Does your draft have a boring main character? You’re not alone! Also, the problem can be solved.
Tools, not rules. For writers, by writers.
Cherie Priest joins us for a discussion of Lovecraftian horror.
So, you’re planning to kill somebody, but you don’t want anyone to see it coming. How do you make that happen? We begin by talking about the hints that writers inadvertently drop, and why they drop those hints. Then we look at how to write without sending those cues, and…
Charlie Harmon, one of the luminaries of Utah area fandom, joined us to talk about disability in narrative. She’s been going blind gradually since she was a child, and these days while she can see some colored blurs, she cannot read, or recognize faces. We talk about some of the…
Live from Westercon 67 and Fantasy Con, Mette Ivie Harrison and J.R. Johannson join us to talk about writing for the mystery genre. We begin by talking about the key differences between thrillers and mysteries, and then move into how this understanding can drive our story structures. We discuss how characters…
Brad “Doctor Zombie” Voytek talks to us about making science accessible and attractive through science fiction.
Q&A in which we cover proofreading, writing time, career stuff, and no, you can’t have any of our DNA.
Side quests come in a couple of forms — they may be something inside the book that takes the characters away from the main plotline, or they may be adventures that take place outside of the book itself. We talk about the first type, and how to make sure they’re…
We answer questions on tropes, narrative styles, editing, rule-breaking and more.
Mette Ivie Harrison joins us to discuss creative non-fiction, the genre in which the tools of creative writing are applied to factually accurate narratives.