Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchCreative Collaboration: The best parts and the dangerous parts
Season 3 Episode 15
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Drake and Marie talk about the collaboration process on their book, Magicfall. Join them as they discuss what works great and what can …
2 years, 9 months ago
Listener Q&A: Horror, Mystery, Many Characters and more...
Season 3 Episode 14
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Drake and Marie answer listener questions about managing a large cast of characters, the difference between writing for a novel vs writ…
2 years, 9 months ago
Live Edit: Show Don't Tell
Season 3 Episode 13
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One of our listeners sent us a thousand words to edit. Follow along as we discuss showing versus telling, how to recognize it and how t…
2 years, 9 months ago
Plot outlines: How to, benefits & pitfalls
Season 3 Episode 12
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Drake and Marie talk about creating plot outlines, different plot beats and how to use them, the pitfalls of creating an outline and th…
2 years, 9 months ago
Live Edit: Plot, tone & saving the cat
Season 3 Episode 11
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A brave listener has sent in a thousand words to edit. Join Drake and Marie as they talk plot, story tone and saving the cat moments fo…
2 years, 10 months ago
Writer's Craft - How to write dialogue in stories
Season 3 Episode 10
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Drake and Marie talk about writing dialogue, how it differs from people just talking and when not to use dialogue.Give us feedback at …
2 years, 10 months ago
Things we hate in prose...
Season 3 Episode 9
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Drake and Marie discuss their pet peeves and the thing they most wish authors would please, please, please stop doing.
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2 years, 10 months ago
Standard Punctuation, prose structure, tertiary characters and other dialogue writing tricks.
Season 3 Episode 8
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Drake and Marie discuss standard punctuation for dialogue and when to break it. They delve into what tertiary characters can do for you…
2 years, 10 months ago
Starting Your Story - World building and Character Introduction
Season 3 Episode 7
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Drake and Marie re-visit starting your story and introducing your characters. They talk about how much world building is too much, how …
2 years, 11 months ago
Writer's Craft - Making the reader care about the character
Season 3 Episode 6
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Drake and Marie re-visit some aspects of the writer's craft, most especially those related to making the reader care about the characte…
2 years, 11 months ago