You Write!
Welcome to "You Write!", the interactive storytelling podcast that invites you to unleash your creativity. Each episode, we challenge our listeners to craft a short story in just 30 minutes using 3 of 5 randomly generated words. Join hosts Rachel and Matt as we dive into listener-submitted stories, offering constructive feedback and lively discussions. Whether you're an aspiring author or a seasoned storyteller, "You Write!" is your creative playground.
Episode 101: All Goes Wrong - Despair, Premium, Fitness, Range, Runner
Welcome back writers!
This week, we are reading "A Long Road" by u/WookAgnstTheMachine!
To write along with us, go to reddit.com/r/youwritepod to post your submission and join in the discussion. You can also submit your story to [email protected].
Intro and outro song is BMO Operator by Matt Edwards.
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Episode 100: Just Be Yourself - County, Medicine, Cookie, Efficiency, History
Hello writers and welcome to Episode 100!
This week, we will have u/The_Prismatics19 serenade us with his specially composed song for episode 100!
To write along with us, go to reddit.com/r/youwritepod to post your submission and join in the discussion. You can also submit your story to [email protected].
Intro and outro song is BMO Operator by Matt Edwards.
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Episode 99: Portmanteaus - Heat, Foundation, Path, Nun, Frank
Hello writers and welcome back!
For this episode we are reading "Not Dandi" by u/NickedYou!
To write along with us, go to reddit.com/r/youwritepod to post your submission and join in the discussion. You can also submit your story to [email protected].
Intro and outro song is BMO Operator by Matt Edwards.
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Episode 98: Music Prompt - Coincide, Value, Perception, Compartment, Feather
Welcome back writers!
This week, we are reading a portion of "19 - Buying Purpose" by u/walkerbyfaith!
To write along with us, go to reddit.com/r/youwritepod to post your submission and join in the discussion. You can also submit your story to [email protected].
Intro and outro song is BMO Operator by Matt Edwards.
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Episode 97: Sound Effect Prompt - Salvation, Vacuum, Neglect, Unrest, Shine
Welcome back writers! And thanks for being patient with us last week with the missing episode.
This week, we are reading "On The Ice" by u/RichiePozier!
To write along with us, go to reddit.com/r/youwritepod to post your submission and join in the discussion. You can also submit your story to [email protected].
Intro and outro song is BMO Operator by Matt Edwards.
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Episode 95: Party - Trench, Exhibition, Pop, Stop, Assault
Welcome back writers!
This week, we are reading "Fireflies in the Dark" by u/The_Prismatics19!
To write along with us, go to reddit.com/r/youwritepod to post your submission and join in the discussion. You can also submit your story to [email protected].
Intro and outro song is BMO Operator by Matt Edwards.
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Episode 94: Image Prompt - Objective, Folk, Release, Flourish, Sleep
Welcome back writers!
This week, we will be reading "Sock Man" by u/NickedYou!
To write along with us, go to reddit.com/r/youwritepod to post your submission and join in the discussion. You can also submit your story to [email protected].
Intro and outro song is BMO Operator by Matt Edwards.
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Episode 93: Microcosm - Dressing, Bishop, Launch, Solid, Digress
Welcome back writers!
This week, we are reading "Chapter 17 - Going Viral" by u/walkerbyfaith!
To write along with us, go to reddit.com/r/youwritepod to post your submission and join in the discussion. You can also submit your story to [email protected].
Intro and outro song is BMO Operator by Matt Edwards.
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Episode 92: Transitions - Fan, Win, Dirty, Pure, Stock
Welcome back writers!
This week, we are reading "Cloud Cover" by u/AllfairChatwin!
To write along with us, go to reddit.com/r/youwritepod to post your submission and join in the discussion. You can also submit your story to [email protected].
Intro and outro song is BMO Operator by Matt Edwards.
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Episode 91: Nonfiction - Inhibition, Recognize, Workshop, Depart, Explosion
Hello writers and welcome back!
This week, we are reading "Why I Don't Drink in 'Nam Anymore" by u/RichiePozier!
To write along with us, go to reddit.com/r/youwritepod to post your submission and join in the discussion. You can also submit your story to [email protected].
Intro and outro song is BMO Operator by Matt Edwards.
