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Hosted by Sterling & Stone · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 1,000 episodes
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Sean Platt, Johnny B. Truant, and David W. Wright—the trio behind the legendary Self-Publishing Podcast —are back. But the world of storytelling has changed, and so have they. It's the same three voices you know, talking about the craft and commerce of storytelling — from the work we're creating to the TV and movies we can't stop thinking about. Shop talk for artists playing the long game in a creative world that never slows down. If you've been here since the early days, welcome back. If you're new, pull up a chair. You're listening to The Smarter Artist Show.
Sterling & Stone hosts The Smarter Artist Show, a society show with 1,000 episodes published.
Sean's out of town this week, so time to dig into the archives of unreleased episodes of Alternate Endings. This week we talk Gone Girl, what we liked, what we didn't like, and then compare it to another author who attem
There's never been a better (or more difficult) time to be a creator it seems. With existential threats of AI, a population that isn't reading as much, and cost cutting at the studios, what does the future of story look
Remember when Brandon Sanderson revealed a bunch of books he'd written? Well, this is our version of that. We're revealing a podcast we recorded in 2021 or 2022 called Alternate Endings . A show that we recorded a year's
In this episode Sean, Johnny, and Dave go back through four of their own series (Available Darkness, Karma Police, Cursed, and Robot Proletariat) and ask what they'd do differently now. Not with the stories themselves, b
In this week's episode of The Smarter Artist Show, Sean, Dave, and Johnny take turns answering Dave's latest batch of hypothetical questions. Dave also talks about how one of the questions inspired a script idea. Join th
In this episode, Sean, Dave, Johnny, and guest Matt Stone of 100 Covers talk about the number one thing successful books have in common. Spoiler: it has to do with the cover! Stay tuned to the end, or just go to the show
This week Sean, Dave, and Johnny dig into the indie horror moment happening right now in Hollywood, two breakout films, Obsession and Backrooms, both made by filmmakers who came up on YouTube with almost no budget. They
Dave opens by holding up five completely filled journals to the camera, all devoted to a fantasy novel he's been building in his head for at least five years. That kicks off an hour-long conversation about the creative p
Saul Goodman was supposed to appear in four episodes of Breaking Bad. He was comic relief. Vince Gilligan read the room, changed his mind, and eventually built a six-season prequel around him. Sean, Dave, and Johnny use
SUMMARY Sean, Dave, and Johnny open with Something Cool, including Sean's announcement that he's finished his first album and wants early listeners before it drops publicly next month. Then they get into the real subject
Dave spent twelve years writing bits and pieces of stories at a gas station. He never finished one. Sean spent three years nagging him to publish his first book. Now they've written more than 60 novels together. In this
Sean, Dave, and Johnny dig into one of the most neglected pieces of real estate in any author's catalog: back matter. The highest-leverage moment you have with a reader is the thirty seconds after they finish your book,
Sean Platt built a publishing company that shipped hundreds of titles over 14 years. And somewhere in the middle of all that output, he realized the model was broken. In this episode, Sean, Dave, and Johnny introduce The
This week we talk about writing science fiction in an age where sci-fi feels more like science fact. How do you write sci-fi while the world feels like it's falling apart? How do advances in AI and robots change our stor
In this episode Sean and I decided to experiment and let the AI Claude ask us questions. It was a surprisingly fun conversation, touching on writer's block, and the story we hated most that the other presented or worked
Note: This isn't the show we'd planned. Our "useful" episodes will be here in two weeks as we take care of some behind-the-scenes website stuff, and put the finishing touches on something we'll show you in 2 weeks. For t
In this episode of The Smarter Artist Show, we talk about making and breaking habits. Specifically making and breaking Dave's habits. Dave has never kept a habit up for more than 30 days. So Sean challenges him to pick a
In this episode Sean and Dave go over a few pages of Sean's corrections on the rough draft of a movie script they're working on. Dave was rusty having been away from scripts for a bit, as he's been working on other thing
In this episode of The Smarter Artist Show we're talking about reclaiming your 1,000 true fans. Additionally, Sean talks about the best/worst story I've written with him! Four words: "____ _____ on Christmas.*" *longtime
In this week's episode of The Smarter Artist Show we're answering hypothetical questions. Would we write in just one genre if we were guaranteed success? If we had to swap bodies with one of our co-hosts for just one day
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Mark Dawson
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Grant Faulkner
Executive Director · NaNoWriMo
1 appearance on this show
Katie Cross
Christ’s College Lecturer in Practical Theology · Christ’s College, Aberdeen University
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Lisa Bloom
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Gary Jonas
Building Industry Association President · The How Group
1 appearance on this show
Jamie Davis
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Chris Fox
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