Writing Rural With Alley

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“Writing Rural With Alley” helps fiction writers bring rural lifestyles to life! Here you will learn to craft more realistic scenes and settings of rural life and lifestyles, new ways to show, not tell, helping to drive your story forward, discover obstacles and challenges for your characters to overcome. You’ll learn skills and techniques from the stone age to post-apocalyptic, including but not limited to, homesteading, living off the grid, bushcrafting, survival skills and more. And of course, we’ll explore all the ways things could possibly go wrong in your story.

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Episode Date
Worldbuilding With Another 5 Working Animals (Part 2)
Feb 02, 2026
Worldbuilding With 5 Working Animals (Part 1)
Jan 29, 2026
What Every Fiction Writer Should Know About Finding Wilderness Survival Food (Part 2)
Jan 19, 2026
What Every Fiction Writer Should Know About Finding Wilderness Survival Food (Part 1)
Jan 12, 2026
Podcast Announcement and Update
Jan 04, 2026
Prepper Lingo For Writers
Dec 02, 2025
How Rural Characters Pick Their Home
Sep 23, 2025
5 Pond Creatures Every Writer Should Know About
Aug 05, 2025
Small(ish) Podcast Pause
Jun 30, 2025
Historical Brickmaking Facts Every Writer Should Know
Jun 27, 2025
5 Alternative Lighting Sources For Your Story
Jun 26, 2025
5 Animals That Feed Characters & Elevate Stories
Jun 24, 2025
The Pros Of Off-The-Grid Living Every Fiction Writer Should Know
Jun 16, 2025
More Downsides Of Living Off-The-Grid Every Writer Should Know
Jun 02, 2025
The Downside Of Living Off-The-Grid Every Writer Should Know
May 28, 2025
Show Don't Tell: Carbon Dioxide Poisoning
May 05, 2025
What Every Writer Should Know About The Swedish Fire Torch
Apr 14, 2025
Surprise Your Readers By Seamlessly Incorporating Earthworms Into Your Story
Apr 07, 2025
Ways To Seamlessly Incorporate Animals Into Fiction
Mar 31, 2025
Show Don't Tell: Dehydration
Mar 17, 2025
Announcement 3-3-25
Mar 03, 2025
5 Well-Intended But Misleading Survival Advice Every Writer Should Know
Feb 24, 2025
5 Outdated Survival Advice Every Writer Should Know
Feb 17, 2025
5 Survival Tips That Are True & Not True Every Writer Needs To Know
Feb 10, 2025
5 Survival Tips That Will Kill Your Character
Feb 03, 2025
5 Survival Misconceptions Every Writer Should Know
Jan 20, 2025
5 Survival Myths Every Writer Should Know
Jan 13, 2025
5 Uncommon Uses For Snow In Fiction
Jan 06, 2025
5 Fun & Versatile Uses For Snow Every Writer Should Know
Dec 30, 2024
Writing Pigs As More Than Bacon
Dec 23, 2024
5 Snow Uses For Villains & Victims
Dec 16, 2024
5 Survival Uses For Snow Every Writer Should Know
Dec 09, 2024
Creative Uses For Deer In Fiction
Dec 02, 2024
What Every Writer Needs To Know About Natural Death (Part 2)
Nov 18, 2024
What Every Writer Needs To Know About Natural Death (Part 1)
Oct 30, 2024
The Many Ways Every Writer Can Wave Cattails Into Their Stories
Oct 21, 2024
5 Garden Uses For Wool That Every Writer Should Know
Sep 16, 2024
5 Home Uses For Wool That Every Writer Should Know
Sep 09, 2024
5 More Ways Characters Can Use Wool That Every Writer Should Know
Sep 02, 2024
5 Ways Characters Can Use Wool That Every Writer Should Know
Aug 26, 2024
What Every Writer Should Know About Wool 101
Aug 19, 2024
5 Ways Characters Can Repurpose Coffee Grounds In Their Home
Aug 12, 2024
How Characters Can Repurpose Coffee Grounds In Their Beauty Routine
Aug 05, 2024
Minisode: Writing Tornadoes (EF Scale)
Aug 02, 2024
How Characters Can Repurpose Coffee Grounds In Their Kitchen
Jul 22, 2024
5 Garden Uses For Coffee Grounds Every Writer Should Know
Jul 15, 2024
What Every Writer Needs To Know About Survival Water Filtration
Jul 08, 2024
5 More Additional Wood Ash Uses Every Writer Should Know
Jul 01, 2024
5 Additional Wood Ash Uses Every Writer Should Know
Jun 24, 2024
10 Additional Generationally Passed Skills Every Writer Should Know
Jun 17, 2024
10 More Generationally Passed Skills Every Writer Should Know
Jun 10, 2024
Another 10 More Generationally Passed Skills Every Writer Should Know
Jun 03, 2024
10 Generationally Passed Skills Every Writer Should Know
