Today’s installment of Fable and the Verbivore is not like our typical episodes.

This informal conversation took place directly following the interview with writer Lisa Baxmann. We kept our mics on and the sound rolling as we processed some ideas after the interview and discussed a variety of topics that we are working on with our writing.

In this episode - we talk about ways we as writers can encourage each other, putting in the hours of work to improve in the craft, and Fable discusses a breakthrough that she had in her own WIP. We also discuss testing to see if your dialogue reads well and assessing whether or not your characters and settings pull their weight and are worth the “cost” in terms of words.

We didn’t originally intend to release this discussion, but after listening to it found that it some interesting topics that we felt could be entertaining for our listeners. Fair warning, at some points in the conversation we laugh loudly or talk over each other, and the conversation goes in a wide range of directions. Also, we want to make sure to state that the high fives were done prior to our shelter-in-place. :-)

We also bring up some of what we are hoping to get out of the #100dayproject. We are now several weeks into that exercise and would love to share the things we are creating with youon instagram. And if you are interested, feel free to join us. We look forward to seeing what ideas and words you create. The hashtag we are using on Instagram is #imitatelikeawriter.

We hope that you are staying safe and finding time to practice self-care! Keep creating and putting your voice out there!

Into the woods,

Fable & The Verbivore