Questions 168: Advanced POV Techniques
Subscribe Here! Caine asks: “What are some non-obvious ways to elegantly switch the narrative point of view, and between first and third person?”
YA Adventure Special 13: Wrapping It Up
Subscribe Here! Today, I talk about the Character Climax in Hadrian’s Flight, the denouement, and the experience of finishing up my first ever successful attempt to write a Heinlein Juvenile. Interesting revelations about the nature of creativity and young adult literature ensue. This marks the final episode in this series …
NaNoWriMo Special 2: Surviving Current Events
Subscribe Here! An update on my progress and what’s been getting in my way in this most eventful November. Plus, a Patreon update and other news.
Questions 167: Epic Scope and Bigness
Subscribe Here! Joseph Asks: “Following up Questions 152 about epics: How do you create the BIG feel of epics, and how do granularity and scope play into it?”
Questions 166: How Did Heinlein Avoid Infodumps?
Subscribe Here! Josh asks: “I’m re-reading Rocketship Gallileo and noticing that Heinlein manages to infodump without infodumping. How did he pull this off?”
Questions 165: Categorizing and Marketing YA Books
Subscribe Here! Ed asks: “What problems come from marketing a YA book without labeling it as YA?”
Questions 164: Benefits and Pitfalls of Author’s Society
Subscribe Here! Caine asks: “My writer’s society is looking to incorporate. What do I do?”
YA Adventure Special 12: The Action Climax
Subscribe Here! Today I discuss the experience of writing the action climax to the book, and how I was able to solve some big problems by finding the answers within the book-to-date, including some unexpected twists. I also talk about how the Heinlein Juveniles have a bifurcated story structure in …
Questions 163: Time-Efficient Research
Subscribe Here! Ed asks: “How did you learn the stuff for the flying suits in Hadrian’s Flight? How to I research without losing writing time?”
Questions 162: Nanowrimo update AND “Who Podcasts Fiction?”
Subscribe Here! I update you on my NaNoWrimo AND Caine asks: “Do any other Nanocast listeners podcast fiction?”