How To Write The Future
Episodes
103. Economics: More Than Money and Markets (Build Better Worlds, 4 of 4)
03 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
“My point here is I want to encourage you that even if you don't see anybody else crafting the kind of story, or living the kind of life that y...
102. The Sacred: Religion and Mysticism (Build Better Worlds, 3 of 4)
27 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
“So how does religion or mysticism fit into your story and how can you make it complex and nuanced and not homogeneous, which is the authors here sa...
101. Myth, Imagined Past, and Cultural Purity in Fiction (Build Better Worlds, 2 of 4)
20 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
“So I lived in France. After the meal, we would have cheese for dessert. That was a common dessert. And when I was in the country, outside of Paris ...
100. What is Cultural Context? (Build Better Worlds, 1 of 4)
13 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
“Assumptions are great. What are our conscious and subconscious assumptions of the culture?”In this episode of How To Write the Future, podcast ho...
99. World Building with Andrew Zimba
06 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
“When it comes to telling a story or crafting or condensing it into a book or a film, what kind of story do you want to tell? And I think that first...
98. Feminine Sovereignty, Envisioning Positive Futures, and Revolution with Maggie Ostara (part 2)
29 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
“We are the culture makers. And your book, I feel, really invites people into that in such a beautiful way. “-- Beth BaranyIn this episode of How ...
97. Storytelling to Share Complex Ideas with Maggie Ostara (part 1)
22 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
“Human brains work. We live in story.”-- Maggie OstaraIn this episode of How To Write the Future, podcast host Beth Barany talks with Amazon Bests...
96. Confidence and Purpose with Writing Coach, Kirsten McNeill
15 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
“I really wanna be able to help writers focus on themselves, be themselves, figure out what they wanna write, and create, a community and a, a libra...
95. Know Yourself, part 4 of 4
08 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
“Editing is challenging. So whenever you get lost, feel overwhelmed, confused, just in a state about the editing process, come back to your goal, mo...
94. Tropes for Fiction Writing with Jennifer Hilt
01 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
“I'm trying to be creative and original and all that and so I was like, thinking, yes, but how come we need to have these words in common in or...
93. Know Your Genre and Characters, part 3 of 4
25 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
“Take the expectations of the genre and spin it. That's our job, is to take what's expected and play around and work through multiple iter...
92. Creative Writing and AI with Adam Fleming
21 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
"You can tell them what a brain freezes, but they'll never feel it. That's right." -- Adam FlemingIn “Creative Writing and AI,”...
91. Transform Your Novel with These 7 Editing Tips for Bestselling Success, part 2 of 4
18 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
“Creativity is our superpower. With the power of our imagination and bringing in curiosity, courage, compassion, and connection.”Transform Your No...
90. How do I not overload background into my stories? Story Success Clinic
14 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
“Stories are dynamic. Stories need to have action, movement. Stories need to have goals that the character is trying to pursue.”In this Story Succ...
89. Transform Your Novel with These 7 Editing Tips for Bestselling Success, part 1 of 4
11 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
“We need courage to do anything creative in life. And I invite you to step into your courage. And decide if now is the time to come and edit your no...
88. Exciting news! Fun Changes to the podcast!
07 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
“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 ...
87. Special Sneak Peek! The Henrietta The Dragon Slayer film!
04 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
“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 ...
86. World Futures Day, March 1st
26 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
“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 abou...
85. Collaborative Writing, Story Success Clinic
19 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
“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 ...
84. Why do we procrastinate on our writing?
12 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
"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...
83. The Power of Community, Interview with Kimberly Nightingale
05 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
"...we tend to organize urban spaces to isolate youth and also to not invite youth in, and I think we need to completely change that model."...
82. Upcoming 2024 Events in the Futurists and Foresight World
29 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
“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 Be...
81. Good-Bad Girls, Barbie, and Other Wild Women Archetypes, Interview with Vanessa Sage, part 2
22 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
“… 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 ...
80. Barbie and the Wild Woman Archetype, Interview with Vanessa Sage
15 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
“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 Sa...
79. Top 6 Favorite Episodes
08 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
“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 ...
78. How To Plan Your Writing Life
01 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
“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 lookin...
77. Favorite Interviews from How To Write The Future , part 2
25 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
“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 litt...
76. Favorite Interviews from How To Write The Future , part 1
18 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
“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 po...
75. Inspire Green Behaviors with Denise Baden, Part 2
11 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
“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...
