Drunken Pen Writing Podcast

#36: Classic Short Horror Stories You Must Read

We talk about movies for the first ten minutes of this episode, but after that, we get into a great discussion on some classic short horror stories that we think everyone should read at least once in their life. Then we end the episode with some brainstorming on how to branch out on social media by starting a DPW Instagram account.

If you want to read some of the stories mentioned in this episode, head on over to https://theweek.com/articles/458068/9-classic-horror-stories-read-right-now

Or you can check out the growing number of horror classics at DPW by going to https://drunkenpenwriting.com/category/classic-literature/classic-horror-stories/

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#35: How To Write A Good Sex Scene

We start the episode off with a quick discussion on outrage culture getting people fired from their jobs, then we go into a great conversation about how to write good sex scenes. We break things down in a fun way by describing the right—and wrong—ways to write a sex scene.

If you want to check out the article that this episode is based on, you can read it at https://drunkenpenwriting.com/2017/05/25/lets-talk-about-sex/

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BOTM #3: The War Of Art

For our newest Book of the Month review, we are covering The War Of Art by Steven Pressfield. We also discuss a few other wacky topics, briefly talk about our current projects, then end things with a few announcements. 

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DBS #11: 25 Of The Best Modern Comic Book Writers

Spencer starts to get itchy if we don't discuss comic books for a while, so we take a laid back approach in this episode as we talk about 25 of the best comic book writers from the last 25 years.

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#34: When Can You Call Yourself A Professional Writer?

We decided to have a short, relaxed episode for a change. So instead of a long educational episode or one breaking down our favorite books and movies, we take things easy and have a simple discussion on what we think makes someone a professional writer.

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DBS #10: Giveaway And Movie Talk

It's giveaway time! In this Drunken Bullshit episode, we go over the rules to our giveaway, which is a sweet vegan leather DPW journal. We also discuss John Travolta, go into some hot movie takes on IT Chapter 2 and Doctor Sleep, and cover a few other random topics. But here's what you came for!

If you want to enter the giveaway you have three options:

1. Send us a funny name for Spencer. We give Spencer a funny name every week using alliteration. Such as "The Manitoba Mauler" or "The Babbling Brute of Baghdad." Just make sure to use a real city, state, or country in the name.

2. Send us a flash fiction story on any topic or theme of up to 500 words. 

3. Send us a funny name for Spencer and a flash fiction story to double your chances of winning.

We're keeping things simple and pulling names out of a hat. If you send us a funny name you get your name entered one time into the hat. If you send a flash fiction story you get three names entered into the hat. And if you send us a funny name and flash fiction story, you get your name entered FOUR times in the hat. That's four whole chances to win the sweet DPW journal!

You can DM us funny names on Twitter @drunkpenwriting or on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/drunkenpenwriting/

DO NOT SEND US FLASH FICTION STORIES ON TWITTER OR FACEBOOK

You can send your flash fiction stories in the body of an email by going to our contact page at https://drunkenpenwriting.com/contact-us/

You can also send your funny names, or funny names and flash fiction together in an email. This would be most preferred.

We will let the giveaway ride out until we have a decent number of submissions. We will announce the winner on the podcast as well as contact the winner privately.

#33: How To Write A Good Story

In this episode we have a special guest, Ash Caton from the Ear Read This Podcast, and he helps us go over the essential rules of how to write a good story. We also break out into a few ridiculous discussions about classic writers, Ernest Hemingway fighting Orson Wells, and the weird differences between England and the US.

If you want to read the article this episode is based on, head on over to http://www.aaronshep.com/youngauthor/elements.html

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#32: Going African

Our white American ignorance shines extra bright in this episode as we cover ten of the best African writers and their amazing work. We also have a discussion on the differences between African fiction and American fiction, cultural appropriation in literature, and how writing has become somewhat segregated as of late.

We struggle to pronounce some of the names on this list so you should definitely check out the article at https://theculturetrip.com/africa/articles/the-top-10-contemporary-african-writers-you-should-know/

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#31: The Shining: Book VS Movie

All work and no play makes for a boring podcast! That's why we decided to go over the differences between Stephen King's The Shining and the movie adaptation by Stanley Kubrick. And with Doctor Sleep coming to theaters in a few months we also touch on the novel version of that as well.

Make sure you stick around until the end of the episode for a few important announcements related to the future plans of the podcast.

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#30: Tequila With A Side Of Jesus

Boy howdy, where do we even start with this one? Well, Spencer had other plans and couldn't be in this episode. So we got a friend of DPW, Mr. Dominick Welsh, to hop behind the mic to discuss ten of the best novels dealing with God. 

This discussion takes many twists and turns, especially since we get hammered drunk on a fine bottle of tequila as the episode goes on. We cover plenty of controversial topics and how they relate to the article at hand, including the death of God, if we think God is real, the current state of religion, creationism, the Catholic Church scandal, why Mr. Rogers was the real Jesus, and much more.

If you want to check out the article that this episode is based on, head on over to https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/dec/06/top-10-novels-about-god

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