Let's talk about writing! Anything and everything are on the table!

Hosts: Josh Hayes, Scott Moon, C. Steven Manley

00:00 Opening remarks

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03:53 Weekly update—Super Secret Edition

Chuck: Wrapping up Jack Dark #2.

Scott: Writing like crazy. Working on 3 projects at once… operating on negative sleep and 20Books2Wichita.

Josh: Working on Sentinel, using a remarkable writing tablet, working on something super super secret (again). Policing!

15:56 Main Event— LIVE! Writing Roundtable #2 - September 2021

-The emotional investment in characters. -Ways to draw a reader into liking a character.

-Richard Fox killing characters left and right. -The emotion of loss vs. the loss of the remaining characters.

-Foreshadowing the solution. -The Deus Ex Machina or the answer.

-Archetypes vs. roles. -Crafted fiction vs. chaotic reality.

-The presence of characters vs. real people.

-Making the characters their own people, not author inserts.

-Putting yourself into the role of the character.

-Good and bad uses for dictation (hint: don’t use voice activation). Ex. On Being a Dictator: Using Dictation to Be a Better Writer (Million Dollar Writing Series) by Kevin J. Anderson https://amzn.to/39Lo8C7

-The need for a Southern dictation software.

1:03:00 Closing remarks

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