Subscribe Here! In this third installment in our miniseries on teaching students how to write, Rob asks: “How can I respect subculture grammar while teaching best practices in word choice and writing?”
Subscribe Here! In this second installment in our miniseries on teaching students how to write, Rob asks: “How can we effectively expand our usable vocabulary?” Books mentioned: The King James Bible The Works of Shakespeare The Illiad The Odyssey The Oedipus Trilogy The Satires of Juvenal Ciero
Subscribe Here! As the first in our new miniseries on teaching students how to write, Rob asks: “How do I get my students to write with the same command of language they use when they speak?”
Subscribe Here! JR asks: “How long do you expect the trend for people preferring series over standalones to continue?” Also, Terry Mixon joins us to speak (briefly) about discovery writing. Check out his book Empire of Bones. This episode sponsored by BundleRabbit
Subscribe Here! Vega asks: “How do you manage a creative life with multiple artforms?” This episode sponsored by BundleRabbit
Subscribe Here! Cheyenne asks: “How can I write characters who don’t share my values, without betraying my values?” Books discussed: Tree and Leaf by J.R.R. Tolkien Poetics by Aristotle
Subscribe Here! Rob asks: “How do you decide what word count to shoot for–and how do you work up to it?”
Subscribe Here! Cheyenne asks: “How do you keep beta readers from stealing your book?” Books mentioned: The Copyright Handbook
Subscribe Here! Caine asks: “What’s the difference–in packaging and content–between series and standalone or episodic books, and which is more advantageous to write?” Books and films discussed: The Xanth Series by Piers Anthony Incarnations of Immortality Series by Piers Anthony Bio of a Space Tyrant Series by Piers Anthony Black …
Subscribe Here! Ed asks: “What happens when your story doesn’t work?”