The Art of the Ages: The How and Why of Writing

How Dungeons and Dragons can help us become better storytellers http://www.paullytle.com One of my novels, The Yellow Canary: https://amzn.to/2D9ojXH xHa5BJ8PweMQEm9kLlzo

As writers, it is critical that we get criticism for our work. This being November and therefore National Novel Writing Month (https://nanowrimo.org/) thought we would chat a little about keeping a writing schedule and minimum word count. Podcast version of the show: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-art-of-ages-the-how-and-why-of-writing/id1441023257?mt=2 http://www.paullytle.com One of my novels, The Yellow Canary: https://amzn.to/2D9ojXH

Where does a writer gets ideas? Where kinda from everyone. How do you develop them is a better question. Podcast version of the show: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-art-of-ages-the-how-and-why-of-writing/id1441023257?mt=2 http://www.paullytle.com One of my novels, The Yellow Canary: https://amzn.to/2D9ojXH

Writers of works that are required to be read have a particular issue that they have to face - what the does the page look like? Does it help with the reading or distract from it? How do we know? http://www.paullytle.com One of my novels, The Yellow Canary: https://amzn.to/2D9ojXH

Using Orson Welles' masterpiece Citizen Kane as our guide, we look at exposition and narration and how to use each one. http://www.paullytle.com One of my novels, The Yellow Canary: https://amzn.to/2D9ojXH

Explaining the title of the podcast whiel delving a little more into Tolkien's concept of sub-creation. http://www.paullytle.com One of my novels, The Yellow Canary: https://amzn.to/2D9ojXH

Yeah, it's totally possible to end a story long before a story is over, and it is something we should be guarding against. http://www.paullytle.com One of my novels, The Yellow Canary: https://amzn.to/2D9ojXH

If you learn how to control word choice, rhythm, and pacing, you can make the reader read your work in the way that you want him to. But to do that, we have to read poetry. And not free verse poetry. http://www.paullytle.com One of my novels, The Yellow Canary: https://amzn.to/2D9ojXH

Looking at the structure and strategy of Dickens' A Christmas Carol. http://www.paullytle.com One of my novels, The Yellow Canary: https://amzn.to/2D9ojXH

Discussing when and how to deal with repeatative phrasing by using my own work as an example and also Train's "Drops of Jupiter." http://www.paullytle.com One of my novels, The Yellow Canary: https://amzn.to/2D9ojXH

Talking about Swoopers and Bashers, a concept described by Kurt Vonnegut in his book Timequake. This being November and therefore National Novel Writing Month (https://nanowrimo.org/) thought we would chat a little about keeping a writing schedule and minimum word count. http://www.paullytle.com One of my novels, The Yellow Canary: https://amzn.to/2D9ojXH

Great timing as a Douglas Wilson blog post was released that parallels what we've been doing quite nicely: https://dougwils.com/books-and-culture/s7-engaging-the-culture/modern-art-and-the-dearth-of-culture%EF%BB%BF.html http://www.paullytle.com One of my novels, The Yellow Canary: https://amzn.to/2D9ojXH

Playing off our episode last week on sub-creation, we now delve a little farther into what we create and to what end. http://www.paullytle.com One of my novels, The Yellow Canary: https://amzn.to/2D9ojXH

A little on why we write, really focusing on Tolkien's amazing essay "On Faerie-stories" (https://amzn.to/2PWKbw2) http://www.paullytle.com One of my novels, The Yellow Canary: https://amzn.to/2D9ojXH

This being November and therefore National Novel Writing Month (https://nanowrimo.org/) thought we would chat a little about keeping a writing schedule and minimum word count. http://www.paullytle.com One of my novels, The Yellow Canary: https://amzn.to/2D9ojXH

Here we go! Thanks for checking out the introductory episode on writing! We're going to update weekly, so check back with us every Wednesday.