Two Writers, No Hook

Alan Langford and Michael Pinkus

Every two weeks authors Alan Langford and Michael Pinkus talk about an aspect of the writing process, set our writing goals, and report on our progress since the last episode.

Note: We're Canadian, we swear a bit. Marked explicit for occasional strong language.

This started as a way for us to hold each other accountable to our writing goals. Two conversations in, we decided to publicly embarrass ourselves and post our conversations on YouTube, the idea being that if there was an audience out there (ha!) we'd be even more committed to our goals.

After we spent far too much time trying to come up with a name for this show, Alan got frustrated and said "You'd think two writers could come up with a decent hook!" and Michel said, "that's it!" and so the "Two Writers, No Hook Podcast" was born.

We start with Episode 3 because our first two conversations were not recorded.

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Episodes

27 episodes

  1. Mentors and Learning 46:13
  2. Exposition vs. Dialog 32:11
  3. Scammers Targeting Authors 37:37
  4. Staying on Track 45:57
  5. Breaking Through the Wall 42:26
  6. Timelines in Fiction 35:14
  7. Finding Our Style 47:27
  8. Killing our Darlings (in Edit) 44:45
  9. Character Development 40:56
  10. Self-doubt 43:12
  11. Non-writing Tools We Use 44:14
  12. Software Tools for Writing 55:24
  13. Spares 45:46
  14. Writing Implements 42:10
  15. Writing While Travelling 30:23
  16. Editing 44:38
  17. Killing a Character 35:23
  18. Series: the Good and the Bad 43:52
  19. Killing Our Darlings 43:52
  20. All Over the Map 35:15
  21. Updates 31:23
  22. Getting Started 29:37