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Episode 90: Nihilism - Boy, Decline, Bloodshed, Ready, Resign
Welcome back writers!
This week, we are reading "Meat" by u/RichiePozier!
To write along with us, go to reddit.com/r/youwritepod to post your submission and join in the discussion. You can also submit your story to [email protected].
Intro and outro song is BMO Operator by Matt Edwards.
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Episode 89: Intro Line Prompt - So, Teenager, Fool, Anniversary, Boom
Welcome back writers!
This week, we are reading "Sense" by u/Curious_Writer25!
To write along with us, go to reddit.com/r/youwritepod to post your submission and join in the discussion. You can also submit your story to [email protected].
Intro and outro song is BMO Operator by Matt Edwards.
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Episode 88: Sound Effect Prompt - Sewing Machine - Learn, Genetic, Fantasy, Sensitive, Video
Welcome back writers!
This week, we are reading "The Last Will and Testament of John Farquar" by u/The_Prismatics19!
To write along with us, go to reddit.com/r/youwritepod to post your submission and join in the discussion. You can also submit your story to [email protected].
Intro and outro song is BMO Operator by Matt Edwards.
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Episode 87: Image Prompt - Ratio, Grateful, Charter, Tile, True
Welcome back, writers!
This week, we are reading "Maya's Guide to the Gods" by u/walkerbyfatih!
To write along with us, go to reddit.com/r/youwritepod to post your submission and join in the discussion. You can also submit your story to [email protected].
Intro and outro song is BMO Operator by Matt Edwards.
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Episode 86: Japanese Tea House - Bullet, Combine, Hold, Motorcycle, Trance
Welcome back writers!
This week, we are reading "Not Quite Right" by u/NickedYou and "The Angle Man" by u/The_Prismatics.
To write along with us, go to reddit.com/r/youwritepod to post your submission and join in the discussion. You can also submit your story to [email protected].
Intro and outro song is BMO Operator by Matt Edwards.
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Episode 85: Fish Out Of Water - Ostracize, Do, Agile, Budget, Use
Hello writers!
This week, we welcome back u/AllfairChatwin by reading a portion of "Travel by Night"!
To write along with us, go to reddit.com/r/youwritepod to post your submission and join in the discussion. You can also submit your story to [email protected].
Intro and outro song is BMO Operator by Matt Edwards.
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Episode 84: Intro Line Prompt - Rebel, Progress, Cancer, Green, Public
Welcome back writers!
This week, we are reading "Night Lights" by u/SteveLivingroomCO!
Also, be sure to stay tuned after the stories for our discussion question!
To write along with us, go to reddit.com/r/youwritepod to post your submission and join in the discussion. You can also submit your story to [email protected].
Intro and outro song is BMO Operator by Matt Edwards.
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Episode 83: Music Prompt - Name, Temptation, Bag, See, Chorus
Welcome back writers!
This week, we are reading "Transport" by u/Curious_Writer25!
To write along with us, go to reddit.com/r/youwritepod to post your submission and join in the discussion. You can also submit your story to [email protected].
Intro and outro song is BMO Operator by Matt Edwards.
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Episode 82: You Write Pastiche - Comfort, Chin, Infinite, Arise, Hypothesis
Welcome back, writers!
This week, we are reading "Convention Conversation" by u/NickedYou!
To write along with us, go to reddit.com/r/youwritepod to post your submission and join in the discussion. You can also submit your story to [email protected].
Intro and outro song is BMO Operator by Matt Edwards.
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Episode 81: Sound Effect Prompt - Domestic, Portrait, Housing, Doll, Hell
Welcome back writers!
This week, we are reading "The Witch is Dead" by u/WookAgnstTheMachine AND "A Portrait" by u/MikeyDoesNotLikey.
To write along with us, go to reddit.com/r/youwritepod to post your submission and join in the discussion. You can also submit your story to [email protected].
Intro and outro song is BMO Operator by Matt Edwards.
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Episode 80: Scent Prompt - Large, Grandmother, Grip, Exclusive, Monopoly
Welcome back writers!
This week, we will be reading "The Call" by u/CuriousWriter25!
