Start With This: Idea to Execution
25 March 2019 - 36 minsA 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 they give listeners two short assignments: something to consume and something to create. The best way to start writing is to start writing. Not sure where to begin? Start With This.
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There’s natural talent, and then there’s practice. You can only control that last bit. Joseph and Jeffrey talk building habits of c...
Series Episodes
Cecil Baldwin and Kevin R Free perform more from The Nudge, by Alice Isn't Dead creator Joseph Fink
Please consider preordering wherever you buy books. Preorders make a HUGE difference for authors. If you're in LA, please come join us on September 1st a the launch event at Vroman's in Pasadena with Mara Wilson. https://vromansbookstore.com/event/2026-09-01/joseph-fink For more information, to preorder, and to see the book tour schedule, please check out: https://podiumentertainment.com/c/thenudge Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
9 mins
31 August Finished
Excerpt from The Nudge, by Alice Isn't Dead creator Joseph Fink
Please consider preordering wherever you buy books. Preorders make a HUGE difference for authors. If you're in LA, please come join us on September 1st a the launch event at Vroman's in Pasadena with Mara Wilson. https://vromansbookstore.com/event/2026-09-01/joseph-fink For more information, to preorder, and to see the book tour schedule, please check out: https://podiumentertainment.com/c/thenudge Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
7 mins
18 August Finished
Don't Tell Alice Part 1, Chapter 10: The Execution of All Things
Her face brightens. A look of real hope. To support the show, get every episode ad-free and a week early, plus other bonus episodes and other rewards, please support our patreon. Supporting independent art means a lot right now, and we really appreciate it. https://patreon.com/aliceisntdead Preorder the new horror novel by Joseph Fink, THE NUDGE. Out Sept 1: https://podiumentertainment.com/c/thenudge Get Alice Isn't Dead merch here: https://topatoco.com/collections/alice-isnt-dead Listen to Joseph's other new podcast, The Best Worst! https://www.nightvalepresents.com/the-best-worst Written by Joseph Fink Performed by Jasika Nicole Sound design and music by Disparition Logo by Rob Wilson A production of Night Vale Presents Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
29 mins
17 August Finished
Don't Tell Alice, Part 1, Chapter 9: Drift
I am in the inbetween, caught between two Americas, and that’s where I will be until I finally reach the woman, and the chase is over. To support the show, get every episode ad-free and a week early, plus other bonus episodes and other rewards, please support our patreon. Supporting independent art means a lot right now, and we really appreciate it. https://patreon.com/aliceisntdead Preorder the new horror novel by Joseph Fink, THE NUDGE. Out Sept 1: https://podiumentertainment.com/c/thenudge Get Alice Isn't Dead merch here: https://topatoco.com/collections/alice-isnt-dead Listen to Joseph's other new podcast, The Best Worst! https://www.nightvalepresents.com/the-best-worst Written by Joseph Fink Performed by Jasika Nicole Sound design and music by Disparition Logo by Rob Wilson A production of Night Vale Presents Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
32 mins
3 August Finished
Don't Tell Alice, Part 1, Chapter 8: Three Leads
Once upon a time, I was part of a movement called Praxis. To support the show, get every episode ad-free and a week early, plus other bonus episodes and other rewards, please support our patreon. Supporting independent art means a lot right now, and we really appreciate it. https://patreon.com/aliceisntdead Preorder the new horror novel by Joseph Fink, THE NUDGE. Out Sept 1: https://podiumentertainment.com/c/thenudge Get Alice Isn't Dead merch here: https://topatoco.com/collections/alice-isnt-dead Listen to Joseph's other new podcast, The Best Worst! https://www.nightvalepresents.com/the-best-worst Written by Joseph Fink Performed by Jasika Nicole Sound design and music by Disparition Logo by Rob Wilson A production of Night Vale Presents Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
31 mins
20 July Finished
Don't Tell Alice, Part 1, Chapter 7: How To Be Both
There is someone else with us out on these roads. To support the show, get every episode ad-free and a week early, plus other bonus episodes and other rewards, please support our patreon. Supporting independent art means a lot right now, and we really appreciate it. https://patreon.com/aliceisntdead Preorder the new horror novel by Joseph Fink, THE NUDGE. Out Sept 1: https://podiumentertainment.com/c/thenudge Get Alice Isn't Dead merch here: https://topatoco.com/collections/alice-isnt-dead Listen to Joseph's other new podcast, The Best Worst! https://www.nightvalepresents.com/the-best-worst Written by Joseph Fink Performed by Jasika Nicole Sound design and music by Disparition Logo by Rob Wilson A production of Night Vale Presents Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
27 mins
6 July Finished
