Somebody Write This Podcast

The audio version of this episode can be found here.  Hannah: A chronicle of the life of a film director who was reviled for her mysterious invitation. Jennie: Somebody write this. Hannah: Hi, and welcome to Somebody Write This, where we use a random plot generator to give us an idea and then we brainstorm how that could be a thing somebody might want to write. I'm Hannah. Jennie: And I'm Jennie. And to help us with our brainstorming today, we have a guest. Welcome, Denise. Denise: Hello! Howdy, howdy, howdy. Hannah: Hi, we're so glad you could join us. Our listeners don't know this, but we actually recorded a full other episode with Denise several weeks ago. Denise: We're calling that the ghost podcast. Hannah: It's lost forever. We have two thirds of it still, but we don't have any of my audio. So maybe someday we'll release just two thirds of the podcast and you can all figure out what was being said in the long silences when I was spe...

The audio version of this episode can be found here . Hannah: The college's most popular girl, who is having difficulty in her marriage, has to help a US government agent and realize the importance of a volcano. Jennie: Somebody write this. Hannah: Hi, and welcome to Somebody Write This, where we use a random plot generator to give us an idea and then we brainstorm how that could be a thing somebody might want to write. I'm Hannah. Jennie: And I'm Jennie. And to help us with our brainstorming today we have a guest. Welcome, Randy. Randy: Hello. Hannah: Hi. We're so happy you could be here. We've been trying to get you on the podcast for a very long time. Randy: I know. Sorry. Hannah: Of all the people I know, you have some of the most widely varied tastes in art. You like a little bit of everything. You like movies and you like music and you like theater and you like TV, and it really is a little bit of all of it. And so I'm going to ask you, if ...

The audio version of this episode can be found here . Hannah: In the rural south, a bounty hunter struggles to partner with a young woman. Jennie: Somebody write this. Hannah: Hi, and welcome to Somebody Write This where we use a random plot generator to give us an idea. And then we brainstorm how that could be a thing somebody might want to write. I'm Hannah. Jennie: And I'm Jennie. Hannah: And to help us with our brainstorming today, we have a guest. Welcome, Shem Greenwood. Shem: Good afternoon. Hannah: We are very excited to have you here with us. And so before we get into our topic today, we just want to have a real quick chat with Shem and get to know him and his relationship with stories a little bit. And so I want to start with the fact that you teach high school English. I'm a teacher as well, also of high school and middle school, and so I'm curious, what stories or themes do you see today's high school students really connecting with, either...

The audio version of this episode can be found here . Hannah: 40 shady police detectives are asked to contact the daughter. Jennie: Somebody write this. Hannah: Hi, and welcome to Somebody Write This, where we use a random plot generator to give us an idea and then we brainstorm how that could be a thing somebody might want to write. I'm Hannah. Jennie: And I'm Jennie. Hannah: And to help us with our brainstorming today, we have a guest. Welcome, Jo Cassidy. Jo: Oh, thank you for having me. I'm so excited. Hannah: Oh, we're so excited to have you on. This is gonna be a lot of fun. Jo: And you're our first published author guests. We're so excited. Hannah: You are our first published author, and so I'm definitely going to ask you some questions about that. Jo: Yes. Hannah: First of all, I'm curious because I know you write mostly YA, young adult fiction What drew you specifically to YA work? Jo: Mostly because when I was in high s...