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Unedited: From Idea to Manuscript and Shelf to Screen

Inkshares

26 episodes

5 months ago

In episode 26 of Unedited, we continue with Part 2 of our Jurassic discussion, this time joined by writer, podcaster and returning guest Will Gish. Together, Gish and Gomolin take a magnifying glass to the techniques Crichton uses to rope readers into his story, from the authoritative and academic introduction, to the pulse-pounding prologue, to the deceptive lull of the first chapter and the gradual unfurling of the plot. The G gang also unpack the Hollywood of it all, pondering how the late...

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In episode 26 of Unedited, we continue with Part 2 of our Jurassic discussion, this time joined by writer, podcaster and returning guest Will Gish. Together, Gish and Gomolin take a magnifying glass to the techniques Crichton uses to rope readers into his story, from the authoritative and academic introduction, to the pulse-pounding prologue, to the deceptive lull of the first chapter and the gradual unfurling of the plot. The G gang also unpack the Hollywood of it all, pondering how the late...

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Episodes (20/26)

Unedited: From Idea to Manuscript and Shelf to Screen

Jurassic Special, Part 2: Hobbesian Ethics, Male Readerships, and the Orgiastic Love of Story

In episode 26 of Unedited, we continue with Part 2 of our Jurassic discussion, this time joined by writer, podcaster and returning guest Will Gish. Together, Gish and Gomolin take a magnifying glass to the techniques Crichton uses to rope readers into his story, from the authoritative and academic introduction, to the pulse-pounding prologue, to the deceptive lull of the first chapter and the gradual unfurling of the plot. The G gang also unpack the Hollywood of it all, pondering how the late...

5 months ago

1 hour 12 minutes

Unedited: From Idea to Manuscript and Shelf to Screen

Jurassic Special, Part 1: Crichton’s Book vs. Spielberg's Movie and the State of the Franchise Today

Episode 25 of Unedited is a special one. In Part 1 of 2, Adam sits down with current Inkshares editor Noah Broyles and former Inkshares editor (and accomplished novelist) Matt Harry to discuss one of the most successful book-to-film adaptations of all time, Jurassic Park. Noah brings first impressions of the film, while Matt shares a lifelong appreciation of each version of the story. Throughout our discussion, we contrast the artistic choices of the book and the film and, as the latest insta...

5 months ago

52 minutes

Unedited: From Idea to Manuscript and Shelf to Screen

Book Balls, Angry Authors, and a $417.5 Million Hollywood Deal

Unedited is back, and so is BookCon. In episode 24, Adam, Sarah, and Noah survey the return of NYC’s biggest book event, which has awoken from a five-year covid coma. This time around, the Javit’s Center will host a convention with special focus on those readers romantasy-inclined: signings, meetups, workshops, and a “fantasy ball” are on offer. Less love is being lost across the pond, however, where a coalition of Dutch authors are decrying private equity firm KKR’s ownership of publishing c...

6 months ago

46 minutes

Unedited: From Idea to Manuscript and Shelf to Screen

Original Sins, Jane Austen vs. Romantasy, and OpenHollywood

In Episode 23 of Unedited, Adam, Sarah, and Noah, alongside a special returning guest, take a bite at the apple and discuss whether Original Sin by Tapper and Thompson is actually that original—and whether the real sin isn’t the timing of this safely after-the-fact account? Whatever the answer, it is a truth universally acknowledged that an audiobook company in possession of large fortune must be in want of more fortune, so we break down Audible’s announcement of an all-star cast recording of...

6 months ago

50 minutes

Unedited: From Idea to Manuscript and Shelf to Screen

Reverse Harems, Book Boyfriends, and Harry Potter’s New Generation

In Episode 22 of Unedited, Adam, Sarah, and Noah—like Odysseus, Aeneas, and Dante before them—plunge into the netherworld. Instead of Virgil, though, we follow the spectre of AI ghostwriters and “reverse harems” through a discussion about the state of self-publishing in the age of LLMs and what this means for the very act of storytelling and editorial collaboration. At the bottom of hell, we encounter “book boyfriends” and ponder a broken dating culture that is wreaking havoc on the literary ...

