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How To Write The Future

Hosted by Beth Barany · arts · EN-US

227 episodes12 recent guestsAudience: 16~7.2k on YouTube
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How To Write The Future is a podcast for science fiction and fantasy writers who want to imagine better worlds—and write stories that bring those futures to life. Each episode offers practical craft guidance, creative prompts, and big-picture inspiration to help you draft, revise, and publish with purpose. By science fiction and fantasy author and fiction writing coach, Beth Barany.

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What is How To Write The Future about?

How To Write The Future is a podcast for science fiction and fantasy writers who want to imagine better worlds, and write stories that bring those futures to life. Each episode offers practical craft guidance, creative prompts, and big-picture inspiration to help you draft, revise, and publish with purpose.

Who hosts How To Write The Future?

How To Write The Future is hosted by Beth Barany. The show has published 227 episodes to date.

What has How To Write The Future covered recently?

Recent episodes include "228. Fancy Fresh Ideas for Upcoming Episodes" (26 October 2026, 6 minutes), "226. Story Alchemy for Sci-Fi and Fantasy Writers" (12 October 2026, 6 minutes), and "225. How to Convey Backstory for Secondary and Tertiary Characters" (5 October 2026, 11 minutes).

How often does How To Write The Future publish?

How To Write The Future publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 9 minutes across 227 episodes.

How hard is it to get booked on How To Write The Future?

Booking probability for How To Write The Future is 36%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. How To Write The Future requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. How To Write The Future's contact route on record: verified email.

Who should pitch How To Write The Future?

The strongest fits for How To Write The Future are Artists, Writers & Performers. How To Write The Future has an arts audience and around 7,200 subscribers on YouTube.

About the host

Beth Barany hosts How To Write The Future, an arts podcast with 227 episodes published.

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Recent episodes

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  • Oct 26, 20266 minS1

    “When I'm working on sci-fi, I'm really thinking about this a lot, and I'm thinking about it from my main character's perspective. What is it like to be looking at the Earth from space and from various distances? That...

  • Oct 12, 20266 minS1

    “I strived for many years to learn how to write fiction, and when I finally learned how, it just felt so magical. Even now, seventeen books in, it still feels magical.” - Beth Barany In this latest How To Write the...

  • Sep 14, 20268 minS1

    “Where do you want to take your writing? Where do you want to take your writing career? And let's keep an eye on that, and we're building towards that. So it's fun, it's rigorous, it's deep, and this is my life's work.”...

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  • Sep 7, 20267 minS1

    “I was a very good student, and I loved learning, and I love going back to school. And now that I'm not in school, I'm just learning all the time, and I'm following my nose. I'm following what's interesting to me. So I...

  • Aug 31, 20269 minS1

    “It is so, so important on how to give constructive feedback to other writers, and also how to receive that feedback from other writers, and how to create a safe space.” - Beth Barany In this How To Write the Future...

  • Aug 3, 20266 minS1

    “Do not make yourself wrong. Life is busy. We have multiple commitments that we're juggling, all of us.” - Beth Barany In this How To Write the Future podcast episode titled “ How to Restart Your Writing after a Break,”...

  • Jul 27, 20267 minS1

    “I really like to have physical objects in my environment to inspire my creativity so that when I look at them, the story comes to mind very easily.” In this How To Write the Future podcast episode, “Make Your...

  • Jul 20, 202612 minS1

    “What you want is to be able to look at your goal, what you've written down, and have a really clear picture for what that looks like.” - Beth Barany If you self coached, could you be more efficient with your writing...

  • Jul 6, 20269 minS1

    “ My end goal is to be able to say to the writer, "Here's where you're weak, here's where you're strong.” - Beth Barany In this forward thinking How To Write the Future episode, titled “ How To Use Notion AI for...

  • Jun 29, 20265 minS1

    “Writing craft is about meaning and the reader experience. I really don't teach rigid rules because language is evolving constantly, and it's all about choices.” - Beth Barany In this How To Write the Future podcast...

  • Jun 1, 202611 minS0

    <p>“Read through the checklist, put it in your mind, and let it just float there. Don't be so restrictive about it. You can always revisit it whenever you want.” - Beth Barany</p><p>In this episode of How To Write The...

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