Questions 410: Tone and Writing
Subscribe Here! Ian asks: “What about tone in writing?” Resources Mentioned: Bach Carl Orff Mozart Shakespeare Milton Homer Tolkien Parasol Protectorate Crudrat PG Wodehouse Douglas Adams Oscar Wilde The Shining
Questions 409: Procrastinate Later
Subscribe Here! Today, Phy asks: “How do you deal with procrastination?”
Questions 408: Accounting Software
Subscribe Here! Today, Ed asks: “What’s an open source alternative to Quickbooks/Quicken?” Resources Mentioned: Gnucash
Feedback Episode: Construction, Conflict, and Myth
Subscribe Here! Today, we have feedback (and recommendations!) on recent episodes from listeners Chris and Vega. This episode sponsored by BundleRabbit Resources Mentioned The Morphology of the Folktale
Questions 407: Staying Engaged in Your Stories
Subscribe Here! Phy asks: “Do you ever get bored with what you’re writing?”
Deep Characterization #6: Age (pt 1)
Subscribe Here! Today, I continue our series on deep characterization by exploring how a character’s age and biological development effects the way that character interacts with their society and the world. This episode sponsored by BundleRabbit
Question 406: Story vs. Plot
Subscribe Here! Phy asks: “What is the difference between story and plot?” Resources Mentioned: Suave Rob’s Double X Derring Do Eddie Izzard: Marathon Man
Questions 405: Season’s Writings
Subscribe Here! Robert asks: “Does setting a story around a holiday help – or hinder – sales?” Resources Mentioned A Christmas Carol A Ghostly Christmas Present This episode sponsored by BundleRabbit
Happy Holidays
A holiday announcement for all of you This recording of Jingle Bells (calm) is by Kevin MacLead (incompetech.com) and is used under a Creative Commons 3.0 license.
Questions 404: Reading (and Writing!) the Comment Section…
Subscribe Here! Cathy asks: “I’m writing an epistolary novel in the form of a blog format, and want to include comments as a sort of chorus. How can I do this and add to the story?” Resources Mentioned: Night Calls, The City of Dreams