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18.45: NaNoWriMo Week 2 - Inciting Incident
Season 18 Episode 45
Welcome to the first official week of National Novel Writing Month (or, almost the end of this week)! In this episode, we dive into how to write an i…
2 years, 10 months ago
18.44: NaNoWriMo Week 1- Getting Started
Season 18 Episode 44
Welcome to National Novel Writing Month! For November, writers all over the world are trying to complete a novel, or write 50,000 words. In honor of …
2 years, 10 months ago
18.43: Worldbuilding in Miniature
Season 18 Episode 43
If you're writing short fiction, how much of your world do you even need to figure out? Should you have it all written out? Can you just wing it? Thi…
2 years, 10 months ago
18.42: Creating Magic Outside of a System
Season 17 Episode 42
How do you write about magic? How do you build a world with magic and spells and potions? We dive into the rules and laws behind magical worlds. We o…
2 years, 10 months ago
18.41: Deep Dive: Erin's Short Fiction Extravaganza
Season 18 Episode 41
If you write short stories or enjoy speculative fiction, this episode is for you. Our host Erin Roberts has written short stories, interactive fictio…
2 years, 11 months ago
18.40: How To Make Money From Your Hobby (with special guest Sandra Tayler!)
Season 18 Episode 40
Or, The Business of the End of Schlock Mercenary
How did Howard start making money from his hobby of drawing and writing comics? How did he self-publ…
2 years, 11 months ago
18.39: How To Write An Ending
Season 18 Episode 39
Deep Dive: Sergeant In Motion
How do you write an ending to a book? How do you finish something you’ve been writing for over 20 years? Howard Tayler t…
2 years, 11 months ago
18.38: How Do You Write A Series With Books That Stand Alone?
Season 18 Episode 38
Deep Dive: A Function of Firepower
How do you write the middle of a book? How do you write an ending to a story? For this week’s episode about writing…
2 years, 11 months ago
18.37: Mandatory Failure
Season 16 Episode 37
We talk with Howard Tayler about the story structure of a story with a BIG disaster in the middle - one which we don't recover from until the next bo…
3 years ago
18.36: The Soggy Middle Pays the Rent (or, "Stand Alone With Series Potential")
How do you write the middle of a book? How do you end your book? How do you know what to write next? This week, our hosts —who all work as a writers …
3 years ago