How Writers Write by HappyWriter
How Writers Write is a podcast for creative writers to learn how their favorite writers tell their stories. The podcast's host, Brian Murphy, interviews world-class writers to decode their tips, routines, and motivations for producing best-sellers.
Episodes
202 episodes
Episode 124 - How Matthew Quick Writes
Welcome to the Episode 124 How Matthew Quick Writes Matthew Quick is the New York Times bestselling author of The Silver Linings Playbook
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Episode 124
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Episode 123 - How Deanna Raybourn Writes
Welcome to Episode 123 - How Deanna Raybourn WritesDeanna Raybourn is a 6th-generation native Texan. Her novels have been nominated for numerous awards including two RT Reviewers’ Choice awards, the Agatha, and most recently ...
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Episode 123
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Episode 122 - How Mur Lafferty Writes
Welcome to Episode 122 - How Mur Lafferty WritesMur is a podcaster and writer from Durham, NC. She made her name with podcasting (I Should Be Writing, The Angry Robot Podcast, and Escape Pod, the premier SF podcast magazine) and has wri...
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Episode 122
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Episode 121 - How Alexandra Rowland Writes
Welcome to Episode 121 How Alexandra Rowland WritesAlexandra is the author of several fantasy books, including A Conspiracy Of Truths, A Choir Of Lies, and Some by Virtue Fall, as well as a cohost of the Hugo ...
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Episode 120 - How Alexis Henderson Writes
Welcome to Episode 120 - How Alexis Henderson WritesAlexis is a speculative fiction writer with a penchant for dark fantasy, witchcraft, and cosmic horror. She grew up in one of America’s most haunted cities, Savannah, Georgia, which in...
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Episode 120
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Episode 119 - How Jamie Ford Writes
Welcome to Episode 119 - How Jamie Ford WritesIn this episode, Jamie and I dive into my current favorite topic - writing and reading dystopia. Jamie and I ponder what pulls us into dystopia, and whether or not our generations are more dr...
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Episode 119
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Episode 118 - How Belinda Huijuan Tang Writes
Welcome to the How Writers Write Podcast. I am your host, Brian, and today's guest is Belinda Huijuan Tang. Belinda is a 2021 graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop, where she was a Truman Capote Fellow and recipient of the Michener...
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Episode 117 - How Zoe Sivak Writes
Welcome to Episode 117 - How Zoe Sivak WritesWelcome my friends to a fun, power-packed episode with Zoe Sivak. Zoe Sivak aims to restore diversity to historical narratives. In her writing, she explores famous male figures th...
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Episode 116 - How Mark Tufo Writes
Welcome to episode 116 - How Mark Tufo WritesMark is an author, former Marine, and father. Mark is the author of multiple series, including the wildly popular Zombie Fallout novels. Mark's books are generally written in a first-person na...
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Episode 114 - How Jennifer Probst Writes
Welcome to episode 114 - How Jennifer Probst WritesJennifer is the NYT, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of sexy and erotic contemporary romance. Her book, The Marriage Bargain, spent 26 weeks on the NY Times best se...
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Episode 112 - How Janet Burroway Writes
We're back with Episode 112 - How Janet Burroway Writes Janet Burroway is the author of eight novels as well as short fiction, plays, poetry, essays, texts for dance, and children's books. She is also the author of "Wri...
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Episode 111 - How Deborah Halverson Writes
Welcome to Episode 111, How Deborah Halverson WritesAfter 110 episodes, I finally got to interview an author of one of the "For Dummies books." Mission. Accomplish.Among many other craft books and novels, Deborah wrote the "Writin...
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Episode 110 - How Jordan Rosenfeld Writes
Welcome to Episode 110 - How Jordan Rosenfeld Writes Welcome, my friends, to a wonderful episode with Jordan Rosenfeld. Jordan is a writer, teacher, and coach, as well as the author of many craft writing books. I'm on a deep dive wi...
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Episode 110
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Episode 109 - How Carole Lawrence Writes
Welcome to episode 109, how Carole Lawrence Writes I am so incredibly excited to be back! I took a few months off to rest, get moved, and let my life calm down a bit. And, for the most part, we've settled down into our new town of C...
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Episode 109
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Episode 108 - How J. A. Jance Writes
Welcome to episode 108 - How J. A. Jance Writes.Today's returning guest from episode 63 is JA Jance. J.A. Jance is the New York Times bestselling author of more than 60 novels, including the Ali Reynolds series, the J.P. Be...
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Episode 107 - How Maurice Ruffin Writes
Welcome to episode 107 - How Maurice Ruffin WritesMaurice is the author of The Ones Who Don’t Say They Love You, which was published in August 2021. His first book, We Cast a Shadow, was a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner ...
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Episode 107
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Episode 106 - How Rebecca Ross Writes
Welcome to Episode 106 - How Rebecca Ross WritesWelcome welcome to a special episode with fantasy author Rebecca Ross. Rebecca and I dive into the difference between writing for teens and adults and her journey to becoming a storyteller....
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Episode 105 - How Matt Bell Writes
Welcome to episode 105 - How Matt Bell WritesMatt Bell penned one of my favorite novels of the past year, Appleseed, and so it is kinda like a pinch-me moment to interview Matt for the show. In this podcast, we dive into how to write poe...
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Episode 105
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Episode 104 - How Patti Callahan Writes
Welcome to episode 104 - How Patti Callahan Writes This is the first website intro that I am recording from the comfort of our new home in Charleston, SC. I'm so excited to settle in here and explore this amazing part of the country...
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Episode 103 - How Fiona Davis Writes
Welcome to episode 103 - How Fiona Davis Writes Welcome my friends to a wonderful episode with best-selling historical author Fiona Davis. Join Fiona and I as we jump into what makes New York City just so amazing for writers, how sh...
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Episode 103
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