Writer's Block Party

Guest Sydney Kurland joins hosts Deniz and Lauren to share her pilot in progress, and discuss the experiences which led her to write it, what it means to sell out (or not), writing for yourself as an actor, and Sydney's inspirations and tools in combating writer's block. Rate the show on iTunes, follow us for updates and more content, and check out our Patreon Page at https://www.patreon.com/invisiblediscoproductions Instagram: @invisiblediscoproductions Twitter: @IDPpresentsWBP

Guest Timmy DeFoor joins host Lauren to share his new short play, and discuss first drafts, fast paced dialogue, real time playing out onstage, and Timmy's inspirations and tools in combating writer's block. Rate the show on iTunes, follow us for updates and more content, and check out our Patreon Page at https://www.patreon.com/invisiblediscoproductions Instagram: @invisiblediscoproductions Twitter: @IDPpresentsWBP

Guest Iris Rhian joins hosts Amelia and Thea to share her new prose poem, pandemic-era routines, writer recommendations, music (the concept), and Iris's inspirations and tools in combating writer's block. Rate the show on iTunes, follow us for updates and more content, and check out our Patreon Page at https://www.patreon.com/invisiblediscoproductions Instagram: @invisiblediscoproductions Twitter: @IDPpresentsWBP

Guest Brandon Cayetano joins hosts Thea and Amelia to share part of his new Mockumentary, one way to get started writing when you're an actor, Taika Waititi, Invisible Disco Production's Writer's Group and the opportunities it presents, and Brandon's inspirations and tools in combating writer's block. Rate the show on iTunes, follow us for updates and more content, and check out our Patreon Page at https://www.patreon.com/invisiblediscoproductions Instagram: @invisiblediscoproductions Twitter: @IDPpresentsWBP

Guest Zoe Bloomfield joins hosts Thea and Lauren to share part of her new play "The House of Clytemnestra"! Tune in for a discussion about how to juggle writing and directing, Greek classics, Marvel comics, Caryl Churchill and interrupting, and Zoes inspirations and tools in combating writer's block. Rate the show on iTunes, follow us for updates and more content, and check out our Patreon Page at https://www.patreon.com/invisiblediscoproductions Instagram: @invisiblediscoproductions Twitter: @IDPpresentsWBP

Guest Isabella Gomez Giron joins hosts Deniz and Thea to share part of her new short film "Individuals with Extraordinary Ability"! Tune in for a discussion about film, an international student's experience, eating on camera, writing for yourself vs. writing for others' consumption, and Isabella's inspirations and tools in combating writer's block. Rate the show on iTunes, follow us for updates and more content, and check out our Patreon Page at https://www.patreon.com/invisiblediscoproductions Instagram: @invisiblediscoproductions Twitter: @IDPpresentsWBP

Guest Mia Walsh Corbett joins hosts Amelia and Lauren to share her new piece "Camera Ready"! Tune in for a discussion about the role of the audience, writing creative nonfiction vs fiction, short stories, oeuvre, unreliable narrators, and Mia's inspirations and tools in combating writer's block. Rate the show on iTunes, follow us for updates and more content, and check out our Patreon Page at https://www.patreon.com/invisiblediscoproductions Instagram: @invisiblediscoproductions Twitter: @IDPpresentsWBP

Guest Gracie Rittenberg joins hosts Lauren and Thea to share her new scene "Doctor's Office"! Tune in for a discussion about exposition, eavesdropping, play writing vs screen writing, writing and editing for a specific cast of actors, and Gracie's inspirations and tools in combating writer's block. Rate the show on iTunes, follow us for updates and more content, and check out our Patreon Page at https://www.patreon.com/invisiblediscoproductions Instagram: @invisiblediscoproductions Twitter: @IDPpresentsWBP

Guest Jim Keane joins hosts Thea and Deniz in a very special 20th Episode of Writer's Block Party with his short story "Two Funerals"! Tune in for a discussion about character-driven narratives, turning short stories into stage plays, discovering poetry, the art of collaborating, and Jim's inspirations and tools in combating writer's block. Rate the show on iTunes, follow us for updates and more content, and check out our Patreon Page at https://www.patreon.com/invisiblediscoproductions Instagram: @invisiblediscoproductions Twitter: @IDPpresentsWBP

