A few years ago, a group of friends decided to talk to each other about storytelling and record it.

We made 50 episodes, on location in Gangplank Studios.

It’s called StorytellersAZ.

Join host Chris Conrey, along with LaPan, Matt Fox and Lenny Noel as they discuss how to adapt our work environment to our own personal creativity needs.

Seth Godin mused that consistently creative people can’t fuel themselves with anger and we discuss how we have or haven’t used anger to motivate us in the past.

Hosted by screen writer Brian LaPan and joined by children’s book writer DeeAnn, Shari, and Wendy Coneybeer. The gang talks about how fear and multiple fears stops us from starting, finishing, or being proud of the work we do.

Hosted by professional persuader Matt Fox with fantasy-fiction children’s writer Daanon DeCock, screenwriter Brian LaPan, and aspiring novelist Wendy Coneybeer discuss authenticity online and in person. Wendy talks about worrying she’s going to offend people, as she is dealing with a personal situation that has her having to choose between being who she really is versus being who people might … Read More

Hosted by local writer Wendy Coneybeer chats with screenwriter Brian LaPan, children’s writer Daanon DeCock, and sales guy Matthew Fox about knowing when you’ve created enough value or achieved your contractual obligations so you can move on and/or quit.

Getting started is important, finishing even more so. What happens when you get stuck somewhere in between? Your host, again me, hangs out with book consultant Laura Orsini, real estate agent and blogger Elizabeth Newlin, and author Rebecca Joy to talk about Seth Godin’s The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit (and When to Stick), and … Read More

Hosted by monologist and one-time improv-er me, guests today include book consultant Laura Orsini, real estate/blogger Elizabeth Newlin, and former firefighter Rebecca Joy, we discuss the importance of goals in this episode.

Daily rituals are important for any creative professional. What do you do to get going?

We all do too much, and that energy could be better put toward things we really care about succeeding. When growing huge plants, the idea is to prune all the stems except one, so the plant can focus its entire efforts on one massive offspring. It’s how the largest pumpkins are created. In your life, can you do this? What’s … Read More

The point, almost above all else, is focus. Be specific. Act deliberately. Design your future. It’s hard. It’s hard ignore many cool things for one thing. But focus is worth it, as that’s the time we’re capable of great work. In just about anything you do, this applies. This seems the best way, no? iTunes, yo.

We should probably be talking about the hero’s journey or some actual story structure, but I don’t know what most of them are called and it’s embarrassing to talk about stuff I don’t know about, so we tried to use simple terms in this one.  

In our second episode, we discuss the creative process in which we all make whatever it is we need, albeit memos, code, plans to show houses, pieces of writing, and anything else that we seemingly make up in our own heads. We filmed this one during an AZ summer in a room without AC, so please forgive our panting.