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Tell The Damn Story #146: How To Tell The Damn Story Summer Writing Series – Part One

Posted on July 5, 2020 by Alex Simmons Says

This week, Alex and Chris launch a month-long workshop, the “HOW TO TELL THE DAMN STORY SUMMER SERIES.”  Each week in July, we will join with special guests to focus on a different aspect of the creative process.  This episode … Continue reading →

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Tell The Damn Story #145: TTDS PRESENTS “BLACKJACK: ONLY SECONDS LEFT TO LIVE” and More …

Posted on June 28, 2020 by Alex Simmons Says

This week, Alex and Chris present a Blackjack story created by Tim Fielder in the furious wake of Charlottesville, back in 2017. Fate worked against us publishing it at the time, and during each subsequent horrific racist tragedy. But George … Continue reading →

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Tell The Damn Story #133: In Creating Characters It’s Hard To Get Better Than Olmos

Posted on April 5, 2020 by Alex Simmons Says

Today, Alex and Chris turn to veteran actor Edward James Olmos for wisdom and guidance when it comes to contributing to story. At least they do in the second half of this episode. In Part One, they talk about what … Continue reading →

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Tell The Damn Story #128: How To Face The Fears of Telling A Damn Story

Posted on March 1, 2020 by Alex Simmons Says

Go in deep with Alex and Chris as they embrace the pain.   This week they’re talking about the times when writing caused them pain or was painful or was inspired by pain of some kind – emotional spiritual, sleep … Continue reading →

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Tell The Damn Story #127: A Story By Any Other Name. Or Finding Yourself, Your Voice, And Your Genre.

Posted on February 23, 2020 by Alex Simmons Says

Alex and Chris talk about, well, almost everything in an attempt to explain the chicken-or-egg maze run of a creative finding voice and proper genre. From Chris’ ongoing transitioning from pure Indie writer to traditionally published, to expectations for editors, … Continue reading →

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Tell The Damn Story #126: Are ReWrites An Author’s Path To Heaven or Hell?

Posted on February 16, 2020 by Alex Simmons Says

In this episode, Chris and Alex explore the next segment of their GET YOUR WRITE ON series. Rewriting — how to seed what you need in your stories so  the climax to pays off. They talk almost exclusively about the … Continue reading →

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Tell The Damn Story (Flashback) “Character …”

Posted on April 1, 2018 by Alex Simmons Says

Greetings All, Once again, we creatives (Chris & myself) are off doing what we doing what we do, which is why we couldn’t record an episode for today.  So we’re turning back the clock to a previous episode, with some … Continue reading →

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How To Put Character In Your Characters (Pt. 1)

Posted on August 21, 2017 by Alex Simmons Says

Sometimes it’s good to go back and revisit discussions that shared aspects of creativity that still ring true. This is one of our original episodes that answered questions then, that people are still asking now.  So give a listen and … Continue reading →

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