12.27: Choosing a Length
Your Hosts: Brandon, Mary, Dan, and Howard We discuss the ways in which we decide upon the length of the stories we write, and at which point(s) in the creative process we make that decision. Liner ...
2 Juli 201721min
12.26: Q&A on Outlining and Discovery Writing
Your Hosts: Brandon, Piper, Dan, and Howard Our listeners had questions about outlining and discovery writing. Here are a few of the very best: * Do you outline scenes? How? * How do you know wh...
25 Juni 201720min
12.25: Hiring an Editor, with Callie Stoker
Your Hosts: Howard and Dan, with special guest Callie Stoker Callie Stoker joined Howard and Dan at the World Horror convention to answer our questions about hiring an editor, which is part of the pr...
18 Juni 201718min
12.24: Creating Great Outlines
Your Hosts: Brandon, Mary, Mary Anne, and Wesley How might you go about creating great outlines? There are many processes, and we cover several of them. Credits: This episode was recorded by Andr...
11 Juni 201720min
12.23: Proposals, Pitches, and Queries
Your Hosts: Brandon, Mary, Dan, and Howard Let's talk about selling your stuff. In this episode we discuss query letters, pitches, and proposals—the tools that you use to present your material to peo...
4 Juni 201721min
12.22: Hybrid Outlining and Discovery Writing
Your Hosts: Brandon, Piper, Dan, and Howard What can discovery writers learn from outlining? What can outliners learn from discovery writing? Is there a balance between the two that can serve as a ha...
28 Maj 201718min
12.21: Narrative Bumper Pool, with Bill Fawcett and Carrie Patel
Your Hosts: Howard and Dan, with special guests Bill Fawcett and Carrie Patel Bill and Carrie both have extensive experience writing for games, and they joined us at GenCon Indy to talk about writing...
21 Maj 201720min
12.20: Retrofitting Structure into a First Draft
Your Hosts: Brandon, Mary, Mary Anne, and Wesley We're speaking again, at least in part, to discovery writers. In this case, we're talking about how to take a non-outlined work and apply a structure ...
14 Maj 201721min
