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
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
Subscribe Here! Chris asks: “If storytelling is a gut instinct, should we still kill our darlings?” Resources mentioned: Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand The Republic by Plato The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams Crewel Lye: A Caustic Yarn by Piers Anthony Very Bad Deaths by Spider Robinson …
Subscribe Here! JR Asks: “Can you do an episode about Deep POV?” Resources mentioned: The Veil of Ignorance
Subscribe Here! Ed submits a correction, and then asks: “How do you spot tropes and techniques that are very difficult to do well?” Resources mentioned: Back to the Future Dr. Who
Subscribe Here! Caine asks: When do you “tell” and when do you “show”? This episode sponsored by BundleRabbit
Subscribe Here! Tim asks: My characters aren’t coming through. How do I fix this? This episode sponsored by BundleRabbit
Subscribe Here! Vega asks: “You’ve talked about mind control and perspective control before. Can you talk more about what it is and how it works?”
Subscribe Here! Robert asks: “How can I differentiate my character voices when both characters have similar jobs and backgrounds?”
Subscribe Here! Caine asks: “What are some non-obvious ways to elegantly switch the narrative point of view, and between first and third person?”