JR asks:
“What advice do you have for balancing worldbuilding, plot, and characterization?”
Resources mentioned:
The Complete Shakespeare
Yentl
Schindler’s List
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Questions 175: Staggered Climaxes
Ed asks:
“In Hadrian’s Flight you separated your action and character climax. How did you decide to do this?”
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Questions 80: Writing Villain-Free Novels
Krysteen asks:
“I don’t have a villain in my story–is this okay? How does a person do this?”
Books discussed and recommended:
Earth Abides by George Stewart
Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Caroll
Tunnel in the Sky by Robert A. Heinlein
The Lost World by Arthur Conan Doyle
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
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