Questions 378: Getting Started in Dictation
Subscribe Here! Scott asks: “How do you get started writing by dictation?” Resources Mentioned: Dragon Naturally Speaking Special Episode 3: Dictation, with Kevin J. Anderson
Subscribe Here! Scott asks: “How do you get started writing by dictation?” Resources Mentioned: Dragon Naturally Speaking Special Episode 3: Dictation, with Kevin J. Anderson
Subscribe Here! Sarah asks: I want to write a novel with several distinct but related stories that ultimately tell a larger story. Any tips? Resources Mentioned An Instance at the Fingerpost by Iain Pears Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follet Middlemarch by George Elliot The Source by James Michener …
Subscribe Here! Erin asks: “What do you do when you are stuck in a project you no longer love?”
Subscribe Here! Dan asks: “Do you, or anyone you know, write longhand? How about on cell phones?”
Subscribe Here! We continue our journey through Hadrian’s Flight. Now we’re at the pinch point in the novel, where our main character goes from being reactive to proactive, and as a result the world changes around him.
Subscribe Here! Today I explain all about McGuffins, how they are, and how I chose my McGuffin for Hadrian’s Flight.
Subscribe Here! Today I talk about the Boot Camp phase of Hadrian’s Flight, which is that part of any YA novel where the character’s identity is broken down and rebuilt to meet the demands of the story. I explain why this is important, how it works, and how I did …
Subscribe Here! Today, we explore what happens when the author of Hadrian’s Flight gets lost along with the character right at the point where the core cast of characters should be coming together. Productivity slows, regrouping ensues, and worldbuilding commences in earnest.
Subscribe Here! I continue the blow-by-blow of writing Hadrian’s Flight in 34 days. I talk about structural decisions I made, and why I made them, and how I coped with a new series of curve-balls the story threw me that I wasn’t expecting.
Subscribe Here! A new recording block is upon us, and it comes on the heels of a protracted battle with writer’s block. I had to write an emergency novel-in-a-month, and boy was it a pain getting started! I tell you all about it within, and lift the curtain on some …