The Write Project
Discussions between bestselling author Matthew LeDrew and a variety of other authors from Newfoundland and beyond, with backgrounds in a variety of genres and styles. Get to the heart of the stories behind the stories, and find out what makes authors tick.
Episodes
442 episodes
Editing Gaffs | Write Project "The Editorial" episode 2 with Erin Vance
Episode 2 of a new sub-series, The Editorial, co-hosted by editor-at-large and editor-in-chief Erin Vance! Authors can hire Erin Vance to look at their work by visiting ErinVanceEditing dot co...
Questions with Ray Critch, award-winning author of The Beltane Massacre
Rowan McRae is a different kind of hero for a different age, who must learn how to move on after experiencing unthinkable tragedy. A high-stakes mystery and an in-depth exploration of grief and loss, The Beltane Massacre is reminiscent of a cla...
Ray Critch, author of award-winning The Beltane Massacre
Rowan McRae is a different kind of hero for a different age, who must learn how to move on after experiencing unthinkable tragedy. A high-stakes mystery and an in-depth exploration of grief and loss, The Beltane Massacre is reminiscent of a cla...
Teen Titans Season 1 | Write Project "The Editorial" episode 1 with Erin Vance
First episode of a new sub-series, The Editorial, co-hosted by editor-at-large and editor-in-chief Erin Vance! Authors can hire Erin Vance to look at their work by visiting ErinVanceEditing dot...
Writing different demos effectively | The Write Project
One of the hardest parts of writing can be writing people with differing backgrounds to you. Do you not include it at all? That's not good. Do you include it even though you don't have the lived experience to write it authentically? That's not ...
Questions with Mackenzie Nolan | Write Project
Offering the atmosphere of Twin Peaks and the queer camaraderie of comic strip Dykes to Watch Out For, Veal is a thrilling exploration of friendship, fear, and the thin line between justice and v...
Mackenzie Nolan talks "A Toast to Hope" and "Veal" | The Write Project
Offering the atmosphere of Twin Peaks and the queer camaraderie of comic strip Dykes to Watch Out For, Veal is a thrilling exploration of friendship, fear, and the thin line between justice and v...
Winter 2026 | Class 03 - Circles | Write Project Classes
Explaining the "Story Circle" (aka Harmon Circle, aka Hero with a Thousand Faces) using the plots of popular films Erin Brockovitch, Finding Nemo, and Promising Young Woman.
'Veal' author Mackenzie Nolan Interview | Write Project
Offering the atmosphere of Twin Peaks and the queer camaraderie of comic strip Dykes to Watch Out For, Veal is a thrilling exploration of friendship, fear, and the thin line between justice and v...
6 Small Press Authors: Does publishing change you? | The Write Project
For an unpublished author, there's nothing so certain as the goal of being published, so much that it consumes the art. As such, it's a massive shift once that goal first occurs! In this episode, we ask six authors how being published changed t...
JM DeMatteis and NINE Newfoundland authors talk FAVE comic characters! | The Write Project
Comics can return a long-studied writer to the purest form of reading: reading for enjoyment. Reading for the sake of reading. Today, ten richly talented authors reveal their favorite comic book (or comic book character)!From Breakwat...
Matthew Daniels, Alisha Morissey and 11 authors reveal what animal represents their work! | The Write Project
It's one of the weirder questions we ask people, granted, but the answers are always fun! For real: if you took all your writing, every last little thing you had in print, and you put it in a cauldron or some such during a magic spell... what a...
BONUS: Matthew LeDrew Write Project Classroom | Winter 2026 | Class 02 - Conflict
1. Four Corner Opposition / Foils / Mirrors How this relates to character VOICE. “Squares all the way down:” the opposition does not only apply to the story as a whole, but to each chapter / scene w...
4 Comic Pros. 4 Writers. One answer: what 3 books do you take on a desert island? | Write Project
It's one of the most impossible questions we ask of our authors: if you were going to be trapped -- forever -- on a desert island with only three books: what three books would you want with you to read and thrive forever?...
4 Poets and 4 Authors Battle: When does Language have Power??? | The Write Project
For a writer, there's nothing quite like that first time you see the impact of language. That first book that was so good it sparked creativity... or maybe, it was so bad it made them think "hey, I can do better than this"! Today we talk to eig...
Alex Hickey (Evening Star) and NINE other authors reveal their favorite comic book characters! | The Write Project
Comics can return a long-studied writer to the purest form of reading: reading for enjoyment. Reading for the sake of reading. Today, Alex Hickey and 9 other richly talented authors reveal their favorite comic book (or comic book character)!
Kayla Krantz and 8 other authors drill down on the spirituality of writing! | The Write Project
Sometimes, authors form a unique connection to their work that borders on the spiritual, or mirrors a spiritual connection they feel in their lives. Today, author Kayla Krantz, author of Dead By Morning
Questions with bestselling author Alex Hickey | The Write Project
Abe Skinner, a seasoned sea captain haunted by grief and responsibility, leads the schooner Hesperia from Newfoundland across the treacherous winter seas of 1916. Driven by desperation to provide coal for his Newfoundland hometown, Ski...
BONUS: Matthew LeDrew Write Project Classroom | Winter 2026 | Class 01
Recorded February 11, 2026 in front of a live group of students. Identifiable student information has been edited out.Intro everyone / what are they writing? Everyone reads freely this first time, people encouraged to read a little an...
The Evening Star author Alex Hickey | The Write Project
Abe Skinner, a seasoned sea captain haunted by grief and responsibility, leads the schooner Hesperia from Newfoundland across the treacherous winter seas of 1916. Driven by desperation to provide coal for his Newfoundland hometown, Ski...
Alex Hickey on Misfortune Bay | The Write Project
In 1916, as a costly war raged in Europe, the Newfoundland Government sought to curb spending on social support programs in order to finance the war effort. This decision led to deadly consequences for a group of people in Fortune Bay. A lightk...
Brad Dunne and 15 other authors reveal their hidden secrets! | The Write Project
Okay, let's be real. Not everything obeys the "Chekov's Gun" rule. It should, but it doesn't. Sometimes there isn't an in-story reason for why there's something in a novel. Sometimes it's an Easter Egg, an in-joke, or something only your mother...
Dr. Krysta Fitzpatrick and 12 other authors image their Animal Representatives in this ZOO of an episode! | The Write Project
It's one of the weirder questions we ask people, granted, but the answers are always fun! For real: if you took all your writing, every last little thing you had in print, and you put it in a cauldron or some such during a magic spell... what a...
Questions with Poet Krysta Fitzpatrick | The Write Project
Questions (and answers!) with Krysta Fitzpatrick, the author of The Vicious Kind, and The Naiads!Krysta Fitzpatrick is an educator and writer from St. John’s, Newfoundland. She is currently teaching in both the English ...
Interview with Dr. Krysta Fitzpatrick | The Write Project
Dr. Krysta Fitzpatrick talks The Vicious Kind, and The Naiads!Krysta Fitzpatrick is an educator and writer from St. John’s, Newfoundland. She is currently teaching in both the English and Gender Studies Departments of M...
