The Real Writing Process

Updated: 23 Mar 2025 • 48 episodes
therealwritingprocess.captivate.fm

Interviews with award winning writers as well as emerging talent on how they manage their day to day process of writing for a living. Hear how the professionals approach structure, plot and imposter syndrome, as well as what they like to drink.

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Tom Pepperdine interviews the #1 Sunday Times-bestselling author, Eliza Chan, about her writing process. Eliza explains how her frustration with tradition folklore and mythology inspires her writing, what she enjoyed about writing her first sequel, and how her appetite affects her writing. Eliza's website is here: http

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Tom Pepperdine interviews best selling author, M. R. Carey, about his writing process. Mike explains which habits from his comic writing career proved to benefit his novel writing, how Once Was Willem was written during a procrastination period, and the one element of his process many other writers would consider psych

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Tom Pepperdine interviews award winning author, Trip Galey, about his writing process. Trip discusses how he discovered the most important part of learning to write, his experience of writing a novel as part of his PhD, and the benefits of dating a professional proofreader. You can get information on all of Trip's work

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Tom Pepperdine interviews multi-award winning author, Donal Ryan, about his writing process. Donal discusses how it felt revisiting old characters for his latest novel, what techniques he uses to progress the story, and the benefits of unplugging and enjoying life. You can buy Donal's most recent award-winning novel he

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Tom Pepperdine interviews the #1 New York Times-bestselling author of the Book of Tea duology, Judy I. Lin, about her writing process. Judy discusses her approach to world building, the benefit of listening to music whilst writing, and why her best motivator is guilt. Judy's website is here: https://judyilin.com/ And y

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Tom Pepperdine interviews the wonderful historical fiction author, Sean Lusk, about his writing process. Sean discusses the benefits of writing retreats, why he based his second book on Mary Wartley Montague, and how he literally runs away from his writing problems in a forest in the Highlands. Sean's website is here:

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