74. What is Thrutopia with Denise Baden, part 1
04 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
“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...
73. NaNoWriMo is nearly over. So now what?
27 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
"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 ...
72. Making the World Better with Storytelling featuring Joe Tankersley
20 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
“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 tomo...
71. How to Handle Backstory, A Story Success Clinic with Amy Johnson
13 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
“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 though...
70. Editing Tips to Help You Avoid Information Overload
06 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
“Stories come alive when they're told from the perspective of a character.”In “70. Editing Tips to Help You Avoid Information Overload” h...
69. Intuitive Editing Your Fiction with Beth Barany
30 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
“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.”...
68. On the Creative Mindset with Beth Barany
23 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
“The other thing that I do is I doodle. I've been doodling my whole life. Raise your hand if you love to doodle.”In “Episode 68. On the C...
67. Inspiration for the Janey McCallister Mystery series
16 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
“So space elevators really sparked my imagination and are one of the underpinnings or infrastructure of my world.”In “Episode 67. Inspiration fo...
66. The Future of Publishing with Russell Nohelty
09 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
“It is about technology, but it's really about where the industry is going in one to three years and how you can take advantage of it.” — R...
65. Author Ecosystem with Russell Nohelty, part 2
02 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
"You're not doing marketing wrong, you're doing the wrong marketing." - Russell NoheltyIn “Episode 65. Author Ecosystem with Rus...
64. Author Ecosystem with Russell Nohelty, part 1
25 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
“I'm a sprinter. I want to run fast and then recover for like weeks, months, and then do it again". - Russell NoheltyIn “Episode 64. Aut...
63. Writing Mystery in a Sci-Fi World
18 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
“You need to indicate to the reader right away that you are writing a science fiction story.”In “Episode 63. Writing Mystery in a Sci-Fi World,”...
62. Science Fiction Romance and AI Tools with Keri Kruspe
11 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
“To me, when you're writing anything with science fiction, the best way to present that is remembering your human foundation.”In “Episode 6...
61. The Power of NaNoWriMo
04 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
“If it is your dream to write a novel this year, then I invite you into our plan your novel material.”“I'm asking you to think about the ki...
60. Permission to be Creative with Nina Hart, Part 2
28 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
“Because I think like so many of us need to unlearn things. And also the process of saying Yes to material and opening the top of your head is, it i...
59. Bring Playfulness to Your Writing with Nina Hart, Part 1
21 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
"So, I decided I would go back to beginner's mind. I would stop taking classes. I would throw out all of the rules. The hooligan got to come...
58. What is "enough research" for a science fiction novel?
14 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
“My motto for myself around research specifically is: if it's not fun, stop doing it.”In “Episode 58, What Is ‘Enough Research’ for a S...
57. How Space Debris Inspires My Current Novel
07 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
“What are you deeply inspired about, are you doing the research on it? Have you figured out who the players are in the current world who are talking...
56. The Creative Process: Beginnings, Middles, and Ends
31 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
“Find your audience and announce your creation to the world. Let your light shine. Enlighten us with your beauty, truth, and masterfulness.”In “...
55. Get Writing: Seven Ways to Get Out of Your Own Way
24 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
“One thing we're not super good at as humans is how to be happy, how to plan for the best, how to design for the best.”“-Stories allow us t...
54. Self Publishing Your Novel in a Nutshell
17 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
"You can spend as little or as much as you want, and it's really a time and money equation.”In “Self-Publish Your Novel in a Nutshell”...
53. The Risk of Living a Creative Life: Should vs. What?
10 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
“To be an artist, we must step away from the norm to be able to see it for what it is. A collection of rules past generations used to navigate their...
52. The Benefits of Working with a Fiction Writing Coach
03 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
“As fiction writers, we are sharing parts of ourselves onto the page, and that can be very scary.”In “The Benefits of Working with a Fiction Wri...
51. Your Creativity Spark: Passion to Write
26 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
“Write with all your senses and let your mind wander far and deep and into the past. Or far into the future for inspiration. The universe is the lim...
50. Rules of Magic and Science Fiction Assumptions
19 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
“I'm making it up. And that's part of my job as a fiction writer. And also it's part of what's fun.”In “Rules of Magic and S...
49. Fierceness of Intent: The Writer’s Oath
12 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
“Now more than ever, we need to bring our humanity to our work, which includes the truth of our emotions.”In “Your Creativity Spark: Fierceness ...
