Horrible Writing with Paul Sating

The trailer for a new epic medieval fantasy from the creator of this show!

It is said that steel helps a man win his crown, but it is his skill at treachery that helps him keep it. In Allidor, men scheme, fight and die to claim the right to wear the Crown of Thieves.

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Are reader expectations changing? Are we losing the beauty of prose to drive a need for accelerated plot points? And what does Game of Thrones' season 8 episode 3 have to do with this?   Pick up my horror anthology today!   Don't forget to leave a rating and review for the show. Please help!   Also, if you become a Patron, you'll get more of this episode, other episodes, a medieval high fantasy, & more! Keep me producing content!   Links: Webpage: http://www.paulsating.com/horrible-writing Twitter: @writinghorrible Instagram: @horriblewriting Email: [email protected] Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/paulsating    

All serious writers need to expose their work to as many early readers as possible, especially at the beginning of your writing journey. BUT, not all critique groups are equal. What do you need to watch out for? What purpose and role do the various ones serve? Let's talk about that.   Want free fiction? Pick up "The Plant" today, it's a short story precursor to this summer's novel!   Links: Webpage: http://www.paulsating.com/horrible-writing Twitter: @writinghorrible Instagram: @horriblewriting Email: [email protected] Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/paulsating   BE EPIC!

Your job sucks. You hate it. What's a writer to do if they want to pursue their dream? Find out!

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From cultural appropriate to language and violence, and .... gasp ... sex, too many writers are afraid to truly tell the story inside them. In this episode, we talk about why you don't want to be that writer.   Have you seen that "Novel Idea to Podcast" was named the 5th best podcasting ebook to read in 2019 by Book Authority?!?! I'm still flying from this!!!   Please leave a kind writing and review for the show if you've been enjoying it. It is so, so important to the show's growth.   Thank you!

Fiction is about escapism, taking people away from their daily lives.   Why would we stunt that experience for them?   World building is vitally important in the reader experience. So let's look at the big picture of worldbuilding.   Get bonus content by becoming a Patron and supporting an Indie creator!

We're told a lot of wrong things throughout our lives. And it's so important to protect ourselves from these lies, that I had to share the message with you, my tribe.   Want to support the show, to help me continue to bring the Horrible message to everyone, growing our collective community? The best thing you can do is to become a Patron today! Bonus content for all levels.    

New format! Now listeners and fans will get to pick Paul's brain! An idea proposed by Dawn Pizzo of the Horrible Writing Writers Support Group on Facebook. Questions about process and publishing are answered in this episode. Patrons get nearly 15 minutes MORE of content & insight with her two additional questions.   Support Indie creators today!   Want to sell more books? Pick up your copy of Novel Idea to Podcast: How to Sell More Books Through Podcasting and get started before the opportunity passes you by.    

Do you just watch TV (including movies, Netflix, Hulu, etc.) or do you study it? Guess which one is the "write" answer for writers? What you might think about the next time you turn on the TV & additional insights from other writers in the Horrible Writing Writers Support group on Facebook.   Patrons get over 8 additional minutes of content! Become one today and get exclusives to this show & exclusive audio dramas and stories each month!   Ready to sell more of your books? Find out how today!

Social media sucks as bad as my writing, but you still need to be on it. Yes, including Facebook. So stop saying "only old people use Facebook," or "I don't understand Twitter, so I don't bother." Well, unless you want to stop selling books (or not sell many outside your friends and family).   Patrons got an extra 13 minutes of content. Support the show today so I can keep affording to do this and get tons of other cool stuff! (Like being the only podcast audience that will hear my epic high fantasy Crown of Thieves when it begins broadcasting this spring).   Check out my "I Writer, Therefore I Am" t-shirts!   Grab your own free copy of "The Plant."