Story Nerd
Hosted by V and Melanie and Valerie Francis and Kat and Kathleen and Valerie · Valerie Francis, Melanie Hill, Kathleen Foxx
5.0from 71 ratings
- 287
- Episodes
- 56
- Transcribed
- 71
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2022
- First episode
About Story Nerd
For novelists, memoirists and screenwriters who want to write stories readers will love, and who want to work with a literary agent. Each week, editors Valerie Francis and Melanie Hill use films to explain how to craft a story that hooks the reader on page one and holds their attention all the way to the end. On alternate weeks, Valerie and literary agent Kathleen Foxx offer their professional feedback on query letters and writing samples submitted by Story Nerd listeners. The goal is simple: to help writers realize their dreams of becoming published authors. If you love to write, and you love to tell stories, and you want to see your book out in the world, this podcast is for you! "The only thing that matters, and that ever will matter, is the story. That's it." - Tom Hanks (Oxford Union 2024)
- Publisher
- Valerie Francis, Melanie Hill, Kathleen Foxx
- Category
- arts
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 1 Apr 2022
- Latest episode
- 4 Nov 2026
Latest episodes
56 of 287 episodes have a transcript.
4 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT
What Went Wrong: cowboys and aliens
28 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Best Advice: worldbuilding and saggy middles
21 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Bombshell: irony masterclass
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What Went Wrong: cowboys and aliens
Published 4 Nov 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] But Cowboys and Aliens and Firefly couldn't be more different. In Firefly, the genres are truly being blended. Like the whole story has been designed to take the best from each genre and have them work together. So the characters, the setting, the whole fictional world fuses elements from both genres. […]
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 5.0 / 5
- 59 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.8 / 5
- 12 ratings
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- 94
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- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 90
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Who hosts Story Nerd?
V and Melanie and Valerie Francis and Kat and Kathleen and Valerie host the show. Published by Valerie Francis, Melanie Hill, Kathleen Foxx.
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