The Bestseller Experiment

About The Bestseller Experiment

Join author and screenwriter Mark Stay with coach and entrepreneur Mark Desvaux, as they discover the secrets to writing a bestseller and challenge themselves and you to write, market and self-published a bestselling book in just one year. Each week, they are guided by and interview million-selling, chart-topping authors, publishers on the inside, editors, agents, social media specialists, and many more big names who play a part in the bestseller process. From the writing to marketing, plotting to publishing, learn the secrets to help you write your way to the top of the charts.

Publisher

Bestseller Experiment

Category

arts · arts

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

13 Oct 2016

Latest episode

10 Feb 2025

Latest episodes

571 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   10 Feb 2025

   EP540: David Koepp – Everything You Write Moves You Forward

   David Koepp is one of the most successful screenwriters in Hollywood history. With a collective box office somewhere in the region of $250b he’s written Jurassic Park, Spider-Man, Death Becomes Her and many, many more. We were delighted to talk to David about his fantastic new novel COLD STORAGE and to get an insight into his writing process.

2. 

   27 Jan 2025

   EP539: Sarah Moorhead and Stuart Turton — Teacher, Student & Metempsychosis

   Do you have a favourite teacher? One who encouraged you to write, maybe? This special episode is for all the teachers and students out there who have inspired one another over the years, and we have two of them on the show. Sarah Moorhead is the author of Witness X and started out as a teacher. One of her students was young Stuart Turton, author of The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle and The Devil and the Dark Water. They tell us how they reunited over Twitter and how discussing big ideas in the class can change the course of a life.

3. 

   13 Jan 2025

   EP538: Michelle Paver | Research To The Extreme

   Michelle Paver, a bestselling author, takes research to the extreme, immersing herself in the natural world to craft authentic, thrilling stories that transport readers to the edge of the unknown.

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

68,944

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.9 / 5

58 ratings

Spotify

4.8 / 5

35 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 68 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

65

Social presence

0

YouTube

85

Engagement

95