Episode Seven: Build-a-Book

A book is so much more than just the spark of an idea. A ton of people have the spark of an idea—and now can plug it into a plagarism machine to spit out a story. But you become a writer in the millions of choices you make between the story idea and putting the words down on the page. Bri and Mer both lay out their creative process, from where they come up with ideas to how they create their characters and plot beats, highlight the different ways that can work for every individual writer and have one or to revelations about their own writing process ten years in. Come for mini-rants about AI and stay for Mer’s brush with viral fame. Isola by Allegra GoodmanBromantasy by Maire RocheSingle Player by Tara TaiThe Cloak and Dagger Club by Jackie McMahonEPISODE OUTLINE00:00 - 14:01 - What is going on in our writing lives? 14:01 - 1:16:02 - Craft Topic: Build-a-Book1:16:02 -1:22:21 - Book Recs