Start With This : This interactive podcast for aspiring writers invites listeners to take part in an engaging creative process that aims to take you out of your creative rut. Episodes typically follow a consume/create pattern where listeners are led to watch or listen to a given work of art before using it as a springboard to write a creative piece that they then share within the podcast’s virtual community to both give and receive feedback. The show has a 4.7 review on Chartable with listeners hailing it as “ a constant source of creative inspiration.”

“It’s much harder to like something than to dislike something”: In an episode titled “ How to Like,” podcast co-host Jeffrey Cranor begins by reminding us that it is much easier to be a harsh critic than it is to be open to the world. To cement this idea, Cranor and his co-host, Joseph Fink — who, together, happen to be the creative forces behind the Night Vale podcast and novel — give listeners two assignments: “Consume” an episode of the ¡ Uy Que Horror ! Podcast before writing, or “creating, a rave review about something far from perfect they recently read, watched, or heard. The point being to find the positive qualities that are invariably found in every creative endeavor — no matter how small.

WHERE TO LISTEN- Give it a listen on any of the following platforms to get your creative juices flowing: Spotify, Google Podcasts, Apple Podcasts.

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