Ed asks: Are IQ and intelligence the same thing, and how does it effect worldbuilding?
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Category Archives: Writing
Question 661: Time For A Coffee Break
Tim asks: How do I know when I should take a break, or stop for the day?
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Writer Goals 2019: Life, Loss, Change
Listener Melisa has a writer goals update and feedback on life, loss, change, and creativity.
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Questions 659: Writing Multiple Timelines
Elizabeth asks: “How do I write a story with multiple interweaving timelines and multiple protagonists – without losing or confusing my readers?”
Resources Mentioned
Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin
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Questions 658: Likable vs. Sympathetic Characters
Vega: What did you mean by a “sympathetic” versus “likeable” character?
Resources Mentioned
Pulp Fiction
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
Questions 639: Everyone Loves My Bad Guys
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Questions 657: Gripping Climaxes
Jason asks: How do you write a climax that really grips the reader?
Resources Mentioned
Fellowship of the Ring by JRR Tolkien
Fellowship of the Ring (the film)
Pulp Fiction
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Questions 656: Writing Book One
Jason asks: How is writing a book with an intended sequel different from writing a stand-alone novel?
Resources Mentioned
NCIS
The Xanth Series, 1-3 Omnibus by Piers Anthony
The Night Shift by Nora Roberts
The Century Trilogy by Ken Follett
Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark, Temple of Doom, and The Last Crusade
Doc Savage and The Thousand-Headed Man
Raise the Titanic! by Clive Cussler
The Clarke Lantham Mysteries by J. Daniel Sawyer
Pale Rider
Superman (1979)
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Questions 655: Too-Much-Time Management
Tim asks: You’ve talked about making use of small bits of time, but how do you make effective use of a *lot* of time to write?
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Questions 654: Interconnected Universes
Jeanne asks: How to authors do those sprawling, interconnected universes with characters moving between stories? And why?
Resources Mentioned:
Sandman
Newford series by Charles deLint
The Past Through Tomorrow by Heinlein
Dragonflight, by Anne McCaffrey
Metamor City by Chris Lester
Never, Never Will Shetterley
Life on the Border, edited by Terri Windling
Stephen King connections infographic
The Complete HP Lovecraft
It: A Novel by Stephen King
24 Hours by Greg Iles
Fellowship of the Ring by JRR Tolkien
Babylon 5
Heinlein’s World as Myth series
The Number of the Beast
The Cat Who Walks Through Walls
To Sail Beyond The Sunset
The Nitpicker’s Guide to Star Trek
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Kahn
Space Seed
A Song of Ice and Fire by George R. R. Martin
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms (the Dunk and Egg novellas) by George RR Martin
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Questions 653: Dialog Golden Ratio
Ephraim asks: “Is there a golden ratio for narration/dialog in fiction? How do I know if I have too much of one or the other?”
Resources Mentioned:
Edgar Allan Poe, The Works of
They’re Made Out of Meat by Terry Bisson (from his collection Bears Discover Fire)
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