Needs More Words

We discuss our thoughts on this year's battle of the Canadian books.

LINKS

Canada Reads: https://www.cbc.ca/books/canadareads

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In which we are a Star Wars podcast!

Sidways's video on Rogue One's music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGVqPP-52No

And the trouble with TRoS's music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_8-dWSLDWI

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We discuss some of the things we don't like to write about and how to do it anyway when we have to.

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We discuss different approaches and challenges for giving all those fictional people names so they aren't all Man #1.

LINKS:

Behind the Name: https://www.behindthename.com/

Nameberry: https://nameberry.com/

Last name generator: https://www.name-generator.org.uk/last/

Medieval Name Database: http://dmnes.org/

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We discuss some of our favourite tools that we use in our writing!

LINKS

Scrivener: https://www.literatureandlatte.com/scrivener/overview

Evernote: https://evernote.com/

4theWords: https://4thewords.com referral code: NLHSZ23062

Grammarly: https://app.grammarly.com/

Validation (aka AO3): https://archiveofourown.org

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We celebrate a new year and say good riddance to 2020 by setting some writing goals.

In an annual tradition, we discuss our favourite fiction, non-fiction, and graphic novels/comics that we read in 2020.

In this episode, we talk about two stories we wrote using the same NYC Midnight prompt: comedy / trophy room / a manual.

Links:

• Usability Test by Vicki: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EXuvsavTPaGPZMozjpmxNG_yDMrrbT4nI_bj4Et0FmY/edit?usp=sharing
• Isn't It Neat by Margaret: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fJt9Iydzi6_YOWH6QUhf3aZHvpmGjC8XkGzoPzbJmTo/edit
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We talk about our process for first drafts in short and long fiction and all the terrible things we do to get something worth revising.

LINKS:

KoFi: kofi.com/needsmorewordspodcast

We take a look at classic craft book Bird by Bird and discussion what advice did and didn't work for us.

LINKS

Bird by Bird: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12543.Bird_by_Bird