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.<\/p>\n
Timestamps:<\/p>\n
00:00 Start<\/p>\n
00:41 – Intro<\/p>\n
00:48 – Jason’s experience with YouTube so far<\/p>\n
04:06 – Importance of building a community as a writer<\/p>\n
06:51 – Reviewing other people’s work as an author and negativity<\/p>\n
11:20 – Quitting books and House of Leaves<\/p>\n
13:28 – Style vs Gimmick and Cormac McCarthy<\/p>\n
17:01 – A Song For the End of the World and influences<\/p>\n
24:11 – The Field and young protagonists<\/p>\n
27:40 – YA vs Fiction with young characters<\/p>\n
34:27 – Writing with an end in mind<\/p>\n
36:27 – Writing process<\/p>\n
44:16 – „Compost pile“<\/p>\n
45:03 – Worth 1.000 words<\/p>\n
46:47 – Key takeaways from writing 104 stories in 2 years<\/p>\n
50:25 – Working inside „the box“<\/p>\n
51:01 – Discipline and resistance<\/p>\n
55:26 – How does finishing something feel<\/p>\n
57:56 – The feeling of getting your first book published<\/p>\n
1:00:47 – Editing process and dealing with criticism<\/p>\n
1:08:31 – Publishing Worth 1.000 Words stories collection(s)<\/p>\n
1:10:42 – Testing genres and discovering new directions<\/p>\n
1:11:27 – Writing „marketable“ books and sticking to one genre<\/p>\n
1:19:12 – Dream director\/writer for a movie\/series adaptation<\/p>\n
1:21:47 – Trends in horror, streaming market and „self publishing“ in film<\/p>\n
1:34:09 – Tabletop games, D&D and fiction podcasts<\/p>\n
1:37:11 – Hideo Kojima and the gaming industry<\/p>\n
1:44:22 – People connecting globally<\/p>\n
1:45:51 – What would you say to a younger you<\/p>\n
1:46:37 – Outro<\/p>\n
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