Hosted by Sterling & Stone · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 993 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 993 episodes published.
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
Show notesSUMMARY 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
Show notesDave 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
Show notesSean, 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,
Show notesSean 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
Show notesThis 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
Show notesIn 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
Show notesNote: 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
Show notesIn 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
Show notesIn 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
Show notesIn 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
Show notesIn 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
Show notesSMARTER ARTIST EPISODE 7: The Creative Mid-life Crisis This episode is about hitting your creative mid-life crisis. You've been at it, you've had success or are still working toward it, but something's missing. You don't
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In this episode of The Smarter Artist Show, we talk about killing your darlings. When do you decide enough is enough on a project? When do you call it quits on a series you're writing? The complexity of selling stories.
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THE SMARTER ARTIST SHOW #5 — Indies Growing Up In this episode of The Smarter Artist Show, Sean, Johnny, and I (Dave) discuss the evolution of indie publishing and the importance of maturing as creators. Johnny is back f
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In this week's episode of The Smarter Artist Show, Johnny is missing in action. Which leaves Sean and I to discuss the controversial topic of AI and how it is affecting creativity and creatives. We explore the good, the
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In this episode of the Smarter Artists Show, we talk about some of our favorite fictional worlds, the art of collaboration in writing, and we touch a bit on everyone's favorite controversial topic — AI. Some of the world
Show notesIn this episode of The Smarter Artist Show , we (hosts David Wright, Sean Platt, and Johnny B. Truant) discuss the evolving landscape of storytelling in the age of AI. We also talk about how the loss of cheap paperbacks
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The original hosts of The Self-Publishing Podcast, Sean, Johnny, and Dave, are back! Join us every Friday in their new podcast, The Smarter Artist Show , your invitation to a no-holds barred night out at the bar with you
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