Grab your coffee, because Colleen is on a date with her husband, and he brought a camera crew (us).

Cory De Silva is a viral Reddit r/nosleep author, a screenwriter, and a dad of two. In this episode he and Colleen talk about the writing life, the road trip, and what happens when you stop waiting for permission and start posting.

In this episode:

-Why he started writing creepy stories online after years of calling short stories lame
-Posting one story a week for a year and what it did for his writing
-Writing a full script in 14 days (speed beats perfectionism)
-Why your first idea is usually the right idea
-Outlining tips, with and without an outline
-Tales from the Bucket, his upcoming horror anthology series for Creators Co. TV, with 12 stories narrated by actors in the spirit of Tales from the Crypt
-His stunt script for the CarnEvil arcade game
-Books and writers who shaped him: Clive Barker, Charles Bukowski, Raymond Carver
-Why horror works (the stakes are instantly 100%)
-Getting up at 3 AM to write before the kids wake up
-Two months, a dozen states, and a road trip that Colleen says made her realize she's not just a mom
-Encouragement for creative dads: don't give up

Chapters:
00:00 Welcome and intro
03:30 The two-month road trip
11:40 Writing on Reddit's No Sleep
20:12 Tales from the Bucket
22:41 Write faster, trust your first idea
30:33 Outlining and finishing scripts
41:35 Carnival stunt script
43:21 Clive Barker, Bukowski and favorite books
46:00 Why horror works
51:05 Dad life, 3 AM writing and balance
56:00 Hardest part of the road trip
1:01:14 Advice for creative dads

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