Questions 639: Everyone Loves My Bad Guys
Subscribe Here! Ian asks: “Help! My readers really *love* my villain. Should I just roll with it?”
Questions 638: File Management
Subscribe Here! Melisa asks: “I want to cycle instead of edit, but integrating the sources from writing on different machines gets in the way?” This episode sponsored by BundleRabbit
Questions 637: Perfect Writing Day
Subscribe Here! Charles asks: “How would describe your perfect writing day?” Resources Mentioned: Time Enough At Last by Lynn Venable Twilight Zone episode Time Enough at Last
Questions 635: Picking Your POV
Subscribe Here! Melisa asks: “How do you pick which POV is right for your work?” Resources Mentioned: The Clarke Lantham series
Questions 632: All About Prologues
Subscribe Here! Roland asks: “What’s your take on when an author should use a prologue, and how it should relate to the rest of the book?” Resources Mentioned: Opening prologue to Ralph Bakshi’s Lord of the Rings Opening prologue to Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings
Questions 631: Stress & Creativity
Sarah asks: Stress at work focuses me, but it really kills my creativity. How can I change this? This episode sponsored by BundleRabbit
Questions 630: Creative Wells
Charles asks: How do you refill your creative well?
Questions 625: Boneyards and Bright Ideas
Subscribe Here! Charles asks: “I want to save my ideas for when I’m a better writer. What do I do?” Resources Mentioned Goldilocks and the Three Bears On Faerie Stories, an essay in the collection Tree and Leaf by J.R.R. Tolkien Silent Victor by J. Daniel Sawyer He Ain’t Heavy …
Questions 624: When Are You An Author?
Subscribe Here! JR asks: “When can you call yourself an author?”
Questions 623: How to Ghostwrite Yourself
Subscribe Here! Ian asks: “How do you ghostwrite your own, earlier works, in order to maintain a consistent series voice?” Resources Mentioned Suave Rob’s Double-X Derring-Do by J. Daniel Sawyer Suave Rob’s Rough-n-Ready Rugrat Rapture by J. Daniel Sawyer Fargo Jimmy Carr Does Accents on Youtube