Stories are essential, helping shape opportunity by empowering authors who, for barriers from geography to class and more, feel unable to realise their creative potential. Connecting those who already hold power with those who don’t, it’s possible to unleash hidden potential. In this live recording of the Write On! podcast, editor and author Madeleine F White leads a discussion on how co-creation bridges the needs of diverse writers and traditional publishing communities, focusing on challenges of culture, class and gender and drawing from a range of writing experiences.