Podcast Episodes

Good Punctuation is Invisible

Season 1 Episode 29

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Join Drake and Marie in discussion on punctuation, why it’s important and how to use it to communicate with your reader. This will be o…

3 years, 10 months ago

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Writer's Journey - Trials and Tribulations - The Plot Diamond

Season 1 Episode 28

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Join Drake and Marie as they discuss the plot diamond. What it is, what to do if it’s too thin and how to stop it being an ever expandi…

3 years, 10 months ago

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Showing Emotion

Season 1 Episode 27

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Drake and Marie discuss how to write with emotion so that the reader doesn’t get told the character is feeling such and such an emotion…

3 years, 11 months ago

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Patterns in Prose

Season 1 Episode 26

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Drake and Marie discuss narrative, world building, character and inner monologue prose.

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3 years, 11 months ago

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Writing Action

Season 1 Episode 25

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Drake and Marie discuss how to write engaging, high stakes action scenes and what you can accomplish through writing of violence and co…

3 years, 11 months ago

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Writer's Journey - Trials and Tribulations - Self-Doubt

Season 1 Episode 24

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Drake and Marie discuss dealing with self-doubt and fear of getting critiqued. They talk about the importance of getting critiqued and …

3 years, 11 months ago

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Writing with non-malicious villains

Season 1 Episode 23

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Drake and Marie discuss how to use non-malicious villains or environmental conditions to provide conflict for your characters to overco…

3 years, 11 months ago

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Agony Aunt - Relationships in Fantasy Writing

Season 1 Episode 22

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Drake and Marie talk about fantasy relationships, why they're important even if romance is not your focus, how it shapes your character…

4 years ago

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Picking a Point of View

Season 1 Episode 21

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Drake & Marie discuss how to decide who should be a narrating character and when to introduce narrating characters.

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4 years ago

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Rethink Your Flashbacks

Season 1 Episode 20

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Drake and Marie speak about flashbacks and dreams and why they're not a good idea, especially early in your tale.

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4 years ago

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