 2 of 2), ” host Beth Barany, creativity coach and teacher, and science fiction and fantasy novelist, talks to writer, perfor...

"So, I decided I would go back to beginner's mind. I would stop taking classes. I would throw out all of the rules. The hooligan got to come into play at that time, my inner teenager or troublemaker." In “ Episode 59, Bring Playfulness to your Writing with Nina Hart, Part 1, ” host Beth Barany, creativity coach and teacher, and science fiction and fantasy novelist, talks to writer,...

“My motto for myself around research specifically is: if it's not fun, stop doing it.” In “ Episode 58, What Is ‘Enough Research’ for a Science Fiction Novel? ” host Beth Barany, creativity coach, and science fiction and fantasy novelist answers a question from a listener on research for their current novel and shares what she has planned for upcoming episodes on How To Write the Future. ABOU...

“What are you deeply inspired about, are you doing the research on it? Have you figured out who the players are in the current world who are talking about those things, discussing them, studying them, putting out reports on them?” In “ Episode 57, How Space Debris Inspires My Current Novel” host Beth Barany, creativity coach, and science fiction and fantasy novelist discusses one of the things tha...

“Find your audience and announce your creation to the world. Let your light shine. Enlighten us with your beauty, truth, and masterfulness.” In “ The Creative Process: Beginnings, Middles, and Ends ” host Beth Barany, creativity coach, and science fiction and fantasy novelist reads from her book ‘Overcome Writer’s Block’ where she explains how knowing your creative process and the stage you’re in...

“One thing we're not super good at as humans is how to be happy, how to plan for the best, how to design for the best.” “-Stories allow us to think about what could be in a positive way and to ask those what-if questions a bout how our civilizations, our cultures, could be designed differently.” In “ Get Writing: Seven Ways to Get Out of Your Own Way ” host Beth Barany, creativity coach, and...

"You can spend as little or as much as you want, and it's really a time and money equation.” In “ Self-Publish Your Novel in a Nutshell ” host Beth Barany, creativity coach, and science fiction and fantasy novelist shares a short summary of the key elements you need to self-publish your novel including resources that can help prepare you for your publishing journey. ABOUT THE HOW TO WRIT...

“To be an artist, we must step away from the norm to be able to see it for what it is. A collection of rules past generations used to navigate their world.” In “ The Risk of Living a Creative Life: Should vs. What? ” host Beth Barany, creativity coach, and science fiction and fantasy novelist shares how to have the courage to step away from your past into a creative new world and shares some actio...