48. Represent Native Peoples Accurately in Your Fiction with Sarah Elisabeth Sawyer, Part 3
05 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
“Find the people who are familiar with the history and culture of the tribe you're wanting to focus on or tribes and how to respectfully approa...
47. Represent Native Peoples Accurately in Your Fiction with Sarah Elisabeth Sawyer, Part 2
29 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
“The more you do your research and do things like hopefully go to native events or watch 'em on YouTube, powwows and things like that, those th...
46. Represent Native Peoples Accurately in Your Fiction with Sarah Elisabeth Sawyer, Part 1
22 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
“I really encourage authors to do deeper research so that they're getting to know the real people behind this one dimensional wall that we ofte...
45. Paper Lantern Writers, A Book Marketing Collective, Part 3
15 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
“Everybody can find a place to fit in there - the big thing is keep writing because we love to read.” - Ana BrazilWriting is a very solitary activ...
44. Paper Lantern Writers, A Book Marketing Collective, Part 2
08 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
“I really do firmly believe that if you just put your work out there, you can get eyeballs on it, which is the hardest part. Eventually, they'r...
43. Paper Lantern Writers, A Book Marketing Collective, Part 1
01 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
“When you're writing a book, you don't realize how much marketing is gonna fall to you.” - Linda UlleseitIn “43. Paper Lantern Writers...
42. Use Chat GPT to Experiment with Fiction Style, part 2
24 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
“Give it specific instructions, ask it to use the voice or persona of another author, if you're going do it with writing styles.”In “Use Ch...
41. Use Chat GPT to Experiment with Fiction Style, Part 1
17 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
“I realized I had to be more specific. And you may notice you need to be very specific in your prompts to get the results you want.”In “Use Chat...
40. Email Marketing and List Building for Authors with Philip Duncan, Part 3
10 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
“The best time to do it was yesterday, and the second best time is today.”In “Email Marketing and List Building for Authors with Philip Duncan, ...
39. Email Marketing and List Building for Authors with Philip Duncan, Part 2
03 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
“They need to know who I am as a real person behind the keyboard, which is hard to do.”In “Email Marketing and List Building for Authors with Ph...
38. Email Marketing and List Building for Authors with Philip Duncan, Part 1
27 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
“It's how you connect with people on a more intimate and personal level, you get to control what you say. Nobody gets to take your list away.”...
37. Change Your Book Marketing Mindset, Interview with Susie deVille, Part 3
20 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
“Art making is our path back to our true selves. If we have gotten off track and our lives are in our businesses, that will bring us right back.”I...
36. Change Your Book Marketing Mindset, Interview with Susie deVille, Part 2
13 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
I'm always writing, writing fiction, writing non-fiction, all the things I write, all the curriculum, and all of that. I really love that. That&a...
35. Change Your Book Marketing Mindset, Interview with Susie deVille, Part 1
06 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
“You are now the Energy Manager In Chief of your body, of your brain, of your soul, and we're going to learn concepts for how to take marketing...
34. Three Cultural Trends about the Future of Food, Interview with Melissa Clark-Reynolds
27 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
“There's all these different ways that we can look into the future and if you want to speak to some of the major things that you see coming tha...
33. Your Orientation toward Time and Why I Write Science Fiction, Conversation with Melissa Clark-Reynolds
20 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
“I've seen so many different stories use science fiction to explore where we are today. And, there's something always very surprising abou...
32. World Building Tips for Foresight Practitioners: How to Make Your Scenarios Come Alive
13 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
“All good stories are about people who want something so badly, they're willing to face seemingly unsurmountable challenges to reach their goal...
31. Tips for Writing Into The Future: Interview with Foresight Practitioner, Melissa Clark-Reynolds
06 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
“It is very different than how novelists usually think about their stories set in the future or in an alternative time. Usually, we are thinking of ...
30. Where to Start with the How To Write The Future podcast
30 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
“When we vision what is possible and we put that into our fiction, we actually help make it happen in the world because our readers read them, feel ...
29. ChatGPT and Creating Fiction
23 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
“Stories can both be cautionary tales as well as directions on where we could go as humanity.”In this episode of How To Write The Future, titled “...
28. The Key to Creative Success: The 3-Legged Stool: Getting the Support You Need
16 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
”We all have blind spots. Our weaknesses and our strengths. And we need to hear about those weaknesses and strengths from other people who understan...
