How Story Works

Show notes : Get your free digital copy of How Story Works Learn more about the Running of the WIPs Subscribe to The Running of the WIPs Apply for the 2025 Year of Writing Magically workshop Subscribe to the Dear Writer Substack Subscribe to the Dear Writer podcast RSS feed Support Chipperish on Patreon ! Support Chipperish by shopping on Amazon using this link ! How Story Works is a Chipperish Me...

Show notes : Get your free digital copy of How Story Works Learn more about the Running of the WIPs Subscribe to The Running of the WIPs Apply for the 2025 Year of Writing Magically workshop Subscribe to the Dear Writer Substack Subscribe to the Dear Writer podcast RSS feed Support Chipperish on Patreon ! Support Chipperish by shopping on Amazon using this link ! How Story Works is a Chipperish Me...

Show notes : Get your free digital copy of How Story Works Learn more about the Running of the WIPs Subscribe to The Running of the WIPs Apply for the 2025 Year of Writing Magically workshop Subscribe to the Dear Writer Substack Subscribe to the Dear Writer podcast RSS feed Support Chipperish on Patreon ! Support Chipperish by shopping on Amazon using this link ! How Story Works is a Chipperish Me...

Show notes : Get your free digital copy of How Story Works Learn more about the Running of the WIPs Subscribe to The Running of the WIPs Apply for the 2025 Year of Writing Magically workshop Subscribe to the Dear Writer Substack Subscribe to the Dear Writer podcast RSS feed Support Chipperish on Patreon ! Support Chipperish by shopping on Amazon using this link ! How Story Works is a Chipperish Me...

Show notes : Get your free digital copy of How Story Works Learn more about the Running of the WIPs Subscribe to The Running of the WIPs Apply for the 2025 Year of Writing Magically workshop Subscribe to the Dear Writer Substack Subscribe to the Dear Writer podcast RSS feed Support Chipperish on Patreon ! Support Chipperish by shopping on Amazon using this link ! How Story Works is a Chipperish Me...

Show notes : Get your free digital copy of How Story Works Learn more about the Running of the WIPs Subscribe to The Running of the WIPs Apply for the 2025 Year of Writing Magically workshop Subscribe to the Dear Writer Substack Subscribe to the Dear Writer podcast RSS feed Support Chipperish on Patreon ! Support Chipperish by shopping on Amazon using this link ! How Story Works is a Chipperish Me...

Show notes : Get your free digital copy of How Story Works Learn more about the Running of the WIPs Subscribe to The Running of the WIPs Apply for the 2025 Year of Writing Magically workshop Subscribe to the Dear Writer Substack Subscribe to the Dear Writer podcast RSS feed Support Chipperish on Patreon ! Support Chipperish by shopping on Amazon using this link ! How Story Works is a Chipperish Me...

Show notes : Get your free digital copy of How Story Works Learn more about the Running of the WIPs Subscribe to The Running of the WIPs Apply for the 2025 Year of Writing Magically workshop Subscribe to the Dear Writer Substack Subscribe to the Dear Writer podcast RSS feed Support Chipperish on Patreon ! Support Chipperish by shopping on Amazon using this link ! How Story Works is a Chipperish Me...

Show notes : Get your free digital copy of How Story Works Learn more about the Running of the WIPs Subscribe to The Running of the WIPs Apply for the 2025 Year of Writing Magically workshop Subscribe to the Dear Writer Substack Subscribe to the Dear Writer podcast RSS feed Support Chipperish on Patreon ! Support Chipperish by shopping on Amazon using this link ! How Story Works is a Chipperish Me...

Show notes: Lani returns to the How Story Works mic to update everyone on her novels-in-progress and announce a new 10-month writing challenge designed to help writers get their drafts done, The Running of the WIPs ! Learn more about the Running of the WIPs Subscribe to The Running of the WIPs Visit the new How Story Works website Apply for the 2025 Year of Writing Magically workshop Subscribe to...

NOTE: A mistake was made in the original posting of this episode; this is the correct audio file. My apologies! Lani talks about the progress she made--and didn’t make--on her writing retreat to New York, shares the Year of Writing Magically writing schedule, and talks about the emotional work writers must do to prepare for a long-form fiction project. Show notes: Apply to be part of the Year of W...

Lani talks about the progress she made--and didn’t make--on her writing retreat to New York, shares the Year of Writing Magically writing schedule, and talks about the emotional work writers must do to prepare for a long-form fiction project. Show notes: Apply to be part of the Year of Writing Magically 2024 cohort Not ready to apply? Sign up for the Year of Writing Magically (very occasional) new...

