Episodes

  • Writeopolis S3 E6 - Jon Cronshaw
    Oct 15 2024

    This time out, RJ, Scott and Kit are joined by self published legend Jon Cronshaw! Amongst many other things, we get into:

    • The awfulness of Discord
    • Kit recommending crap TV shows
    • Absolute chaos
    • Justice for obscure Spiderman actors
    • Slagging off Morbius before it was cool
    • Jon’s Spanish-reading guide dog
    • The imaginary reaction of readers
    • The return of the Ur Text
    • RJ and Kit somehow turning picking a Writeopolis playlist track into 3D chess

    An absolute joy from start to finish :)

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    1 hr and 40 mins
  • Writeopolis S3 E5 - Just RJ and Kit
    Oct 8 2024

    An ill guest and absent Scott mean RJ and Kit are left alone to play, which goes exactly how you'd expect. Expect a lot of rambling. Also, Craig briefly stopped working somewhere in the middle, so there's a brief tone to note the point where recording stopped and restarted.

    Enjoy :)

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    2 hrs and 3 mins
  • Writeopolis S3 E4: Sophia McDougall
    Oct 1 2024

    This time out, Scott, RJ and Kit are joined by the brilliant author Sophia McDougal. Topics covered include:

    • The joys of Discord
    • Often, but not always, getting Sophia's name right
    • Sofia Loren ruining everything for everybody
    • Watching mediocre TV for Reasons
    • The many, many pitfalls about writing about cops in 2022
    • Kit and psychological breakthroughs
    • The annoyance of getting characters up and downstairs
    • The return of the Ur Text
    • Being our kind of people
    • A very abrupt ending

    On that last, we had some problems with the bot which unfortunately cut the recording short. Apologies for this.

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    1 hr and 40 mins
  • Writeopolis S3 E3 - Writing a novel by committee - Host only
    Sep 24 2024

    In a guest-free episode, Kit, RJ and Scott get even more off topic than usual, but do end up brainstorming their alleged co-authoring project. Gound covered includes:

    • RJs ongoing struggles with the nature of linear time
    • Spoiling The Responder for Scott
    • Spoilers also for Squid Games and Mandalorian and Boba Fett
    • The Guy Ritchie/Spielberg sweet spot
    • RJ discovers that the show is recorded
    • Live brainstorming for a novel
    • Bookending fridge talk

    And much, much more. Enjoy :)

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    1 hr and 45 mins
  • Writeopolis S3 E2 - James Moran
    Sep 17 2024

    This time out, RJ and Scott are joined by brilliant script writer and novelist James Moran. Topics covered include:

    • Scott in a submarine
    • “Off topic is on brand!”
    • Murderous kindly old ladies and giggling with glee
    • Writing fast for TV
    • Spooks, and Not Killing Harry
    • The mechanics of writing for TV and around outside factors
    • The formative power of the Target DW novelisations
    • The moral certainty that Peter Capaldi wasn’t the 12th Doctor
    • Dealing with online anger and abuse
    • The Torchwood S3 writers room
    • Writing for Donna Noble/Catherine Tate (both in a script and in a novel)

    And much, much more. Enjoy :)

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    2 hrs and 3 mins
  • Writeopolis S3 E1 - Welcome back!
    Sep 10 2024

    The boys are back in town - or, rather, back huddled behind microphones in houses and/or garages. In this guest-free first show of 2022, expect a rambling conversation taking in the following bullet points:

    • The dreaded ‘soft relaunch’.
    • Scott having read three whole books
    • RJ and the swinging hot takes
    • Some Muppet Christmas Carol controversy
    • Dissecting The Tourist
    • Scott and the virtues of spreadsheets
    • Kit’s enormous feeling of validation from watching Don’t Look Up
    • The many highs and lows of Brian DePalma
    • Watching Heathers with Grandma
    • Johnathan Extender
    • An Actual Writing Question
    • RJ the psychopath
    • Metallica shade and DBT love
    • The sorcery of drummers
    • The 'middle aged white men talking HipHop' show

    And, as you've come to expect, much more. Enjoy.

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    2 hrs
  • Writeopolis S1 E8 - Stark Holborn
    Sep 3 2024

    In what could possibly be the longest delay in releasing an episode ever, we found a lost recording! All the way back from season 1 we have the wonderful Stark Holborn discussing:
    - where cowboys/westerns belong in the bookstore.
    - Scott takes us on a deep dive on how to organise Dr Who books.
    - There is cautionary tale of plotter vs pantser, where the pantsers try to plot and it all goes very, very wrong.
    - Springsteen makes an appearance, despite RJ’s best efforts.
    - And RJ sets out a dastardly plan involving coconuts.

    We can only apologise for this episode getting lost in time, but it’s worth the wait, we promise!

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    1 hr and 42 mins
  • Writeopolis S2 E8 Finale
    Aug 27 2024

    In a guest-free season finale, RJ, Scott and Kit get into Muppet Christmas Carol, the vague nature of time itself, Wheel Of Time controversy, RJ's Doctor Who related child cruelty, a world exclusive regarding Sniper Elite 5, and oh so much more. Enjoy.

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    1 hr and 34 mins