Guest Blaire Sharman joins hosts Amelia and Deniz to share her new song "For Me"! Tune in for a discussion about cats, Hozier and the Celtic influence on Appalachian music, how to decide what instrument your new song wants to be accompanied with, FEEDBACK, and Blaire's inspirations and tools in combating writer's block. Rate the show on iTunes, follow us for updates and more content, and check out our Patreon Page at https://www.patreon.com/invisiblediscoproductions Instagram: @invisiblediscoproductions Twitter: @IDPpresentsWBP

Guest Katherine Montes joins hosts Lauren and Thea to share a scene entitled "Just Lips" from a play she's writing! Tune in for a discussion about the heretofore unwritten 'bathroom sink drama', writing as an actor and vice versa, and Katherine's inspirations and tools in combating writer's block. Rate the show on iTunes, follow us for updates and more content, and check out our Patreon Page at https://www.patreon.com/invisiblediscoproductions Instagram: @invisiblediscoproductions Twitter: @IDPpresentsWBP

Join hosts Amelia Annen and Lauren Montes talking to the one and only Claire Smith. They discuss high school, Norwegian teen shows, and whether or not Claire thinks about things before she writes them. 

Join hosts Thea Throndson and Amelia Annen for a thrilling conversation of Sam Carbery's piece, "Eyes In The Back of My Head" as well as a discussion of popular books, how time works, and Sam's love/hate relationship with Robert Frost (yes, the poet).

Join us for our season 2 premiere of Writer's Block Party with the wonderful Giorgia Valenti reading her piece, 'In Parts" gain more insight into her writing process and the work she is doing with her very own theatre company, "Et Alia"

Guest Miranda Kang joins hosts Amelia and Deniz to share her new monologue, "stars"! Tune in for a discussion about outer space, discovering the end of a writing process, and Miranda's tools in fighting writer's block.Rate the show on iTunes, follow us for updates and more content, and check out our Patreon Page at https://www.patreon.com/invisiblediscoproductionsInstagram: @invisiblediscoproductionsTwitter: @IDPpresentsWBP

Guest Piper Lewis joins hosts Lauren and Amelia to share a scene from her new play, Memento Mori! Tune in for a discussion about the scene and its themes, writing as a way to process trauma, and Piper's inspirations and tools in combating writer's block.Rate the show on iTunes, follow us for updates and more content, and check out our Patreon Page at https://www.patreon.com/invisiblediscoproductionsInstagram: @invisiblediscoproductionsTwitter: @IDPpresentsWBP

Guest Lauren Hardman joins hosts Thea and Lauren to share a scene from her new play, Inside Voices! Tune in for a discussion about quarantine, sibling relationships, sketch comedy, and Lauren H's inspirations and tools in combating writer's block.Rate the show on iTunes, follow us for updates and more content, and check out our Patreon Page at https://www.patreon.com/invisiblediscoproductionsInstagram: @invisiblediscoproductionsTwitter: @IDPpresentsWBP

Guest Kayla Yumi Lewis joins hosts Amelia and Thea to share a scene from her new screenplay, Chang's Garden! Tune in for a discussion about the representation in art and the media, the intersections of food and culture, and Kayla's inspirations and tools in combating writer's block.Rate the show on iTunes, follow us for updates and more content, and check out our Patreon Page at https://www.patreon.com/invisiblediscoproductionsInstagram: @invisiblediscoproductionsTwitter: @IDPpresentsWBP

Guest and IDP Co-Founder Lauren Montes joins hosts Thea and Amelia in a very special 10th Episode of Writer's Block Party to turn her new monologue, "Dog," into a song! Tune in for a discussion about the accessibility of music as a creative outlet, the trials and tribulations of being a passionate new artist with big ideas but less expertise than your role models, creation in a multimedia and multi-hyphenate world, and Lauren's inspirations and tools in combating writer's block.Rate the show on iTunes, follow us for updates and more content, and check out our Patreon Page at https://www.patreon.com/invisiblediscoproductionsInstagram: @invisiblediscoproductionsTwitter: @IDPpresentsWBP

