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The Failing Writers Podcast

The Failing Writers Podcast

Join these success-starved wordwranglers as they stumble towards their shared ambition: to become proper writers!Learning from guests like bestselling authors and BAFTA-winning writers. Setting themselves writing tasks and trying to improve their craft. Discussing how to get past all the things that stop us writing. And hopefully taking you on a journey with them to become successful writers! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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30:42

Anything 4 U - Ep6 - Finished

The Failing Writers Podcast ·

2025/03/24

Hello Worldwrights, The Failing Writers are now on a little sabbatical, plotting, (or possibly pantsing) the next season of the podcast and maybe... maybe... even writing some stuff? I'd like to think so anyway.In absentia, they've decided to bring you all 6 episodes of Anything 4 U, which some of you may remember being occasionally mentioned on the podcast.Yes... it's the lost classic.... The cult hit that got away... it's Dave's radio sitcom! Here to entertain you while you wait for the new

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31:18

Anything 4 U - Ep5 - Tipped

The Failing Writers Podcast ·

2025/03/10

Hello Worldwrights, The Failing Writers are now on a little sabbatical, plotting, (or possibly pantsing) the next season of the podcast and maybe... maybe... even writing some stuff? I'd like to think so anyway.In absentia, they've decided to bring you all 6 episodes of Anything 4 U, which some of you may remember being occasionally mentioned on the podcast.Yes... it's the lost classic.... The cult hit that got away... it's Dave's radio sitcom! Here to entertain you while you wait for the new

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26:40

Anything 4 U - Ep4 - Swabbed

The Failing Writers Podcast ·

2025/02/24

Hello Worldwrights, The Failing Writers are now on a little sabbatical, plotting, (or possibly pantsing) the next season of the podcast and maybe... maybe... even writing some stuff? I'd like to think so anyway.In absentia, they've decided to bring you all 6 episodes of Anything 4 U, which some of you may remember being occasionally mentioned on the podcast.Yes... it's the lost classic.... The cult hit that got away... it's Dave's radio sitcom! Here to entertain you while you wait for the new

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26:41

Anything 4 U - Ep3 - Catered

The Failing Writers Podcast ·

2025/02/10

Hello Worldwrights, The Failing Writers are now on a little sabbatical, plotting, (or possibly pantsing) the next season of the podcast and maybe... maybe... even writing some stuff? I'd like to think so anyway.In absentia, they've decided to bring you all 6 episodes of Anything 4 U, which some of you may remember being occasionally mentioned on the podcast.Yes... it's the lost classic.... The cult hit that got away... it's Dave's radio sitcom! Here to entertain you while you wait for the new

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25:30

Anything 4 U - Ep2 - Dumped

The Failing Writers Podcast ·

2025/01/27

Hello Worldwrights, The Failing Writers are now on a little sabbatical, plotting, (or possibly pantsing) the next season of the podcast and maybe... maybe... even writing some stuff? I'd like to think so anyway.In absentia, they've decided to bring you all 6 episodes of Anything 4 U, which some of you may remember being occasionally mentioned on the podcast.Yes... it's the lost classic.... The cult hit that got away... it's Dave's radio sitcom! Here to entertain you while you wait for the new

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28:33

Anything 4 U - Ep1 - Stripped

The Failing Writers Podcast ·

2025/01/13

Hello Worldwrights, The Failing Writers are now on a little sabbatical, plotting, (or possibly pantsing) the next season of the podcast and maybe... maybe... even writing some stuff? I'd like to think so anyway.In absentia, they've decided to bring you all 6 episodes of Anything 4 U, which some of you may remember being occasionally mentioned on the podcast.Yes... it's the lost classic.... The cult hit that got away... it's Dave's radio sitcom! Here to entertain you while you wait for the new

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1:05:17

S4 Ep27 A Stroll Down Memory Lane

The Failing Writers Podcast ·

2025/01/06

Hello and happy new year, you lovely lot.Please allow us a moment of self indulgence now, as all three of us bring you a bonus episode looking back on where we were 4 years ago, when we first began this lovely little writing / podcasting project.Because for some inexplicable reason, we've decided to take our first ever episode and provide a kind of 'director's commentary' over it.There will be cringing. There will be self-reflection. There might even be the odd moment of pride - as we look back at

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35:44

S4 Ep26 Flash Fiction Competition Runners Up 2024

The Failing Writers Podcast ·

2024/12/30

This week we have a look at the rest of our festive flash fiction competition shortlist.Warning:They’re upsettingly good.Any one of them, frankly, could have won.Which must rankle somewhat.Thankfully though, this is the moment they can shine.Here were the winners (Announced last week):Katie Holloway:https://loseyourselfbooks.wordpress.com/James Montgomoryhttps://www.jamesmontgomerywrites.comJohn R Preston.And here are the incredible Shortlisters:Camilla Cassidy:https://camillacassidy.co.ukGenevieve

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43:08

S4 Ep25 Festive Flash Fiction WINNER

The Failing Writers Podcast ·

2024/12/23

Winners winners, turkey dinners!Thanks to the absolute legends at SCRIVENER - https://www.literatureandlatte.com/You can get 20% off a copy by using the code 'failing' until the end of 2024.ORRRRmaybe... just maybe... you've already won a copy, and you don’t know it?Well there's only one way to find out isn't there?by listening to this episode....So come on in and let's find out who's won the Failing Writers Podcast £500 Festive Flash Fiction Final!Whoop whoop! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy

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1:18:02

S4 Ep24 The Lost Art Of Letter Writing

The Failing Writers Podcast ·

2024/12/16

Don't forget you can still get 20% off SCRIVENER using the code 'failing' until the new year - so do that first before you get side-tracked with all the less-important Christmas stuff.OK. Done that? Great. Now listen to this lovely episode featuring the wonderful Amy Daughters talking about how hand written letters can help bring people together.https://www.amydaughters.com/booksNext, find out how Jon & Tom got on with a bit of letter writing ...and then for the sake of balance, lets see what

