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Conor Mc Donnell on Letting the Reader Work

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Building Trust with the Reader in The Eye Collector

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Quick Notes on The Eye Collector and All Else

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Writing Dragons with David Ly

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Steve Orlando on Writing Comics for Marvel and DC and Beyond

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David Jón Fuller on Bringing the Theatre into the Novel While Writing VENUE 13

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Books as Anti-Social Media with MC Joudrey

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Lyndon Radchenka and Steven Kaul on Kickstarting the Laundrymen 2 Comic Book

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Antonio Michael Downing on the Art of the Novel and Sensuality in Prose

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Tom Miller on Taking Creative Risks and How All Poets Suck But Him

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13 Books for Creative Writers

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Are You Serial Right Now - Talking Comics with Lyndon Radchenka

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Is Ryan Fitzpatrick Country Enough for Morgan Wallen? (Poetry Claps Back)

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Giving the Reader What They Want

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The Desert of the Second Act - Meathouse Update

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Writing an Immortal Poem - Christian Bok on Creating the Xenotext

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Sky Devil and the Haunted Air

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Inside the Making of the Last Breeds Comics Novel (Part 2 of 2)

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Inside the Making of the Last Breeds Comics Novel (Part 1 of 2)

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Matthew Medney on Creating Gungnir Books

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Breaking into DC Comics as a Writer with Lyndon Radchenka

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Back in the Saddle of Evil

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Breaking out of the Pandemic Funk with "Fearless" Fred Kennedy

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Self-Employment and Isolation with Elena Sturk-Lussier

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How to stay motivated with GMB Chomichuk and Lyndon Radchenka

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Exposing yourself to feedback with Justin Currie and Lyndon Radchenka

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Tara Cole-McCaffrey on Developing Your Style

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On shooting an independent horror movie

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How to Be a Hero by Making Comics with Lyndon Radchenka and ZM Schuster

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Staying on track with your screenwriting

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Doni on Writing an Afrofuturist Manga

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Too Many Cooks is a crash course in postmodern art

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Is Shakespeare an experimental writer? Sonnet 130

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Doctor Moreau vs Slavoj Zizek

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Who haunts Hill House? (Part 2)

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Did Shirley Jackson write the perfect novel? The Haunting of Hill House

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David Lynch's Lost Highway contains a perfect scene that writers should study

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Is Ursula K. Le Guin the best science fiction writer in Omelas?

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What do Sigourney Weaver, Star Trek, and Alan Rickman have in common? Galaxy Quest!

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Has Christopher Nolan done his own Inception to convince me he is Hitchcock?

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Who is the real Parasite in this smash Korean film?

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Is Seth Rogen just using James Franco? The genius of Pineapple Express

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Thanos versus The Alien! Screenwriter Dan O'Bannon and Dynamic Story Structure

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Robert Eggers made a deal with the devil to write The Witch — and so can you!

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Creating a shared world with GMB Chomichuk and Chadwick Ginther

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Adam Sandler's terrible movie Jack and Jill can make you a better writer

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What do you want? (Part 2)

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What do you want? (Part 1)

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How to become a REAL writer

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UCalgary Keynote on Horror Stories and The Eye Collector

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Building the Meathouse with Dan Vadeboncoeur

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10 Rules for Beginning Screenwriters like Dan Vadeboncoeur

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Suzette Mayr on Being Haunted, Historical Research, and Winning the Giller Prize for Fiction

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Dalnavert - A Ghost Story - a Lit Live Reading

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The Writing Life - Questions and Answers - with Ryan Fitzpatrick

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Effective Exposition with Elle León Nostas and Andrew Penczner

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How NOT to Get an Agent with Emmy Nordstrom Higdon

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Peter Chiykowski on The Story Engine and Generating Ideas

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Dennis Cooley on Building a Poetry Collection and Working on Multiple Projects

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David Annandale on Doctor Doom, Warhammer, Horror, and Writing Tie-In Fiction

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Matthew Medney on Science Fiction, Writing Collaborations, Comics, and the Business of Story

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Aaron Giovannone on creating poetic tension and The Nonnets

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Ryan North on Writing Fantastic Four, Squirrel Girl, Dinosaur Comics, and YA Graphic Novels

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Oystein Ulsberg Brager on The Amelia Project and Experimenting with Audio Drama

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Joe Fisher on creating the sci-fi audio drama podcast Midnight Burger

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Jonathan answers your questions

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Discussing micro-press publishing with Ryan Fitzpatrick

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Discussing The Legend of Zelda with Ryan Fitzpatrick, Part 2

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Discussing The Legend of Zelda with Ryan Fitzpatrick, Part 1

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Grants: Background and Development with Lyndon Radchenka

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Launching The Laundrymen Kickstarter with Steven Kaul & Lyndon Radchenka

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Grant Budgets: Lyndon Radchenka asks the relevant questions

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Natalee Caple on fictionalizing history 'In Calamity's Wake'

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Christian Bök on AI Art and Writing

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Planning 2023 with GMB Chomichuk, Justin Currie, and Lyndon Radchenka

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Irene Bindi on ARP Books and leftist publishing

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On publishing your first novel with Brady Tiel

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GMB Chomichuk on the motivations of writing

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Putting together support materials for writing grants with Lyndon Radchenka

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Creating the 'She Wolf' comic with GMB Chomichuk

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Heavy Metal Comics Panel at Winnipeg Comiccon

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Writing Grant Project Descriptions with Lyndon Radchenka

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A conversation about applying for writing grants with Lyndon Radchenka

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GMB Chomichuk on writing short-form prose, and creating The Automatic Age

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Chadwick Ginther on short stories and submitting your work

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SM Beiko on Worldbuilding, Writing a Series, and the Publishing Industry

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Jordan Scott on Writing Poetry and Picture Books and Using a 'Magpie' Process

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Prose Poetry with Ryan Fitzpatrick

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Structuring Story — Aliens Attack the Government! (Part 2 of 2)

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Breaking Story — Aliens Attack the Government! (Part 1 of 2)

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Celebrating the Resurrection of Dead Work (Kickstarter Funded!)

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Chasing Artwork & GMB Chomichuk on Crowdfunding the Dead Work Anthology

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Adam Petrash on editing the Dead Work Anthology

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Collaborating on the Dead Work

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Creating the Dead Work Comics (Kickstarter is Live Now!)

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Back the Dead Work Kickstarter!

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Writing from Life and Teaching the Creative Process with Catherine Hunter

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Creative Goals with Lyndon Radchenka (Part 2)

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Creative Goals with Lyndon Radchenka (Part 1)

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Wren Brian on Writing and the Theatre