The Writing Apothecary Podcast
A podcast about tips, tricks and hacks on all things writing with your host Mandi Kontos - a writer, writing mindset coach and self published author. Each month we tackle a different topic to do with writing and follow it up with a chat with a guest who will put things into perspective and finish off the topic. The Writing Apothecary is the podcast to help you understand the different layers of a novel, one topic at a time.
- Update frequency
- every 10 days
- Average duration
- 21 minutes
- Episodes
- 55
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2025
Revision: The Big Picture
Welcome back to The Writing Apothecary and to our new lesson on revision: the big picture.
All of the work we have done to get here has actually been foundational. We’ve looked at what …
Welcome to Revision
Welcome back to The Writing Apothecary Podcast and back to another new topic! Cutting down the monthly topic to bimonthly has helped clear space and allow for me to have the mental capa…
Genre: Interview with Urban Fantasy Writer Lindsay Elizabeth
Welcome back to another episode of the Writing Apothecary Podcast and today do I have an amazing guest for you this week.
As we look at our last lesson on genre we have the most amazing…
Genre: Sci-fi, Horror and Thriller
Welcome back to the Writing Apothecary and our last lesson for Genre. Today we're looking at sci-fi, horror and thriller.
Science fiction or sci-fi as it’s commonly known is another sub…
Genre: Fantasy, Romance and Mystery
Welcome back to another lesson of The Writing Apothecary.
Today we’re going to look at three different sub-genres: Fantasy, Romance and Mystery. If you’re wondering why these three? Well…
Welcome to Genre
Welcome back to The Writing Apothecary and this month we're looking at Genre.
If you're on the podcast's newsletter list you would have read that we're changing up the format a little. …
Dialogue: Interview with Romance, Fantasy and Sci-Fi Author Alyce Johnson
Welcome back to The Writing Apothecary and to our interview all about Dialogue with romance, fantasy and sci-fi writer Alyce Johnson.
In our chat we have a cover:
- How important dialogue …
Dialogue: Bad writing and character
Welcome back to The Writing Apothecary and our last lesson on dialogue.
I’d like to think that we all agree on how good dialogue is and what its purpose can be. You can use dialogue to …
Dialogue:conventions, indirect and direct dialogue
Welcome back to The Writing Apothecary and to our next lesson on dialogue.
Today we’re going to dig into the conventions of dialogue and have a look at indirect and direct speech. I thi…
Welcome to Dialogue
Welcome back to another lesson and a new month. We're going to explore dialogue, a topic that can make or break your story. We’re going to look at the purpose of dialogue, indirect and …
Plot: An Interview with NA Urban Fantasy Author Sarah L Richhelm
Welcome back to another interview for The Writing Apothecary.
Sarah and I have an amazing chat about all things plot, her debut novel Control my Night and just how characters and plot ar…
Plot: The Structure
Welcome back to the last lesson on plot.
Once you’ve got your major dramatical question there needs to be a structure to support it and it might sound simple, but sometimes it gets lost …
Plot: Drama, real life and the plot steps
Welcome back to another episode of The Writing Apothecary, this is a week at looking at drama, real life and plot steps when we start to play around with plot.
Every plot has a major d…
Welcome to Plot
Hey guys, welcome back to anew month and a new topic. Drum roll please! This month we're tackling plot and like all fo the previous lessons this is just a step that we're building into …
POV: An interview with writer and photographer Av
Welcome back to The Writing Apothecary and today I have a treat for you. We're sitting down to chat about Point of View with another dear friend of mine, Av.
We met during our Writing a…
POV: Distance and Focalisation
Welcome back to The Writing Apothecary podcast and the last theory less on Point of View. Today we're looking at Distance and Focalisation.
Just a word of warning, focalisation is a lot…
POV: First, Second and Third Person
Welcome back to The Writing Apothecary podcast and to another lesson on Point of view. Today we're looking at first, second and third person POV. We're breaking them down and really und…
Welcome to Point of View
Welcome back to The Writing Apothecary podcast and to a new month. You know what that means! It's new topic time. I can't believe how far we've come. We're looking at Point of View and …
Characters: An Interview with Urban Fantasy Writer Ru Tripodi
Welcome back to The Writing Apothecary podcast and our next guest on the podcast. Characters are such an important part of our stories and it's no surprise that this is the episode that…
Characters: Getting to know them
Welcome back to The Writing Apothecary podcast and to our next lesson about characters, and today we're getting to know them. We're looking at the symphony that it takes to make all of …