Another great guest this week, in the form of Gillian McAllister. Sunday Times best-selling author, with the TV royalty seal of a…
In this week's bl**dy episode, Jon reviews the mega-f***ing-successful screen-writing guide "Save the cat" - and then we have a m…
Well, despite somehow failing to record the first 30 minutes of the interview, we still manage to have a rather interesting chat …
After entering a micro-fiction contest Tom, Jon and Dave rather maturely consider the judge's feedback, and deal with it in a lev…
Some people thought it couldn't be done... they were wrong. Some said no-one would be daft enough to turn up... they were wrong t…
It's a half and half treat this week! Half book review ("The Hidden Tools of Comedy" by Steve Kaplan) and half interview - a love…
Ouhhhhhhh... it's a spooooooky horror episode! This week we present back our short horror stories. Then we try and teach Dave how…
This week we're joined by the superb Kate Fox, poet extraordinaire. Kate shows us around the secret world of poetry, enjoys Dave'…
This week, we talk to brilliant thriller-mystery-horror writer C.J. Tudor. Topics covered: Dog walking, the 1980s and what it's l…
This week (as the more astute of you may have gathered from the title of this episode) we talk about rejections – including a sur…
This week we talk to multi-talented writer Caimh McDonnell about hecklers, dogs and successful self publishing. And we witness a …
What's a log line? How are they useful? How should you do them? These are all questions we really should have considered before r…
We thoroughly enjoy a lovely chinwag with Beth Chalmers this week. She's a hugely successful writer with sketch shows, dramas, pr…
In this week's audio smorgasbord (let's call it a smaudiosbord), inspired by our chat with OMJ Ryan in episode 7, we present back…
This week we talk to crime fiction author OMJ Ryan and we find out the answer to questions like; What happens when you quit your …
This time out, we talk about our "work in progress" and then touch upon important issues such as houmous on nipples, one of us be…
Due to recent events we’ve had to swap our episodes around a bit. So this week we’re using our experience as advertising creative…
Well, here it is. The episode literally no-one has been waiting for. Packed to the brim with smut and naughtiness, with a few rib…
This week we have a good old fashioned chin-wag about our ongoing writing projects – including a unique take on the murder myster…
This episode sees us bravely digging out our embarrassing teenage poetry and sharing it shamelessly with the world. We talk about…
In our first ever episode we have a chat about why we started the podcast, we talk about those little things that prevent us from…
Tom, Jon and Dave welcome you to the Failing Writers Podcast. Come on a journey of self-development with us as we attempt to tran…