May 27, 2024
Showcase Creative Ways To Wave Dandelions Into Your Stories
May 06, 2024
Show Don't Tell: Fire Starting 101
Apr 29, 2024
Gardening Basics Every Writer Should Know
Apr 22, 2024
Showcase Hail In Your Story
Apr 15, 2024
More About Writing A Self-Sufficient Mindset
Apr 08, 2024
Writing A Self-Sufficient Mindset
Apr 01, 2024
Seamlessly Incorporate Eggs Into Your Story
Mar 25, 2024
Help Your Characters Prep For Winter
Mar 18, 2024
Even More Disaster Skills For Your Character
Mar 11, 2024
More Disaster Skills For Your Character
Mar 04, 2024
Disaster Skills For Your Character
Feb 26, 2024
Storycrafting Dogs Into Your Fiction
Feb 19, 2024
Minisode: Hydrophobia In Characters
Feb 16, 2024
Show Don't Tell: Characters Sharpening Knives
Feb 12, 2024
Channel Announcement
Jan 29, 2024
Burning Benefits: Five Unique Ways to Incorporate Wood Ash in Your Story
Jan 22, 2024
Non-Electric Ways To Keep Characters Warm
Jan 15, 2024
5 More Unexpected Workouts Every Writer Should Know
Jan 08, 2024
5 Unexpected Workouts Every Writer Should Know
Jan 01, 2024
The Many Uses Of Pine In Fiction
Dec 25, 2023
5 More Wood Ash Uses Every Writer Should Know
Dec 18, 2023
5 Wood Ash Uses Every Writer Should Know
Dec 11, 2023
Ways Your Character Can Manage Cabin Fever
Dec 04, 2023
Yet Another 5 More Alternative Food Preservations Every Writer Should Know
Nov 27, 2023
Another 5 More Alternative Food Preservations Every Writer Should Know
Nov 20, 2023
5 More Alternative Food Preservations Every Writer Should Know
Nov 13, 2023
5 Alternative Food Preservations Every Writer Should Know
Nov 06, 2023
Pumpkin As More Than A Spice In Fiction
Oct 30, 2023
Creative Autumn Leaf Uses For Your Story
Oct 23, 2023
The Many Ways Characters Can Retrieve Well Water
Oct 16, 2023
Well Types Every Writer Should Know
Oct 09, 2023
5 More Ancient Ways to Predict Weather Every Writer Should Know
Oct 02, 2023
5 Ancient Ways to Predict Weather Every Writer Should Know
Sep 25, 2023
Adding Tornado Triage And First Aid In Fiction
Sep 18, 2023
Show Don't Tell: Characters Surviving A Tornado
Sep 11, 2023
Show Don't Tell: The Formation Of A Tornado
Sep 04, 2023
Writing Heat Related Illnesses In Characters
Aug 28, 2023
Realistic Famine In Fiction
Aug 21, 2023
How Droughts Could Affect Your Story
Aug 14, 2023
Another 5 More Non-Air Conditioned Ways To Stay Cool Every Writer Should Know
Jul 31, 2023
5 More Non-Air Conditioned Ways To Stay Cool Every Writer Should Know
Jul 24, 2023
5 Non-Air Conditioned Ways To Stay Cool Every Writer Should Know
Jul 17, 2023
Ways To Use Sugaring In Your Story
Jul 10, 2023
Your Character’s Burn Treatment
Jul 03, 2023
Character Burns
Jun 26, 2023
Fiction Wilderness Survival Without Supplies
Jun 19, 2023
Make Candlesticks Work For Your Story
Jun 12, 2023
10 Uses For Lard & Tallow Every Writer Should Know
Jun 05, 2023
How To Write The Making Lard & Tallow
May 29, 2023
Historical Hygiene: Writing the Chamber Pot into Your Fiction
May 22, 2023
Rustic Realities: Writing the Outhouse in Your Fiction
May 15, 2023
Writing Characters Infected With Rabies
May 08, 2023
5 More Alternative Lighting Sources For Your Story
May 01, 2023
Writing Hypothermia In Characters
Apr 17, 2023
How to Make Stone Knives in Fiction
Apr 10, 2023
Add Depth & Suspense By Storycrafting Realistic Flash Floods
Apr 03, 2023
Another 5 More Fireplace Tools Every Writer Should Know
Mar 27, 2023
5 More Fireplace Tools Every Writer Should Know
Mar 20, 2023
5 Fireplace Tools Every Writer Should Know
Mar 13, 2023
Writing The Menstrual Cycle In Fiction
Mar 06, 2023
Old-School Cleaning: Washing Laundry by Hand For Fiction Writers
Feb 27, 2023
Fireside Language: Five Essential Firewood Terms For Writers
Feb 20, 2023
From Log to Flame: Five Firewood Terms Every Writer Should Know
Feb 13, 2023
Keeping Characters Warm Without Electric
Feb 12, 2023
Non-Electric Ways To Heat Every Writer Should Know
Feb 11, 2023
Beeswax 101 For Writers
Feb 10, 2023
Honey 101 For Writers
Feb 09, 2023
Beekeeping Basics For Writers
Feb 08, 2023
Storycrafting: Lean-To Shelters
Feb 07, 2023
How Characters Can Use Flint & Steel
Feb 06, 2023
Alley Who?
Jan 30, 2023
Writing Rural With Alley
Jan 06, 2023