Nov 15

278 - How to Solve a Murder

You’re well on your way to becoming an amateur homicide investigator. Weather: "Camelot" by ⁠Dessa⁠⁠⁠ Original episode art by ⁠Jessica Hayworth⁠ ⁠Episode transcripts⁠ ⁠HOLIDAY GIFT IDEAS⁠ FROM NIGHT VALE 2026 TOUR DATES ⁠Tix on sale now⁠! ⁠UNLICENSED Season 3⁠⁠⁠ is here! On ... Show More

30m 29s

Nov 1

277 - Locked Library Mystery

There has been an impossible murder in a locked room! Also, more importantly, it's the big Turkey Day sale at Ralph's. Weather: "I Get Hurt" by ⁠Victor Jones The voice of Dana Cardinal is Jasika Nicole Original episode art by ⁠Jessica Hayworth⁠ ⁠Episode transcripts⁠ 2025-26 TOUR ... Show More

28m 11s

Oct 15

276 - The Big Game

Let's have a look at sports. Weather: "The Cyclone" by Al Olender⁠⁠ Original episode art by Jessica Hayworth Episode transcripts 2025-26 TOUR DATES Tix on sale now! UNLICENSED Season 3⁠⁠ is here! Only on Audible Pre-order the Welcome to Night Vale Roleplaying Game Get the Night V ... Show More

30m 13s

Mar 2019

Start With This: Idea to Execution

A brand new podcast from Night Vale Presents co-founders Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor: Start With This, a podcast gone creativity playground designed to put your ideas in motion. Each episode centers around a topic from world building, to opening lines, and even failure. Then t ... Show More

34m 57s

Mar 2019

Idea to Execution

There’s natural talent, and then there’s practice. You can only control that last bit. Joseph and Jeffrey talk building habits of creation so that starting projects gets into your muscle memory. Consume: Check out Jonathan Mann’s Song A Day Youtube channel. Jonathan’s been writin ... Show More

37m 51s

Mar 2019

Start With This: Trailer

The creators of Welcome to Night Vale Jeffrey Cranor and Joseph Fink believe the only bad writing is not writing. Start With This is a podcast gone creativity playground designed to put your ideas in motion. Each episode centers around a topic from world building, to opening line ... Show More

4m 24s

Aug 2019

I Have an Idea for a Podcast

The heart of a good podcast isn’t in expensive mics or a nice studio— it’s in the idea. We talk through four litmus tests to test the strength of your idea: specificity, novelty, practicality, and repeatability. Honing in on these elements will help you uncover what’s exciting ab ... Show More

41m 2s

Mar 2019

More Alice Isn't Dead and a brand new podcast!

Come see a brand new Alice Isn’t Dead live show, along with performances from Within the Wires and Welcome to Night Vale’s the Faceless Old Woman, at the Largo in LA on April 27! Tickets available now: https://wl.seetickets.us/event/Night-Vale-Presents/381517?afflky=LargoAtTheCor ... Show More

4m 15s

Sep 2019

Anxiety

Have you ever had a big deadline and all of a sudden you have to listen to that new audiobook? In this episode, we talk about how anxiety about your writing can lead to moments like this. Then we discuss ways to motivate yourself from steering into the skid, to doing achievable t ... Show More

38m 40s

Dec 2020

As It Happens

Celebrating the act of daily creation with Jonathan Mann. CONSUME: Go listen to more of Jonathan Mann’s podcast “As It Happens” CREATE: Start with the same basic image as Jonathan: the growing cloud of space debris around earth. Write a 100-200 word piece about the space debris. ... Show More

29m 11s

Jun 2020

Narrative Structure

What is the shape of your narrative? CONSUME: “17776 Football” by Jon Bois https://www.sbnation.com/a/17776-football CREATE: Write a 100 word story with a beginning, middle and end. Write another 100 word story with completely different characters and completely different action. ... Show More

34m 25s

Jun 2020

Negative Space

What's there that's not there? CONSUME: “Dear Committee Members” by Julie Schumaker CREATE: Set a timer for 15 minutes. Create a character (a person, a place or a thing, really. Doesn’t have to be a human being.) And write a list of everything they do not have, everything they do ... Show More

31m 12s

May 2023

17. Celle qui rêve de devenir écrivain : Réécriture, construction d’univers et développement des personnages

<p> À travers des enregistrements spontanés, je vous invite à explorer avec moi mon univers créatif, autour de l’élaboration de mes projets d’écriture. Pas à pas, je partage avec vous mes humeurs, mes réflexions, les problématiques que je rencontre, les questions et les doutes qu ... Show More

32m 32s