Writer's Prompts for the podcast "Panic Mode: Activated!"

Embrace the panic, and remember: chaos makes for unforgettable stories.

In this Alchemy Short n’ Sweet episode, Tim and LeeAnna delve into the joy of a crisis made so much worse by the person who panics!

Write your mess. Write your truth. Write what hurts. Someone out there needs it more than you know

“Small Talk, Big Deal” turns the tiniest human interactions into a beautiful mess of psychology, awkwardness, danger, and longing.

Sometimes the most mythic moment in your book should be the leg of a drowning mythological figure waving from a distant corner.

Writer's Prompts for the podcast "Enter Stage Left"

Writer's Prompts for the podcast "Pressure Makes Diamonds... Or Dust"

Fiction should be a mirror to our world’s darkest and lightest moments.

The messy, chaotic world of people cracking under pressure—because let’s face it, life’s a pressure cooker, and sometimes the lid just pops!

Writer's Prompts for the podcast "The (Not So) Wonder Years" - pitch yourself headfirst into the smelly laundry basket of the teen years

It’s a confusing time when you’re expected to make life-altering decisions with the emotional maturity of a pet hamster.

In this Alchemy podcast Tim and LeeAnna talk about the teen years - because what’s a teen’s life without a *few near-death experiences*?

Writer's Prompts for the podcast "When Reality Met Fiction: The Meet Cute"

Meet-cutes are overrated. Meet-uglies are the new hotness—buckle up, because Tim and LeeAnna are about to toss your tropes out the window

The next time you're stuck for a plot, remember the absurdity of it all. The mistakes, the greed, the human error...

Writer's Prompts for the podcast "Just Soooo Attractive"

Heroes Are Fine, but Tim Wants Messy, Morally-Ambiguous Characters

Today, our podcasters talk about how to make characters that are both compelling and objectively good folks.

As a writer, slip a little “Woodman’s Son” moment into your narrative for comic effect (or a fireplace tragedy)!