In today’s episode, Angie and Elizabeth share 3 (or is it 7?) tips and tricks for using this summer (or any time you are in between routines) to be a productive writer. They discuss Elizabeth’s continued revisions and how to look at beginnings, as well as some finer details on Angie’s summer project of an improvised 24-hour feature film.

Story Makers is a podcast that features in-depth conversations with accomplished writers, filmmakers and industry experts about story craft, technique, habit and survival–everything you need to know to stay inspired, connect to your creativity, find others’ wonderful stories and your own success.

The hosts:

Elizabeth Stark is a published, agented novelist and distributed filmmaker who teaches and mentors writers at BookWritingWorld.com.

Angie Powers is a distributed filmmaker and published short story writer with an MFA in creative writing and a certificate in screenwriting from UCLA who teaches story structure at BookWritingWorld.com.