How To Write The Future

Updated: 31 Mar 2025 • 146 episodes
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The How to Write The Future Podcast offers fiction writing tips for science fiction and fantasy authors who want to create optimistic stories because when we vision what is possible, we help make it so. By science fiction and fantasy author and fiction writing coach, Beth Barany.

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“Women have had an impact in world history throughout the ages. We just haven"t been told those stories. So one of my missions in life is to bring these stories to life, both through fiction and through nonfiction.” Dive into “How Ancient Female Warriors Shape Our Future”, an episode for How To Write The Future podcast

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“Did you ever wonder who invented Kevlar, the coffee filter, the car heater, or liquid paper? Would you be surprised to find out that they"re all invented by a woman?”  In this podcast episode, titled “Women in Science: From Ancient Times to Modern Breakthroughs,” host Beth Barany shares 3 books, great learning resourc

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“I think it"s really important that we read books and reread authors who aren"t similar to us, who are very different from us culturally come from different backgrounds, different parts of the world.” In this How To Write the Future episode, host Beth Barany explains in detail why you need to read the “Binti Trilogy by

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“So I highly recommend Elizabeth Moon, if you like military ship captains who are these strong, interesting women. I also really adored her fantasy.” In this episode, titled “Elizabeth Moon: Crafting Strong Female Protagonists in Science Fiction” host Beth Barany shines a spotlight on one of her favorite science fictio

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“ I would say I live in this space with my Janey McCallister Space Station Mystery series. I think a lot about the sweet spot between current technology and future speculation.” In this How To Write the Future podcast episode, host and award-winning science fiction author, Beth Barany, discusses how science fiction and

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Science Explainer: That is a term that has come out in the last bit of years to explain someone or to describe somebody who shares about science to the general public. In this How To Write the Future podcast episode, host and science fiction author Beth Barany shares more of her “Favorite Science Explainers on YouTube

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