27. Fiction Writing Tips: Number One Tip, Worldview, and Time Travel
09 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
“You really want to rely on your point of view character's knowledge of the world and ground it in the five senses.”In this episode of How To...
26. National Science Fiction Day, plus Fiction Writing Tips: World Building Through Action
02 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
“From the moment your character appears on page one and all the way to the end, they are your ambassador to your story, to your story world, and to ...
25. Fiction Writing Tips: Overwhelmed with World Building? Start here.
26 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
“For those of you who are more intuitive writers, I would say go with your gut, go with your intuition, and start by asking questions that are top o...
24. 3 Common Problems in World Building for Novelists
19 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
“Our job as fiction writers is to evoke emotion in the reader.” In this episode of How To Write the Future, titled "3 Common Problems in Worl...
23. 8 Steps to Unlock Your Creative Process
12 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
“I gently challenge you to be daring, to be bold, to be yourself, and put yourself into your work.”In this episode of How To Write the Future, tit...
22. World Building and Mental Models
05 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
“We each have unique maps of reality that are specific to our species, specific to our environment, and even down to the specific location where you...
21. Story Success Clinic with Mellissa Green, Sci-Fi Writer
28 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
“There's a deep understanding that your characters have of their world, but how do you convey it in a way that your readers get in on it too?”...
20. Your Mindset and the Writer's Stance
21 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
“…Even today holding a physical book, and also being able to share that physical book with other people is so, so satisfying.”In this podcast ep...
19. News and Updates from the World of Futurists and Strategic Foresight Practitioners
14 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
“If you don't share your ideas, then we as a collective and by this, I mean, humanity, we don't get to benefit from your ideas and your vi...
18. What if... and Your Brain
07 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
“The best our imagination has, in my opinion, is the question: what if.”In this podcast episode of How To Write the Future, your host, creativity ...
17. Story Success Clinic with Hugh Tipping, Fantasy Novelist, on Deep Point of View
31 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
“It's not just getting into a deep point of view. It's also making sure each point of view is distinct and has its own strong perspective....
16. The Horizons Model for Story Telling
24 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
“It is really hard to pin down and define the present moment, the present now, even from a quantum physics perspective. Our brain is constructing ou...
15. Interview with Cat Tully, School of International Futures
17 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
“I sat in a room full of people, learning foresight and who cared about the future of humanity and who are actually. Doing something about it. I fel...
14. Trust Yourself and Get Feedback on Your Fiction, Tips for Publishing Success, Part 2 of 2
11 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
"My work is for people who like adventure set in space with strong female protagonists who are solving complicated problems and there's some...
13. Genre Expectations, Tips for Publishing Success (Part 1 of 2)
10 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
“When we speak of our genre, readers come to our work, knowing generally what's going to happen.”In this first of a two-episodes series, crea...
12. Character Development Tips, Chat with Science Fiction Writer, Madeleine McLaughlin
03 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
“I write to have an impact on readers, just like I was impacted and continue to be so as a reader.”In this Story Success Clinic interview on the p...
11. Tropes and Niche: Story Success Clinic with Fantasy Novelist, Katie Willem
26 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
“There are still parts of us that are yearning for adventures at an age that we didn't have.”In the latest Story Success Clinic on the podcas...
10: Story Success Clinic with Educator and Author, Ann Berlak
19 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
“When you're giving other people feedback, you learn how to articulate what's working and what's not working.”In the first Story Su...
09: Book Review of Limits and Beyond
12 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
“There is a growing evidence of the huge untapped innate capacity in all humans to learn and come to grips with how complex living systems change.”...
08. Fiction Writing Tips: The Story Success Clinic
07 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
“Some days the thing that is successful is taking a break, is doing something fun, or inspiring.”In today’s podcast episode titled “Story Succ...
07: 4 Steps to Build Your Futuristic Story and to Inspire Your Readers
30 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
“This process does require you to be adventurous, to dare, to come from a risky place. Stretch a little bit to attempt to blow the minds of your rea...
06: Story World Diagnosis: What Stage Are You In?
18 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
“You're here because you're starting out. Everybody starts here. Everybody. Your biggest challenge is how to start, how to overcome confus...
05. The Signals Are Talking
26 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
“What about the future are you trying to determine? Is it a specific kind of technology? A cultural behavioral pattern? A system of running companie...
04. How to Build a Future World: Tips for Writers
25 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode you will learn: 1. How Beth Barany builds her science fiction world in her Janey McCallister mystery series.2. What inspirations Beth...