To write along with us, go to reddit.com/r/youwritepod to post your submission and join in the discussion. You can also submit your story to [email protected].
Intro and outro song is BMO Operator by Matt Edwards.
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Episode 79: Image Prompt - Wild, Kidnap, Dark, Fiber, Parade
Welcome back writers!
For this episode we are reading "The Shot" by u/mattsaidwords!
To write along with us, go to reddit.com/r/youwritepod to post your submission and join in the discussion. You can also submit your story to [email protected].
Intro and outro song is BMO Operator by Matt Edwards.
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Episode 78: Intro Line Prompt - Ball, Laborer, Claim, Rest, Quality
Welcome back everyone!
This week, we are reading "Removed" by u/walkerbyfaith!
To write along with us, go to reddit.com/r/youwritepod to post your submission and join in the discussion. You can also submit your story to [email protected].
Intro and outro song is BMO Operator by Matt Edwards.
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Episode 77: Time Travel - Linger, Approval, Achieve, Personal, Swell
Hello writers!
This week we are reading "[Savepoint]" by u/NickedYou!
To write along with us, go to reddit.com/r/youwritepod to post your submission and join in the discussion. You can also submit your story to [email protected].
Intro and outro song is BMO Operator by Matt Edwards.
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Episode 76: Sound Effect Prompt - Bracket, Governor, Day, Microphone, Speed
Welcome back writers!
This week, we will be reading "A Change In Leadership" by u/RichiePozier!
To write along with us, go to reddit.com/r/youwritepod to post your submission and join in the discussion. You can also submit your story to [email protected].
Intro and outro song is BMO Operator by Matt Edwards.
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Episode 75: Intro Line Prompt - Drop, Evaluate, Pleasant, Will, Coat
Hello writers!
This week we are reading Accidents Will Happen by u/Curious_Writer25!
To write along with us, go to reddit.com/r/youwritepod to post your submission and join in the discussion. You can also submit your story to [email protected].
Intro and outro song is BMO Operator by Matt Edwards.
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Episode 74: Music Prompt - Positive, Spend, Magazine, Census, Reader
Welcome back writers!
This week we are reading "Inflatuation" by u/The_Prismatics19!
To write along with us, go to reddit.com/r/youwritepod to post your submission and join in the discussion. You can also submit your story to [email protected].
Intro and outro song is BMO Operator by Matt Edwards.
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Episode 73: Mundane Scene - Vat, Relate, Run, Palm, Dealer
Welcome back writers!
This week we will be reading "Preparations" by u/walkerbyfaith!
To write along with us, go to reddit.com/r/youwritepod to post your submission and join in the discussion. You can also submit your story to [email protected].
Intro and outro song is BMO Operator by Matt Edwards.
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Episode 72: Jovian Tansit - Consolidate, Amuse, Quarrel, Give, Merit
Hello writers!
This week we are reading "Alchemy" by u/NickedYou!
To write along with us, go to reddit.com/r/youwritepod to post your submission and join in the discussion. You can also submit your story to [email protected].
Intro and outro song is BMO Operator by Matt Edwards.
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Episode 71: Swedish Fisherman - Priority, Unaware, Reconcile, Language, Curve
Hello writers!
This week we are reading an untitled story by u/RichiePozier!
To write along with us, go to reddit.com/r/youwritepod to post your submission and join in the discussion. You can also submit your story to [email protected].
Intro and outro song is BMO Operator by Matt Edwards.
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Episode 70: Puzzle - Sip, Jump, Coerce, Sustain, Parameter
Welcome back writers!
This week we will be reading "Pieces" by u/Mexikim!
To write along with us, go to reddit.com/r/youwritepod to post your submission and join in the discussion. You can also submit your story to [email protected].
Intro and outro song is BMO Operator by Matt Edwards.
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Episode 69: Janus Story - Punch, Village, Tread, Elite, Consensus
Hello writers and welcome back to our 30 minute challenge!
This week we are reading "New Beginnings" by u/SteveLivingroomCO!
It is so nice to get back into the challenge this week! Thank you, writers, for providing such excellent stories for us to discuss.
To write along with us, go to reddit.com/r/youwritepod to post your submission and join in the discussion. You can also submit your story to [email protected].
