Episodes
Thursday Sep 03, 2015
5. A good story and a better competition
Thursday Sep 03, 2015
Thursday Sep 03, 2015
This week we had a discussion on what makes a good story and what is it that really attracts a reader to a story. We discuss what attributes make our favourite stories our favourites, and what traits should be absolutely avoided.
This was followed by a natter on competitions – the benefits, the pitfalls and really how useful are they to a writer?
Presented and produced by Cathy Clarke, Kate Mulholland and Máire Brophy.
Music by Gavin Mulhall
Thursday Aug 20, 2015
4. Raving (classes) and Ranting (writer's block)
Thursday Aug 20, 2015
Thursday Aug 20, 2015
In a continuing discussion from episode 3, the conversation turned to writing classes - what benefits do they bring and why should people do them. As a confessed class-aholic Cathy loves a good writing class and attends them frequently, however, interestingly, Kate and Maire never do.
This then lead to a discussion (read: argument/rant) about writer’s block. Mixed in with terribly fake Dublin accents and overtones of feminism, there was a discussion questioning the very existence of writer’s block and, assuming that it is real, how should one overcome it
Presented and produced by Cathy Clarke, Kate Mulholland and Máire Brophy.
Music by Gavin Mulhall
Thursday Aug 13, 2015
3. Word Hoarding & Editing
Thursday Aug 13, 2015
Thursday Aug 13, 2015
On a pleasant sunny Saturday in Dublin, over afternoon tea, Cathy hosts our third episode - a discussion on editing. We are all in the process of editing the third draft of our novels/screenplay and because of this Cathy thought it would be interesting to compare our individual editing process and our different approaches to this.
Over the clinking of teacups we examined the virtues of following a rigid structure to place the beats of the story where the audience expects them to be, as opposed to abandoning conventional wisdom and letting the story find its own format.
However, if while listening to this, you are more likely to be sipping something more alcoholic than tea, a fun drinking game might be to take a shot every time someone says ‘yeah’. I doubt you will make it passed minute twenty.
Presented and produced by Cathy Clarke, Kate Mulholland and Máire Brophy.
Music by Gavin Mulhall
Monday Jul 27, 2015
2. The Best and The Worst
Monday Jul 27, 2015
Monday Jul 27, 2015
In this, our first ‘real’ podcast, we discuss whether genre effects your writing, what was the worst and best writing advice we ever received and when is it time to walk away. We also give a writing update.
Presented and produced by Cathy Clarke, Kate Mulholland and Máire Brophy.
Music by Gavin Mulhall
Saturday Jul 11, 2015
1. Pilot Episode Irish Writers Podcast
Saturday Jul 11, 2015
Saturday Jul 11, 2015
This is the inaugural episode of the Irish Writers Podcast, where three unpublished writers discuss their writing, their journey towards publication and interesting topics for writers. In this episode Kate, Cathy and Maire introduce themselves and their writing.
Reference is made to a George R.R. Martin quote :
“I think there are two types of writers, the architects and the gardeners. The architects plan everything ahead of time, like an architect building a house. They know how many rooms are going to be in the house, what kind of roof they're going to have, where the wires are going to run, what kind of plumbing there's going to be. They have the whole thing designed and blueprinted out before they even nail the first board up. The gardeners dig a hole, drop in a seed and water it. They kind of know what seed it is, they know if planted a fantasy seed or mystery seed or whatever. But as the plant comes up and they water it, they don't know how many branches it's going to have, they find out as it grows. And I'm much more a gardener than an architect.”
And to James Scott Bell’s book ‘Write your novel from the middle” which I read, not wrote, clearly.
Presented and produced by Cathy Clarke, Kate Mulholland and Máire Brophy.
Music by Gavin Mulhall