Tim and Art wlecome "Friend of the Show" screenwriter Cat Hammons back to the corner booth to discuss writing for screens big and small, using AI as a writing assistant, and the importance of keeping the reader/audience in mind when developing your stories.

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“Friend of the Show” Bethany Jarmul slides into the corner booth to offer her own Refill episode on writing prompts. Bethany breaks down what makes a good writing prompt, why prompts can help, where to find them, and how to use them in creating your best work.

Feel free to share your thoughts with us at TiffinInnWritingWorkshop@gmail.com. Tim and Art are always happy to get the conversation started.

During an innocent conversation, Tim experiences imposter syndrome in real time. Luckily, we were recording it! Settle in to the corner booth with Tim as he reads his selected story “They Fired Up the Laser” into the record and subsequently wrestles with the event horizon of success. Tim and Art discuss how to stay focused on writing what you like above all else and how diligence and availability can sustain artisitic momentum.

Feel free to share your thoughts with us at TiffinInnWritingWorkshop@gmail.com. Tim and Art are always happy to get the conversation started.

Art sets aside logic and process to explore how creative nonfiction, and the emotional vulnerability it can uncover, are powerful tools in creating memorable characters. Art shares an example of creative nonfiction from his past to showcase the potential power of authenticity.

Feel free to share your thoughts with us at TiffinInnWritingWorkshop@gmail.com. Tim and Art are always happy to get the conversation started.

Tim and Art are joined in the corner booth by author Emily Rinkema for a lively discussion of how to create memorable flash fiction.

Emily Rinkema lives and writes in northern Vermont. For her real job, she works as a district curriculum and instruction leader, supporting and facilitating professional learning for teachers and administrators. She has written about education for years, but has now shifted almost entirely to writing fiction. Her stories have recently appeared in SmokeLong Quarterly, Variant Lit, Flash Frog, Fictive Dream, Ghost Parachute, and Wigleaf, and she won the 2024 Cambridge Prize and the 2024 Lascaux Prize for flash fiction. She’s been nominated for Best Short Fictions and the Pushcart Prize, but has never been published in (or even had a tiered rejection from) HAD. When not writing or working, she enjoys spending time with Bill, her husband; Chet, her dog; and Jack Reacher the Cat. You can read her work at https://emilyrinkema.wixsite.com/my-site or follow her on X, BS, or IG (@emilyrinkema).

Tim and Art have kicked off 1-on-1 story coaching workshops to make it easy and affordable to get valuable guidance on your personal work. Reading & feedback services start at only $20! E-mail TiffinInnWritingWorkshop@gmail.com to start improving your writing today.

Art explores how to use a specific writing prompt as a constraint in building a character background. The prompt is "Describe your most unlikely relationship." Enjoy!

Tim and Art have kicked off 1-on-1 story coaching workshops to make it easy and affordable to get valuable guidance on your personal work. Reading & feedback services start at only $20! E-mail TiffinInnWritingWorkshop@gmail.com to start improving your writing today.

Tim and Art discuss where they find writing prompts and how they use them to jumpstart creativity in drafting new pieces. They propose sharing writing prompts with each other and the audience, ultimately leaving the following writing prompt for everyone to work on: "Write a story about finding wisdom in the most unlikely place."

If you try out the prompt and like what you have, send us an e-mail with your draft attached so we can read it on air!

Tim and Art have kicked off 1-on-1 story coaching workshops to make it easy and affordable to get valuable guidance on your personal work. Reading & feedback services start at only $20! E-mail TiffinInnWritingWorkshop@gmail.com to start improving your writing today.

Art reveals his process for spotting and expelling bad habits from his writing process. A delightful example of Art's continued failure is used as an object lesson of what not to do. Enjoy!

Tim and Art have kicked off 1-on-1 story coaching workshops to make it easy and affordable to get valuable guidance on your personal work. Reading & feedback services start at only $20! E-mail TiffinInnWritingWorkshop@gmail.com to start improving your writing today.