Intro and outro song is BMO Operator by Matt Edwards.
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Episode 68: Get-to-know-Yule - Steve - Science, Effective, Example, Lover, Apple
Welcome to the finale of our Get-to-know-Yule series!
This week, we get to know none other than Steve, AKA u/stevelivingroom and, more recently, u/SteveLivingroomCO. We discuss what it is that motivates his writing, what his passions are, and generally discuss his process.
We had such a wonderful time getting to know each of you during Get-to-know-Yule and we are so excited to get back to discussing your stories!
As a reminder, episodes are now airing on Mondays! Please be sure to have your story submission in by Friday evening for our...
Episode 67: Get-to-know-Yule - walkerbyfaith - Turn, Insert, Retire, Extent, Separate
Hello writers and welcome to our next episode in our Get-to-know-Yule series where we sit down and chat with our wonderful writers!
This episode we sit down and chat with Michael, AKA walkerbyfaith. We discuss Elena's ash in close detail, his process, methods, and we generally just catch up since our last chat.
Stay tuned for Episode 68 for our final writer interview as we conclude our Get-to-know-Yule series!
ANNOUNCEMENT: Moving forward, new episodes of You Write! will now air on Monday mornings so stay tuned this Monday for the final episode of our...
Episode 66: Get-to-know-Yule - AllfairChatwin - Railcar, Linear, Ideology, Financial, Air
Hello writers and welcome to our next episode in our Get-to-know-Yule series where we sit down and chat with our wonderful writers!
This episode we sit down and chat with AllfairChatwin, AKA Vee. We discuss their stories, process, inspirations, and generally dive into ways to channel the creative subconscious.
Stay tuned for more writer interviews as we continue in our Get-to-know-Yule!
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Episode 65: Get-to-know-Yule - NickedYou - Convert, Enemy, Garlic, Output, Create
Hello writers, and welcome to week three of our Get-to-know-Yule!
This week, we are joined by u/NickedYou! We discuss past stories, Sepura and Badger, Nicked's many inter-connected worlds, and their process for writing engaging and satisfying action sequences.
Stay tuned for more writer interviews throughout the month of December as we continue in our Get-to-know-Yule!
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Episode 64: Get-to-know-Yule - RichiePozier - Glide, Circulate, Brick, Merit, Eaux
Hello writers and welcome to the second episode in our Get-to-know-Yule series where we sit down and chat with our wonderful writers!
This episode we take some time to get to know RichiePozier, AKA Rich. We discuss his stories, inspirations, process, and generally get up to shenanigans. Beware, here there be nerds!
Stay tuned for more writer interviews throughout the month of December as we continue in our Get-to-know-Yule!
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Episode 63: Get-to-know-Yule - The_Prismatics19 - Wire, March, Interface, Solve, Sector
Hello writers and welcome to the first episode in our Get-to-know-Yule series where we sit down and chat with our wonderful writers!
This episode we take some time to get to know The_Prismatics19, AKA Jake. We discuss his stories, inspirations, and his process and how it is he creates such memorable stories.
Stay tuned for more writer interviews throughout the month of December as we continue in our Get-to-know-Yule!
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Episode 62: Novel-bember - Dialog and Theme - Council, Movie, Persist, Mist, Counter
Hello writers and welcome to the finale of Novel-bember 2025!
This week, we are reading a portion of "Husk" by u/The_Prismatics19!
For the month of December, we will be talking with each of our lovely Novel-bember writers and getting to know them and their take on the stories they wrote. You won't want to miss it!
Thanks to everyone who participated in Novel-bember 2025! We look forward to chatting with each of you during Get-To-Know-Yule!
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Episode 61: Novel-bember - Plot - Sight, Regular, Inject, Exit, Cheese
Hello writers, and welcome to week 3 of Novel-bember!
This week, we are reading "Chrome River 3" by u/WookAgnstTheMachine!
Next week, we will be taking a break while we celebrate thanksgiving. We will return in two weeks for Episode 62 on Friday, December 5th where we will cover our final two Novel-bember prompts. It's going to be epic!
Also, stick around for the end this episode for a very special announcement!
To write along with us, go to reddit.com/r/youwritepod to post your submission and join in the discussion. You can...