7 months ago

1 hour 29 minutes

Unedited: From Idea to Manuscript and Shelf to Screen

Mr. Beast x James Patterson?, Audible’s AI Agenda and Book-to-Film of 2025

In Episode 21 of Unedited, Adam is joined once again by Sarah Elizabeth Hill of Bobi Media and Inkshares editor Noah Broyles to unpack the news that is shaping the global story economy. Audible’s feet-first leap into the AI space leads our discussion, causing the group to ponder what it will mean for aspiring narrators, translators, and listeners around the world to have LLMs telling stories. Speaking of worldwide phenomena, the biggest author and the biggest YouTuber on the planet are teamin...

7 months ago

51 minutes

Unedited: From Idea to Manuscript and Shelf to Screen

Cormac McCarthy OnlyFans, a Publishing Company for Men & Trump's Angeles Accords

The News of the Global Story Economy In Episode 20 of Unedited, we shake up the format to bring you three bellwether news pieces from the global story economy. Adam, Sarah Elizabeth Hill of Bobi Media, and Inkshares’ own Noah Broyles sit down and unpack the rising phenomenon of publishers acquiring authors who are BookTok stars and what this means for non-viral writers hoping to break into a spice-obsessed industry. We also discuss the recent launch of Conduit, a UK publisher attempting to re...

7 months ago

48 minutes

Unedited: From Idea to Manuscript and Shelf to Screen

Sarah Hill: The World of Book Promotion (and Reading) in the Age of TikTok

Sarah Elizabeth Hill joins us for Episode 19 of Unedited. Sarah is the founder of Bobi Media, a digital marketing and brand management company based in NYC. We chart Sarah’s path from six-year-old poet to anonymous college romance columnist to the world of media and publishing, starting with her time at Bookstr, which she grew to a community of more than three million. We discuss entrepreneurship and the fulfillment Sarah finds in promoting the work of others, and we trade opinions on the “ho...

8 months ago

34 minutes

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Grant Bayliss: From the Global War on Terror to the Global Story Economy

Grant Bayliss joins us for Episode 18 of Unedited. Grant was an elite military operator in the global war on terror, with fourteen years across four tours in Iraq and Afghanistan and subsequent private protection for British diplomatic personnel. He is also the author of the forthcoming story and screenplay The Old Believer, which follows a group of disavowed British special forces operatives on a mysterious mission deep into the hinterlands of Siberia. On this episode, we discuss Grant's ent...

8 months ago

27 minutes

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Marcus Gipps: American Versus British Publishing & THE WITCHER to Romantasy

Marcus Gipps joins us for Episode 17 of Unedited. We trace his career in books, beginning as a sales manager at the flagship Blackwell’s store on Charing Cross Road, followed by his journey up the publishing ladder at one of the UK's oldest and most venerable sci-fi/fantasy houses, Gollancz, which is approaching its centenary. We also recount some of the authors he has worked with, including Andrzej Sapkowski (of The Witcher fame), Joe Hill, Michael Moorcock, and Stephen Baxter. We discuss wh...

8 months ago

54 minutes

Unedited: From Idea to Manuscript and Shelf to Screen

Nigel Newton: Bloomsbury, From J.K. Rowling to Sarah J. Maas

Nigel Newton, founder and CEO of Bloomsbury Publishing, joins us from the floor of the London Book Fair on Episode 16 of Unedited. We discuss his journey to the top of the book world, from his days at Cambridge, to his time as a graduate trainee at Macmillan, to landing a job as a sales manager at Sidgwick & Jackson. We dive into the birth of Bloomsbury, the business plan for which Nigel wrote while on paternity leave, and we revisit the story of how Nigel’s then 8-year-old daughter Alice...

9 months ago

30 minutes

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Rick Nicita and Bob Bookman: Books and Movies at Apex Hollywood

Rick Nicita and Bob Bookman join us for Episode 15 of Unedited. For nearly three decades, Rick and Bob were at the top of CAA's world of talent and book to film. They represented actors including Tom Cruise, Al Pacino, Nicole Kidman, and Sir Anthony Hopkins, and namebrand authors like Michael Crichton, Anne Rice, and Thomas Harris, to name only a few. We discuss how books matriculated through one of the major agencies during the apex motion picture era of Hollywood: the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000...

9 months ago

1 hour 29 minutes

Unedited: From Idea to Manuscript and Shelf to Screen

Liesl Copland: From Cruises to Cannes

Film executive and content innovator Liesl Copland joins us for episode fourteen of Unedited: From Idea to Manuscript and Shelf to Screen. Over a glass of grenache, we discuss her winding road from Mickey Drexler’s GAP, to a brief stint as a cruise director, to the heyday of magazines, and her rise through independent film. As Netflix’s first chief of original content, a fifteen-year veteran of the Endeavor Companies, and most recently head of strategy at Participant, Liesl shares her seasone...