Guest Esther Um joins hosts Amelia and Deniz to discuss their new short film, a ~certain~ genre of story (no spoilers!), creative aids, inspirations they draw from, and what they do when they have writers block.Rate the show on iTunes, follow us for updates and more content, and check out our Patreon Page at https://www.patreon.com/invisiblediscoproductionsInstagram: @invisiblediscoproductionsTwitter: @IDPpresentsWBP

Guest Bella Maxwell joins hosts Deniz and Lauren to discuss an excerpt of a scene from her play, the processes she utilizes when writing, inspirations she draws from, and what she does when she has writers block.Rate the show on iTunes, follow us for updates and more content, and check out our Patreon Page at https://www.patreon.com/invisiblediscoproductionsInstagram: @invisiblediscoproductionsTwitter: @IDPpresentsWBP

IDP Co-Founder Amelia Annen joins hosts Deniz and Lauren to discuss writing and revising poetry, discovering the form or medium your piece wants to take, stylistic nostalgia, the art of cinematography, inspirations she draws from, and what she does when she has writer’s block.Rate the show on iTunes, follow us for updates and more content, and check out our Patreon Page at https://www.patreon.com/invisiblediscoproductionsInstagram: @invisiblediscoproductionsTwitter: @IDPpresentsWBP

Luca Pfeiffenberger joins hosts Lauren and Thea in conversation about her creative process. Luca shares the beginning of her short film, "The Friend in the Radiator" and discusses living an absurdist theatre piece in quarantine, the unfamiliar and yet completely universal cycles of isolation, the art of documentation, and what she does when she has writer's block.Rate the show on iTunes, follow us for updates and more content, and check out our Patreon Page at https://www.patreon.com/invisiblediscoproductionsInstagram: @invisiblediscoproductionsTwitter: @IDPpresentsWBP

Irmak Hatırlı joins hosts Deniz and Amelia in conversation about her creative process. Irmak shares her poem, "She" and discusses the cultural and academic biases that permeate the world of poetry, the various stages of writing and editing verse, Irmak and Deniz’s specific experiences writing as bilingual people, content warnings and censorship, and her inspirations in this time of self-generated work.Rate the show on iTunes, follow us for updates and more content, and check out our Patreon Page at https://www.patreon.com/invisiblediscoproductionsInstagram: @invisiblediscoproductionsTwitter: @IDPpresentsWBP

IDP co-founder Deniz Bulat joins hosts Thea and Lauren in conversation about her creative process. Deniz shares the beat sheet of her short film, "Untitled 1000" and discusses personal space and freedom translating to creative space and freedom, making films in which the audience forgets they're watching something through a physical camera lens, how art might change depending on potential geographically-based consumers, and what she does when she has writer's block. Rate the show on iTunes, follow us for updates and more content, and check out our Patreon Page at https://www.patreon.com/invisiblediscoproductionsInstagram: @invisiblediscoproductionsTwitter: @IDPpresentsWBP

Hosts Deniz and Thea join Lizzy Walther in conversation about the creative process. Lizzy shares the opening scene of her short film, "Indigo" and discusses writing as an actor and acting as a writer, working on a project in which you are involved in every single aspect of production, and what she does when she has writer's block. Rate the show on iTunes, follow us for updates and more content, and check out our Patreon Page at https://www.patreon.com/invisiblediscoproductionsInstagram: @invisiblediscoproductionsTwitter: @IDPpresentsWBP

Hosts Amelia and Lauren join Emma Q Baxter in conversation about the creative process. Emma shares the opening scene of her screenplay-in-progress, "The Alto Part" and discusses high school choir, writing characters that aren't like her, and childhood dreams.Rate the show on iTunes, follow us for updates and more content, and check out our Patreon Page at https://www.patreon.com/invisiblediscoproductionsInstagram: @invisiblediscoproductionsTwitter: @IDPpresentsWBP Thanks so much, and have a great week!

Our very first guest Thea Throndson shares with hosts Deniz and Amelia her new song, "Time Numbs" and talks about her process, journals, and inspirations. Instagram: @invisiblediscoproductionsTwitter: @IDPpresentsWBP

Welcome to Writer's Block Party. A podcast dedicated to sharing the work of emerging artists and breaking down the often mysticized process of creating and developing art. Created by Invisible Disco Productions. Hosts: Amelia Annen, Thea Throndson, Deniz Bulat, and Lauren Montes. Edited by Noah Friend.