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1:03:53

S4 Ep23 Resuscitating The Subject of English (pt2)

The Failing Writers Podcast ·

2024/12/09

Time to finish our letter to Bridget Phillipson, and once again thank the incredible teachers we spoke to, and the pupils for their fabulous creative writing.And hey, thank yourself too! Whether you like it or not, you're now part of our powerful army of activists, who are going to help bring about a U-turn in reading and writing!Let's start today - let's put away the smartphones - let's read more - let's volunteer as a paired-reader at a school. Let's big-up teachers - let's write something and

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37:41

S4 Ep22 Resuscitating The Subject of English (pt1)

The Failing Writers Podcast ·

2024/12/02

"Thank goodness for the Failing Writers."A phrase you've no doubt overheard people say quite a lot over the years. At bus stops. Maybe in libraries? At the off licence?No? Not even the off license?Oh.Anyway - not to worry - this week you're ALMOST CERTAIN to hear it, as Jon and Tom slip their pants on over their tights and become SAVIOURS OF THE SUBJECT OF ENGLISH IN SCHOOLS.Yes, we're making it our mission to breathe new life into our favourite school subject and bring back the joy of reading and

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43:53

S4 Ep21: Henry Normal & Performing Poetry

The Failing Writers Podcast ·

2024/11/18

If Tom & Jon wrote poems‘spose it will be assumedThey won’t be as good as Henry’sNormal service will be resumed.In this episode, we meet up with Henry Normal: poet, writer of famous sit-coms, TV producer and poetry festival founder, and have a blummin’ lovely natter.(After we did that - we watched him perform all his lovely poems, so effortlessly. So fluidly. So naturally.And thus, inspired by his performance, we wondered how hard it would be to knock off a quick poem and perform it

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36:35

S4 Ep 20: The Failing Writers Festive Flash Fiction...

The Failing Writers Podcast ·

2024/11/04

Sorry? Did you just say you'd love to enter an almost free* festive flash fiction competition to win £500?I thought you did!Well as coincidence would have it, that is exactly what we've got going on in this very episode.So step this way, my cheeky little word-purveyor, and cast your well oiled ears at our glorious 350 word Flash Fiction Competition.That's it.... yep... cast them freely.... mmmm.... that's the ticket.*I say 'almost free', cos it's only a pound to enter. And we only did that to keep

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1:02:39

S4 Ep19: Ergodic Fiction

The Failing Writers Podcast ·

2024/10/21

What is ergodic literature? Well, it's when a story becomes more than just something you read, and you become part of it.But pretend you haven't read that, so that you can find out from listening to this wonderful episode. In which, we have a chat with "S" co-author Doug Dorst and You Say Which Way author Deb Potter, in our quest to get to the bottom of what ergodic fiction is and why it's so blummin' good. Enjoy!Here's some links for things in the show and

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56:54

S4 Ep18: What do we think of writing retreats?

The Failing Writers Podcast ·

2024/10/07

Should you treat yourself to a writing retreat?If you did it twice would you be re-treating yourself to a writing retreat?If you tweeted about treating yourself to a writers retreat would you be tweeting your re-treat of retreating to a retreat?And if you then re-tweeted your...OK, I'll stop.Tom & Jon not only answer the first of these pressing questions, but as they disappear into the wilderness (sort of) to sample a writers' retreat, they seek to answer the biggest question of all.The one

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1:02:31

S4 Ep17: A Shortcut To Querying Success

The Failing Writers Podcast ·

2024/09/22

Are you querying? or nearly querying? Maybe you’re fearing querying? Or merely getting weary and a bit teary querying? Welllet’s hear from three writers who’ve been down in those querying trenches for a while now.Find out how they're approaching it, what agents' responses have been like and how they’re holding up under pressure.Because when it comes to finding an agent, it’s more often than not, a long and painful process. No matter how talented a writer you are.Byddi Lee:Byddi’s

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46:57

S4 Ep16: Let's put off procrastinating, with Oliver...

The Failing Writers Podcast ·

2024/09/09

... What? Did 2 weeks just fly by since the last episode? No flippin' way.Time, I think, we had a chat about time. The fact that there's never enough of it. Especially for writing.Why is that?Well Oliver Burkeman might just have some answers.Prepare to face the subject of time and limitation face-on.Get ready to completely re-think how we view those precious hours, minutes and seconds. And ask... 'what would happen if we spent less of it worrying about the fact it's running out, and more of it

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44:19

S4 Ep15: How do you know if your writing is good enough?

The Failing Writers Podcast ·

2024/08/26

Well, that’s the summer hiatus done with - and we're back with an episode which asks the question, "how do you know if your writing is good enough?"In an attempt to answer that question, we’re going to be looking at a couple of Tom’s flash fiction stories and asking if, why, and how, one of them is slightly less rubbish than the other. Both stories were entered into the same competition, but only one of them got published. Can Dave guess which one is which? Can YOU guess which one is which? Well, to

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52:44

S4 Ep14: How to become a full-time author... maybe

The Failing Writers Podcast ·

2024/07/08

Do you have what it takes to quit your day job and follow your dreams to become a full time author?Well, there's only one way to find out...and that's to listen to our interview with J C Duncan!Hear how he bravely decided to give himself a year to become a professional writer and, even bravelier, decided to tell everyone about it!Plus home made knives, Vikings and our usual top quality chat!Find out more about our most excellent guest (and check out that sword!) HERE: www.jcduncan.co.uk.Buy his

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