All Episodes

Question 1122 How does the Homestead Affect Writing?

Question 1121: Sacred ideas and Adapting from Screenplays

Question 1120: What is a play?

Questions 1119: Filling Up the Corners

Question 1118: Preventing Author Avatars

Question 1117: Why Have Sequels Gone Out of Fashion?

Question 1116: Is it a Prequel, or Just Book One?

Question 1115: Why Are People Writing Prequels?

Feedback: The Bradbury Challenge

Questions 1114: Developing a Young Character

Question 1113: Troubles Finishing

Question 1112: Products of NaNoWriMo

Question 1111: Tough Truths About Loving Writing

Question 1110: Breaking Faith With Readers

Question 1109: Writing the Right Sequel

Question 1108: Writing the Wrong Novel

Question 1107: Film vs. Book: Characterization in Lord of the Rings

Where The Hell Have We Been?

Quick Announcement

Question 1106: Creativity and ADD

Question 1105: Changing the Way You Listen

Question 1104: Building Life Experience

Questions 1103: Cannell’s Secret Sauce

Catch-up & Announcements

Question 1102: Reading as a Writer

Question 1101: Pacing in Action-Adventure

Question 1100: Finding Public Domain Books

Question 1099: Measuring Yourself as a Writer

Question 1098: Getting Back In The Mood

Question 1097: We Need a Punctuation Master Class

Question 1096: How To Write a Worstseller

Question 1095: Dictation and Twisty Plots

Question 1093: Mentally Tough Characters

Question 1092: Destructive Writing Advice

Question 1091: Individual Characters or Chessmen?

Question 1090: Creative Partnerships

Question 1089: Creating Effective Antagonists

Question 1088: Writing Implements

Question 1087: Expanding a Short Story Into a Novel

Questions 1086: Networking for Writers

Question 1085: Showing Narrator Gender in First Person

Question 1084: What Motivates a Writer?

Question 1083: Vacations for Freelancers

Question 1082: When Not to Write

Question 1081: Edible Plants

Question 1080: Work-Life Balance

We’re BACK! Question 1079: Fear of Writing

Question 1078: Sustaining an Unplanned Series

Question 1077: AI and the Politics of the Future

Question 1076: The Most Fun Story to Write

Question 1075: AI and the Demographic Collapse

Question 1074: How Many Hours to Write a Book?

Question 1073: Using Voice in Character and Narration

Question 1072: Intensifying Your Character Dynamics

Question 1071: Biospheres and Self-Contained Worlds

On Predictability…

Question 1070: Story Structure as Quality Control

Question 1069: Anthropomorphization

Question 1068: Guilt Cultures vs. Shame Cultures

Question 1067: Fiction Preorders

Question 1066: How to Stop Spinning Your Wheels

Question 1065: First Person Considerations

Question 1064: Interleaving Novellas into a Novel

Feedback: Life Hacks: Finding Writing Time

Question 1063: Rebuilding the Writing Habit

Question 1062: Cover Design Considerations

Question 1061: Strategic Concerns for Long Term Series

Question 1053: Filing Off the Serial Numbers

Question 1060: Writing and SciFi Educational Resources

Question 1059: Best Writing Sprints

Question 1058: Dealing with Burnout

Question 1057: Time Jumps

Question 1056: Too Much Detail

Feedback: Many Thanks

Question 1055: All About Paragraphing

Question 1054: How to NOT Break Your Novel

Writing Rural, Ep 3: Rural and On-Grid

Writing Rural, Ep 2: Worldview and Order of Operations

Writing Rural, Ep 1: Equipment and Strategy

The Nanogang Goes Boom — Day 31: The Nature of Failure

FIXED — The Nanogang Goes Boom, Day 17 — Beauty and Perspective

FIXED — The Nanogang Goes Boom — Day 09: Setbacks and Traction

FIXED — Nanogang Goes Boom, Day 01 — Getting Started

FIXED Nanogang Goes Boom, Day 00 — Pre-game

The Nanogang Goes Boom, Day 17 — Beauty and Perspective

The Nanogang Goes Boom — Day 09: Setbacks and Traction

Nanogang Goes Boom, Day 01 — Getting Started

Nanogang Goes Boom, Day 00 — Pre-game

Question 1051: Useful Aphorisms

Question 1050: Re-typing as Editing

Question 1049: Expanded Universes

Question 1048: Editorial Pet Peeves

Question 1047: Positive Pressures

Question 1046: Great 80s TV Shows

Question 1045: Interest vs Obsession

Question 1044: All-Powerful AI

Question 1043: Ancient Aliens

Question 1042: Strong Themes

Question 1041: Adult Moral Choices in YA Stories

Off-Grid and Overlanding