We kick off the Storyline Sessions Podcast with a great conversation with writer Jason Fuhrman. He talked about how he completed 104 stories in 104 weeks, what significance Cormac McCarthy has for his work, the ways in which he battles the resistance and procrastination, key takeaways from publishing two novels, his YouTube experience and many more engaging subjects.

Timestamps:

00:00 Start

00:41 – Intro

00:48 – Jason’s experience with YouTube so far

04:06 – Importance of building a community as a writer

06:51 – Reviewing other people’s work as an author and negativity

11:20 – Quitting books and House of Leaves

13:28 – Style vs Gimmick and Cormac McCarthy

17:01 – A Song For the End of the World and influences

24:11 – The Field and young protagonists

27:40 – YA vs Fiction with young characters

34:27 – Writing with an end in mind

36:27 – Writing process

44:16 – „Compost pile“

45:03 – Worth 1.000 words

46:47 – Key takeaways from writing 104 stories in 2 years

50:25 – Working inside „the box“

51:01 – Discipline and resistance

55:26 – How does finishing something feel

57:56 – The feeling of getting your first book published

1:00:47 – Editing process and dealing with criticism

1:08:31 – Publishing Worth 1.000 Words stories collection(s)

1:10:42 – Testing genres and discovering new directions

1:11:27 – Writing „marketable“ books and sticking to one genre

1:19:12 – Dream director/writer for a movie/series adaptation

1:21:47 – Trends in horror, streaming market and „self publishing“ in film

1:34:09 – Tabletop games, D&D and fiction podcasts

1:37:11 – Hideo Kojima and the gaming industry

1:44:22 – People connecting globally

1:45:51 – What would you say to a younger you

1:46:37 – Outro

You can find Jason at https://www.instagram.com/jasonwfuhrman/

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