Homestead on the Corner

One part short-form anthology, one part fiction writing course, Homestead on the Corner is the original podcast from Wray Van Winkle, creator of Tales of the Echowood and The Sheridan Tapes. Tune in for new stand-alone audio dramas or lessons on plot, character, and other writing techniques. “Have a great day, and keep writing!”

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Education
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Pride Month Announcements: New Merch, new episo...
2 min
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State of the Homestead 2025 - Updates, Announce...
8 min
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Reintroductions
Hello again.
14 min
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State of the Homestead 2024 - New Project Annou...
Gooooood morning everyone! After a long delay, I'm back with couple of very important updates about Homestead on the Corner, Tales of the Echowood, and The Sheridan Tapes, plus a number of NEW PROJECTS in the pipeline for the remainder of 2024!
11 min
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The Sheridan Tapes: Season 4 - Trailer
The end is coming...
2 min
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Audio Experiment 02: Home
On the shores of the sea, two friends contemplate how we came to be and where we're going next.
4 min
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State of the Homestead - June 2023: Updates, An...
11 min
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Episode 04: Why keep writing?
In the final episode of this season, Wray and Virginia sit down with four incredible writers from the audio fiction community and to answer the fundamental question all writers face... Why keep writing?
37 min
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Episode 03: Art and science
On today's episode, Wray and Virginia sit down with four incredible writers from the audio fiction community and unpack the dichotomies between plotting and pantsing, art and science, structure and spontaneity.
35 min
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Audio Experiment 01: Celephaïs
In a dream it was also that he came by his name of Kuranes, for when awake he was called by another name...
10 min
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Episode 02: The road to writing
On today's episode, Wray and Virginia sit down with four incredible writers from the audio fiction community to discuss their unique paths to writing their own shows.
31 min
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Episode 01: The end goal of creativity is not p...
Welcome back to the Homestead on the Corner Writing Podcast! Van Winkle and Virginia return after a 2+ year absence for a new mini-season of interviews with other audio fiction writers and creators, starting with a reintroduction to the core team - their backgrounds, methods, favorite stories, struggles, and victories as writers.
39 min
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State of the Homestead 2023 - Updates, Announce...
Happy New Year! To celebrate the start of 2023, we sit down to discuss what's next for Homestead on the Corner, including joining the Realm podcast network, planning the final season of The Sheridan Tapes, and relaunching Tales of the Echowood and the original Homestead Podcast.
6 min
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The Sheridan Tapes - The Final Season: Crowdfun...
Support the Crowdfunding Campaign at https://seedandspark.com/fund/sheridantapes4
3 min
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Apollo Creator Special: ”Flight of the Bumblebee”
While testing a hypersonic space-plane above the Mojave Desert, pilot Susan Hart becomes obsessed with a set of strange lights that seem to follow her flight but no one else can see.
43 min
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Flight of the Bumblebee - Teaser
While testing a hypersonic space-plane above the Mojave Desert, pilot Susan Hart becomes obsessed with a set of strange lights that seem to follow her flight but no one else can see.
1 min
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The Sheridan Tapes: Season 3 Crowdfunding Annou...
The Sheridan Tapes is a serialized horror/mystery podcast written and produced by Wray Van Winkle, the creator of Homestead on the Corner and Tales of the Echowood.
3 min
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State of the Homestead 2022 - Updates, Announce...
Happy New Year! To celebrate the start of 2022, Virginia and Wray sit down to discuss what's next for Homestead on the Corner, including updates for Tales of the Echowood, The Sheridan Tapes Season 3, and various other upcoming projects.
5 min
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Introducing: Tales of the Echowood
Homestead on the Corner presents Tales of the Echowood, a 10-Part Fantasy Anthology Podcast from the creators of The Sheridan Tapes.
47 min
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Tales of the Echowood - New Show Teaser + Kicks...
Deep in the heart of an ancient wood stands an archway of stone and strange magic... A doorway to another world. Here stands an aged sprite – Grael his name – on a mission borne of loss and desperate hope. And so our tale begins...
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Lesson 27: Act 3 - Restoration
In this episode, we address the paradox of showing genuine change in the third act: if true character is only revealed through action in conflict, then how do you demonstrate the completion of a character arc after the main conflict ends?
20 min
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Lesson 26: Act 3 - Return
In this episode, the protagonist reaches the final, and perhaps most difficult, threshold in the journey: the return to the ordinary world.
21 min
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Lesson 25: Act 3 - Resolution
In this episode, we arrive in the final act of the story, and discuss how and why the resolution should not just be an afterthought to your climax.
21 min
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Lesson 24: Act 2 - Climax
In this episode, Act 2 comes to an explosive end, as the effects of the crisis decision ripple out into a final confrontation between protagonist and antagonist.
21 min
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Lesson 23: Act 2 - Crisis
In this episode, Wray discusses what is perhaps the most important part of any story -- the final crisis before the act 2 climax.
21 min