9 months ago

57 minutes

Unedited: From Idea to Manuscript and Shelf to Screen

Michael Bennett: DON QUIXOTE to TikTok and the Evolution of Satire

Lawyer by training and a writer by compulsion Michael Bennett joins us for episode thirteen of Unedited: From Idea to Manuscript and Shelf to Screen. We discuss where funny comes from, what it means to be funny to different people, the evolution of satire from Don Quixote to the present, and whether, in a realm of seven-second Instagram reels, political satire still has a meaningful place in longform literature. As a father of two, former investment banker, and flight-hopping operator in inte...

10 months ago

1 hour

Unedited: From Idea to Manuscript and Shelf to Screen

Brooklyn Weaver: Connecticut to LA, Gatsby to Ripley & Bringing the Energy to Entertainment

Manager and producer Brooklyn Weaver of Energy Entertainment joins us for episode twelve of Unedited: From Idea to Manuscript and Shelf to Screen. We discuss why books remain the bedrock of Hollywood but how other forms of literary material from comic books to short stories are taking increasing market-share in underlying IP. Having managed and worked with top talent from Rob Liefeld to Christian Bale to Stephen Spielberg, Brooklyn takes us into the hay day of the 1990s and what it was ...

10 months ago

59 minutes

Unedited: From Idea to Manuscript and Shelf to Screen

Will Gish: Philly to LA, Bathos to Pathos, & How to Edit a Novel

Screenwriter and aspiring novelist Will Gish joins us for episode eleven of Unedited: From Idea to Manuscript and Shelf to Screen. Over a glass of Grenache, we discuss the road from Philadelphia to New Jersey to Vermont and eventually, via Mexico City and Tokyo, to LA. We break down the ebbs and flows of humor in publishing, television, and cinema, and ponder whether, in an increasingly dark world, humor has come back around as a more important staple on our storytelling food pyramid. We comp...

10 months ago

1 hour 33 minutes

Unedited: From Idea to Manuscript and Shelf to Screen

Mike Holz: The Evolution of Television & the Rise of the Gourmet Cheeseburger

Mike Holz joins us on the tenth episode of Unedited: From Idea to Manuscript and Shelf to Screen. We discuss the shift from a producer-led Hollywood to a streamer-led Hollywood, the breakdown of the global-licensing framework in television, and how the “gourmet cheeseburger” is becoming a dangerously popular order on our television menu. Having spent the last decade working in international television at Paramount and other top companies, Mike brings both a book-lover’s and an international-t...

11 months ago

1 hour 33 minutes

Unedited: From Idea to Manuscript and Shelf to Screen

Noah Broyles: From a Rural Real Estate Sign to the World of Publishing

Noah Broyles joins us for the ninth episode of Unedited: From Idea to Manuscript and Shelf to Screen. Having sat down at fourteen to write his first novel, Noah dipped into several genres and took inspiration from some unique places before his debut novel, The House of Dust, landed on our desk at Inkshares. We discuss his journey into reading, his journey into writing, his experience being published at the tender age of twenty-three, and the eye-opening opportunity of working as an editor at ...

11 months ago

42 minutes

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The Fire Episode: Looking back on a rough ten days with Bob Bookman and Chase Pletts

Fires began burning in the Palisades on the morning of the 7th of January, ten days ago. They spread. Last Wednesday night, when the Hills lit on fire, it looked like Hollywood was literally going to burn to the ground. We are joined by our Episode 2 and 7 guests, Bob Bookman and Chase Pletts, to find out what the last ten days have been like for them and how they think this is going to affect a Hollywood already in a great deal of flux.

11 months ago

40 minutes

Unedited: From Idea to Manuscript and Shelf to Screen

Chase Pletts: From Brooklyn to Los Angeles to the Dakota frontier with ELDON QUINT

Chase Pletts joins us for the seventh episode of Unedited: From Idea to Manuscript and Shelf to Screen. We discuss his journey from Brooklyn to Los Angeles and from a young reader of Jack London to a winner of not one but two SPUR awards from the Western Writers of America. Chase also discusses the path from screenwriter to novelist (and then back to screenwriter) and the imperative of mining the pain of one’s own life to suffuse the fictional with reality.At seven years old, banished to the ...

11 months ago

1 hour 23 minutes