Questions 291: Reference Photos and Asset Management
Subscribe Here! Robert asks: “How do you use and organize reference photos in your work flow?” This episode sponsored by BundleRabbit Resources: MediaWiki
Questions 290: Balancing Science and Story
Subscribe Here! Rebecca and Robert both ask: “How do I do good hard science fiction without overloading on the science and tech?” This episode sponsored by BundleRabbit Resources: Black Holes and Time Warps by Kip Thorne Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas Adams The …
Questions 289: First Person, Present Tense
Subscribe Here! DC asks: “What tips can you offer for achieving depth in first person, present tense?” Resources: Presumed Innocent by Scott Turow The Little Sister by Raymond Chandler The Quiet Game by Greg Iles Mortal Fear by Greg Iles 24 Hours by Greg Iles The Girl With the Deep …
Questions 288: Is There A Market For it?
Subscribe Here! Charles asks: “I want to write a sprawling world with many different stories in it. Is there a market for this? Resources: A Spell for Chameleon by Piers Anthony On a Pale Horse by Piers Anthony Running With the Demon by Terry Brooks Mort by Terry Pratchett The …
Questions 287: Short Novels–Are They Worth It?
Subscribe Here! Dan Dan the Art Man asks: “James Patterson’s Book Shots has me thinking about writing short novels. What are your thoughts on short fantasy novels?” Resources: Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris Dracula by Bram Stoker The Coming of Conan the Cimmerian by Robert E. Howard The Final …
Questions 286: Passive Protagonists and Coming of Age
Subscribe Here! DC asks: “How can one write an effective and engaging passive protagonist?” Resources: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling Hadrian’s Flight by J. Daniel Sawyer The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Questions 285: Recurring Heroes and Melodrama
Subscribe Here! Charles asks: “How do you keep an adventure series with a central character fresh?” Resources: NCIS Magnum, P.I. The A Team Dudley Do-Right Star Wars Poetics by Aristotle Silent Victor by J. Daniel Sawyer
Questions 284: More Thoughts on Exclusivity
Subscribe Here! Dan Dan the Art Man asks: “What are your thoughts on my KDP Select strategy? How does exclusivity work in a good business strategy?” This episode sponsored by BundleRabbit
Questions 283: All About Pulp
Subscribe Here! Charles asks: “What’s the big deal about pulp? What did the pulp writers do right? What did they do wrong? What can we learn?” This episode sponsored by BundleRabbit Resources: The Rocketeer The Knife Slipped by Earl Stanley Gardner The Case of the Backward Mule by Earl Stanley …
Deep Characterization 4: Authority Styles
Subscribe Here! Today, I continue our series on deep characterization by exploring how a character’s relationship to hierarchy effects the way that character expresses, develops, and interacts with characters with other orientations. This episode sponsored by BundleRabbit