Episode #101: SNACKDOWN SMACKDOWN Season 4 Finale!
Welcome back to another episode of Storybeast where Courtney Shack and Ghabiba Weston discuss the transformative power of story.In this episode of Season 4 Part 2:Courtney and Ghabiba reflect on the past seasonThe duo discusses the concept of "dreaming big" and how to do it when you feel like you can'tThe banter is as high as the heat as Ghabiba explains the concept of the snackdownThe beasts battle it out in an epic snack battle with the menu you voted for!Ghabiba and Courtney wish you a fantastic summer!For more storytelling content to your inbox, subscribe to our newsletter. Feel free to reach out if you want to talk story or snacks!A warm thank you to Deore for our musical number. You can find more of her creative work on Spotify.As ever, thank you for listening, Beasties! Please consider leaving a review to support this podcast.Be brave, stay beastly!
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Episode # 100: Arabian Nightmares, bleeding through the pen and being the buffet, with author and acclaimed filmmaker Daniel Habib
Welcome to another LEGENDARY episode of Storybeast! Our Legendaries are special guests who are an expert within their area of storytelling. In this episode, Ghabiba Weston and Courtney Shack have the pleasure of interviewing legendary Daniel Habib.Daniel Habib is an American-Lebanese author, teacher, and acclaimed filmmaker. A student of King, Barker and Ito, his prolific screenwriting career has birthed numerous successful series and feature films, earning both critical acclaim and commercial success. Today, he channels his dark gift into crafting thrilling and heart-pounding stories across various media formats.In this episode:Daniel elaborates on his "dark gift" of the story craftwe chat about stepping into your story identityDaniel shares about his storytelling journeyyou'll hear more about the politics of TVyou get a peek behind the scenes of the horror anthology, Arabian NightmaresDaniel shares advice for writers who want to write across media formatsyou'll hear about bleeding through the pen and being a buffetDaniel shares some insight into his latest film, "Cobra."For more storytelling content to your inbox, subscribe to our newsletter.Feel free to reach out if you want to talk story or snacks!A warm thank you to Deore for our musical number. You can find more of her creative work on Spotify.As ever, thank you for listening, Beasties! Please consider leaving a review to support this podcast.Be brave, stay beastly!
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Episode #99: Advice for Space: on scene setting and taking what you need
Welcome back to another episode of Storybeast where Courtney Shack and Ghabiba Weston discuss the transformative power of story.In this episode of Season 4 Part 2:Ghabiba introduces the topic of today’s discussion, “space,” with a pun (please clap)The duo pulls apart concepts of scene setting, feelings in spaces, and connect it to the last G&C episode on “time.”The beasts discuss the pressures to create quickly and how it can conflict with a creative’s need to playCourtney recommends Zoe York to help you figure out your long term goalsGhabiba brings up the concept of giving yourself “space” as a creative and Courtney vows to clean her room. The duo discusses how if you’re not looking at your dream, it doesn’t mean it’s gone.Ideas of small person image and safe places in one’s mind surfaceA loving chat about snacks, including pasta and crackersThe beasts banter about the smackdown- don’t miss your chance to vote on April 4th!For more storytelling content to your inbox, subscribe to our newsletter. Feel free to reach out if you want to talk story or snacks!A warm thank you to Deore for our musical number. You can find more of her creative work on Spotify.As ever, thank you for listening, Beasties! Please consider leaving a review to support this podcast.Be brave, stay beastly!
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Episode #98: On debuting, mental health, and I WISH YOU WOULD with Legendary Eva Des Lauriers
Welcome to another LEGENDARY episode of Storybeast! Our Legendaries are special guests who are an expert within their area of storytelling. In this episode, Ghabiba Weston and Courtney Shack have the pleasure of interviewing Legendary Eva Des Lauriers.Eva Des Lauriers is the author of the Young Adult romance, I WISH YOU WOULD, out with Henry Holt & Co (BYR) May 21, 2024. When she isn’t writing, you can find her wandering through the redwoods, staring at the sea, or pretending she’s in a music video. She lives with her family and her collection of kissing books in Oakland, CA.In this episode, you'll hear aboutthe aftermath of I WISH YOU WOULD's debutthe gorgeous editions of IWYWthe mental health experience after debutingEva's way to protect her creative spacethe quiet grief cycle of creationEva's one piece of advice to debut authorsEva sophomore novelEva's advice for channeling your inner young adult when writing YAwhat book 2 has taught Eva (be prepared to feel inspired)how Eva gets unstuckEva's writing ritual, including a meditation by Julia Jacksonhow Eva settles the tea battle between Ghabiba and Zeyneb HoldridgeFor more storytelling content to your inbox, subscribe to our newsletter.Feel free to reach out if you want to talk story or snacks!A warm thank you to Deore for our musical number. You can find more of her creative work on Spotify.As ever, thank you for listening, Beasties! Please consider leaving a review to support this podcast.Be brave, stay beastly!
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Episode #97: How to use time to your advantage in your story
Welcome back to another episode of Storybeast where Courtney Shack and Ghabiba Weston discuss the transformative power of story.In this episode of Season 4 Part 2, the Beasts:discuss various ways time is used in storieshow time done well is often unnoticeable, but executed poorly can ruin a storygive examples of how time is used in Six of Crows, the Way of Kings, Arcane, and New Moon.use every opportunity to make puns about timeCourtney discusses her use of a ticking clock in her novel, Lady of Roses and RuinGhabiba raves about a new bookFor more storytelling content to your inbox, subscribe to our newsletter. Feel free to reach out if you want to talk story or snacks!A warm thank you to Deore for our musical number. You can find more of her creative work on Spotify.As ever, thank you for listening, Beasties! Please consider leaving a review to support this podcast.Be brave, stay beastly!
A podcast for story lovers, Storybeast explores how we weave tales and why we love them. Co-hosts Ghabiba Weston and C. Shack chat with each other and legendary guests about different elements of various books, tv shows, plays, and other modalities to explore this fundamental aspect of humanity. Come for the story, stay for the snacks.
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