Lani sits down with marketing professional and author Joshua Unruh to talk about how to market yourself as an indie author, and his experience as part of the 2023 Year of Writing Magically cohort. Show notes: Check out Trusted Housesitters Sign up for the Year of Writing Magically pre-workshop workshop ! Apply to be part of the 2024 Year of Writing Magically cohort ! Get your copy of How Story Wor...

Lani sits down with writer Melina Kantor to talk about how sometimes the problem with our writing isn’t actually with our writing, but how we think about our writing. Show notes: Visit the new How Story Works website Apply for the 2024 Year of Writing Magically workshop Subscribe to the Dear Writer Substack Subscribe to the Dear Writer podcast RSS feed Get your copy of How Story Works ! Support Ch...

Lani gets quick and dirty with Mignon Fogarty, aka Grammar Girl, as they talk about the most powerful things people can do to improve their writing and how email is absolutely NOT obsolete. Check out Mignon Fogarty at Quick and Dirty Tips ! Get the How Story Works ebook or paperback Get the How Story Works audiobook free with a new Audible subscription Get the Dear Writer newsletter! Support Chipp...

Sometimes you get 70 pages into a book and just... stop. Author Cara Stevens, best known for children's picture books, joins Lani to talk about her struggle to get past the muddy middle and finally finish a complete full-length draft. Learn more about Cara Stevens and Picture Perfect ! Get the How Story Works ebook or paperback Get the How Story Works audiobook free with a new Audible subscription...

Lani talks about her latest adventures, and blocks, in her writing process, and then talks to writer and podcaster Brandon Saiz about how his recent ADHD diagnosis opened up writing for him in new and surprising ways. Show notes: Get on the mailing list to be notified when applications open for 2024’s Year of Writing Magically Sign up for Lani’s free Dear Writer newsletter Sign up for Brandon Saiz...

Lani returns to talk about the drafting process, forgetting to do her homework, and what it's like to return to an active writing process after a long break. Get the How Story Works ebook or paperback Get the How Story Works audiobook free with a new Audible subscription Get the Dear Writer newsletter! Support Chipperish on Patreon ! Support Chipperish by shopping on Amazon using this link ! How S...

In the newest episode of #HowStoryWorks, Lani interviews Mary Kate Wiles, Sean Persaud and Sinead Persaud about going independent as creatives. Also, updates on the Year of Writing Magically and Lani’s Dear Writer Substack. Show notes: Learn more about Shipwrecked Comedy Subscribe to Dear Writer Be the first to know when applications open for the 2024 Year of Writing Magically Workshop  Get your c...

This month, Lani is thinking about magic and muses, and James Bond! In an interview with Kim Sherwood, the author selected by the Ian Fleming estate to update the James Bond franchise, Lani and Kim talk about writing process, the value of ritual, and writing in Agatha Christie's house. Show notes: Order " A Wild and True Relation" from Lighthouse Books Double or Nothing by Kim Sherwood Learn more...

It’s time to talk about magic, sleep and philosophy, and how all of that looks through a writer’s lens in the new episode of “How Story Works.” Show notes: Elizabeth Gilbert’s Big Magic A Year of Writing Magically Dear Writer Dr. Carl’s Sleep Advice No screens in the bedroom Wake up at the same time every day No naps Get your copy of How Story Works ! Support Chipperish on Patreon ! Support Chippe...

In the first solo HSW episode in years, Lani Diane Rich talks about the past and the future and the wonderful Alice Wu movie, " The Half of It ." Get the How Story Works ebook or paperback Get the How Story Works audiobook free with a new Audible subscription Get the Dear Writer newsletter! Support Chipperish on Patreon ! Support Chipperish by shopping on Amazon using this link ! How Story Works i...

This week, Lani and Kelly talk about basic three-act, seven-anchor-scene structure. It’s not the only structure that will work, but it’s the one that will help you understand how structure works. Bookmark this one! Get the How Story Works ebook or paperback Get the How Story Works audiobook free with a new Audible subscription Get the Dear Writer newsletter! Support Chipperish on Patreon ! Support...

Learn more about Percolated Media Get the How Story Works ebook or paperback Get the How Story Works audiobook free with a new Audible subscription Get the Dear Writer newsletter! Support Chipperish on Patreon ! Support Chipperish by shopping on Amazon using this link ! How Story Works is a Chipperish Media production by Lani Diane Rich with Dr. Kelly Jones, and is released under a Creative Common...