The Story Studio Podcast - Writing, Storytelling, and Marketing Advice for Writers & Business
Summary: Stories turn songs into symphonies, events into memories, and lives into legends. In our crowded world, “knowing your story” cuts through the noise so you can make your mark — whether you want to sell more books, increase profits, or just make a difference. At Sterling & Stone, Story is our business. The Story Studio Podcast is where we explore ways we can all tell our stories better.
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- Artist: Johnny B. Truant, Sean Platt, and David Wright
- Copyright: Copyright 2013 Sterling & Stone, LLC
Podcasts:
Today, the guys talk to Cameron Drew, who works for a company that allows writers to create soundtracks for their writing – not just music but multi-layered sound. Want immersion? This is how you get it, for the writer and the reader. Something cool: Dave’s is that they published a book this week – The […]
Today, the guys talk about their goals and resolutions for 2016. Dave was strangely enthusiastic. Something cool: Sean’s new fav book is ‘Level Up Your Life,’ Johnny’s is the Smarter Artist Summit and his new Fitbit, and Sean stole Dave’s cool thing. The guys talk goals, and how you can train your brain to disvalue […]
Social media has been something the guys at Sterling and Stone haven’t pursued a lot, but that’s changing. The value of social media is obvious, so today, they talk with social media expert Tara Jacobsen. Are you guilty of some of the biggest mistakes authors make? Something cool: Dave is reading fiction by Jason Gurley; […]
Hugh Howie, John Locke, Amanda Hawkins… these are writers that are known for something we all wish would happen to us. They all started out self-publishing their books and ended up becoming household names (well, if your house is full of voracious readers, I guess). This week we’re replaying one of the greatest success stories […]
Today, we’re replaying one of our most popular episodes, featuring the bestselling author and RABID Self Publishing Podcast fan — who may or may not have credited all of her success to the three of us on this podcast — CJ Lyons. CJ gave us a ton of very practical enhancements and details on some familiar […]
Today the guys talk with Leslie Watts about writing with ‘guts.’ It’s okay to be vulnerable, to share your work, and to open to feedback. Leslie gets vulnerable and shares her thoughts on being quiet and thoughtful, on how she helps others get over their fears, and more. Something cool: StoryShop funded, Sean saw the […]
While ‘rescue’ is probably too harsh a word, but for this episode, Johnny, Sean, and Dave will be taking a look at how to recalibrate your writing career. NaNoWriMo is over, and it’s inevitable that you’ll take a look back over the year and think about what you’ve done, or haven’t done. But it’s not […]
Johnny B. Truant talks with Podium Publishing’s James Tonn, who has been involved with Sterling and Stone’s audiobooks. Today they talk about being a creative entrepreneur. Learn about leveraging your successes to jump to even better situations, and more. 1. What makes you want to take the risks you take to be fiercely entrepreneurial? 2. […]
Today, Monica Leonelle joins the guys to talk about story structure and how to really nail down the story you want to tell, and your readers want to enjoy. From story format to a writing framework, and theme to symbols and ideas, get Monica’s perspective on writing well. Something cool: Charlie Kaufman is SO interesting; […]
Dave is MIA and Sean’s voice is broken, so the guys call in Garrett who has the next loudest voice in the company. They talk about story and world planning, how to develop your world as you go, and how series work into that. Something cool: Johnny’s new morning routine, and Sean’s weird conversation with […]
It’s tough to keep your creativity in the face of terrible habits and mismanagement of your energy and will-power. Today, Johnny, Sean, and Dave talk about the ways they stay creative and build positive habits as they work to write better stories, faster. Something cool: Sean’s ‘Sex at Dawn’ and Dave’s favorite TV shows Bad […]
Ever wonder if you can Kickstart you next book? Today, Johnny, Sean, and Dave talk with David Bruns and Jon Olson about how YOU can fund your writing with Kickstarter. It’s not as complicated as you might think, but there are definitely some objections to doing it. Is it right for you? Find out! Something […]
Today, Johnny, Sean, and Dave welcome bestselling author James Altucher and talk about life, craigslist, self-publishing, a traditional publishing trash-fest, and what it means to choose yourself. They also talk about how to be creative – and how honoring that part of yourself can help you out of almost any rut. Something cool: The Walking […]
Though the guys tend to call bullshit on writer’s block, they’ve had a taste of it themselves. Today, Johnny, Sean, and Dave, talk about the ways they beat writer’s block in their constant pursuit of writing better stories, faster. A very brief update on StoryShop – HALFWAY funded! Something cool: Sean loves his unicorn, and […]
Today’s show is all about Sterling and Stone’s new app, StoryShop, which promises to be the type of app that will help you write better stories, faster! This app isn’t meant to replace any of your favorite apps like Scrivener, but to work in tandem with them. In fact, you can export directly to Scrivener! […]
