How To Write The Future

“My mission for this podcast is to really empower you with tools and resources so that you can sit down and write your story because I believe that our stories really do shape the world. They shape o…

“I create magical tales of romance, mystery, and adventure to empower you to be the hero of your own life.”

In this How To Write the Write Future podcast episode, host Beth Barany shares about her up…

“We all have different life paths and goals and strengths and interests. And I think we need to exercise our imagination and talk to each other about what we would really like for the future.”


In the …

“So conflict is when it's between two very difficult choices that look bad, that feel bad, that are bad, that imply emotional or psychological pain, or of course, physical pain or death. Or conflict …

"When you make an appointment with yourself for your writing, put it in your calendar and treat it as sacred.”


In this week’s How To Write the Future podcast episode, host creativity coach for writers…

“Youth need to be invited to all of the places where adults are, and that's how they learn and that's how they grow and that's how they become adults themselves.”
- Kimberly Nightingale


In this interv…

“We need to exercise our imaginations so that we can create better futures for all of us.”


In this How To Write the Future podcast episode, host Beth Barany shares “Upcoming 2024 Events in the Futuris…

“… I did have that moment like Barbie did, where this existential crisis, this journey to the underworld and I let go of everything and let go of it all. And in the process, I came back to the core a…

“It's easy to be dismissed as a woman, but then it's also easy to be dismissed for being a challenging and a strong woman.” - Vanessa Sage


In this exciting first episode of a two-part interview on How…

“I'm going to highlight a few episodes from the past that I really enjoyed doing. So let's get started. And stay tuned to the end to hear about a special gift for you.”


In this latest How To Write the…

“So for 2024, what is your big heart goal?

If you can have anything that you wanted, and there you are on December 31st, 2024. And you're looking back over the year and you're like, wow. I did it.

What…

“Welcome back for another top five favorite interviews episode. I'm going to introduce each one. Hope you enjoy them. And stay tuned for a little goody at the end.”

In this special episode of How To W…

“Highlighting today five of my favorite interviews from the past of How To Write The Future.”

In this special episode of How To Write the Future podcast, host Beth Barany shares clips from five of her…

“It seems like really the first step for writers is focus on the solution. Focus on what experts are saying, are doing, are thinking, are discussing, and then write toward that-- the resolution.”
-Den…

“First, it's about imagination. What can we imagine better? And then it's about, well, how can we change our incentive systems? How can we change our systems with policies, different incentives?” - B…

"It took me a while to get to this point, but I printed out my entire manuscript. And held it in my hands. And that was incredible. Just to feel the weight of all those pages." - Beth Barany


In this e…

“We're in a time where if we continue to believe only in the negative possibilities, then we won't make the effort to create positive tomorrows.” - Joe Tankersley

In “Episode 72. Making the World Bett…

“So here instead of telling and this is kind of an advanced tool to be a deep point of view is that we don't want to say she felt or she thought, but we could just show by saying: there was, and that…

“Stories come alive when they're told from the perspective of a character.”

In “70. Editing Tips to Help You Avoid Information Overload” host Beth Barany, creativity coach, teacher, and science fictio…

“I'm going to show you how I edit my own work and make sure that my world-building is grounded and yet doesn't take away from the pacing.”

In “Episode 69. Intuitive Editing Your Fiction with Beth Bara…