Skip to content
HeyJared

First Person Present

Two writers. A home studio. Questions from people who are stuck, spiraling, or just trying to finish the damn thing.Josh Boardman and Dasha Sikmashvili answer real questions about craft, revision, and the writing life.

Podcast · By Hewes House · English · Official site

Indexed episodes, last 90 days
1
Latest publication
Sep 8, 2026
Audience
Checking…
Earliest in this view
Sep 8, 2026

Latest episodes

  1. Episode · Sep 8, 2026

    Clown School for Writers: AI and Creative Writing, How to Outline a Novel, and the Snowflake Method (opens the original)

    Episode notes

    Read excerpt

    A stolen Margaritaville notepad, a semester spent teaching "Writing After AI" at the oldest writers' conference in the country, and the eternal question of whether you're supposed to outline your novel or just vibe your way through it. Josh and Dasha dig into what a stack of AI-generated writing controversies reveals about the culture wars, then take on a listener's plea for outlining advice (snowflake method, reverse outlining, and Freytag's Pyramid included) with a pit stop at clown school alo

Publishing over time

Last 90 days. Choose a month to open its work.

Recurring subjects

Named in the text we hold. One piece can cover several.

Not enough subject data for this period yet.

Audience

No verified audience measurement yet.

About this data

Counts cover the work we have indexed. Tone needs enough text and a confident classification. Excerpts and episode notes are not full articles or transcripts.

Identity or attribution wrong? Suggest a correction.

See coverage about First Person Present