Releasing Your Inner Dragon

Releasing Your Inner Dragon

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Releasing Your Inner Dragon episodes

  • How to Write Fight Scenes: Avoid Common Writing Mistakes

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    Join Drake and Marie as they discuss the ten mistakes you make in writing combat scenes!

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    Give us feedback at releasingyourinnerdragon(at)gmail(dot)com

    Magicfall: http://magicfallnovel.com/

    Drake's Contact Details:
    Starving Writer Studio: https://www.starvingwriterstudio.com/
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    Writer's Room: https://writersroom.mn.co/

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    Books: https://mariemullany.com/work
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    1 hr 8 min
  • Writing with dreams and flashbacks and telling?

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    Join Drake and Marie as they discuss dreams, flashbacks and when showing might become too much and maybe you should try telling... Or not.

    Writer's Room: https://writersroom.mn.co/
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    Give us feedback at releasingyourinnerdragon(at)gmail(dot)com

    Magicfall: http://magicfallnovel.com/

    Drake's Contact Details:
    Starving Writer Studio: https://www.starvingwriterstudio.com/
    Drake-U: https://class.drakeu.com/  - Use RYID25 for 25% off!
    Writer's Room: https://writersroom.mn.co/

    Marie's contact details:
    Books: https://mariemullany.com/work
    Just In Time Worlds: https://www.youtube.com/c/JustInTimeWorlds?sub_confirmation=1

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    1 hr 23 min
  • Writing with allegories, when does it work and what makes it fail.

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    Join Drake and Marie as they discuss writing fantasy stories that contain allegories. They'll talk about when it works well, when it doesn't work at all and what happens when you leave the allegory half done.

    Writer's Room: https://writersroom.mn.co/
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    Give us feedback at releasingyourinnerdragon(at)gmail(dot)com

    Magicfall: http://magicfallnovel.com/

    Drake's Contact Details:
    Starving Writer Studio: https://www.starvingwriterstudio.com/
    Drake-U: https://class.drakeu.com/  - Use RYID25 for 25% off!
    Writer's Room: https://writersroom.mn.co/

    Marie's contact details:
    Books: https://mariemullany.com/work
    Just In Time Worlds: https://www.youtube.com/c/JustInTimeWorlds?sub_confirmation=1

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    1 hr 10 min
  • Making believable fantasy worlds & characters

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    Join Drake and Marie as they discuss multiple point of view characters, when to use them, which characters to pick and how to tell a story that needs multiple perspectives. Also, what mistakes writers make and how to avoid them.

    Writer's Room: https://writersroom.mn.co/
    Membership for Just In Time Worlds: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxvBH0EkwuHsQ9ryHHQNi2Q/join

    Give us feedback at releasingyourinnerdragon(at)gmail(dot)com

    Magicfall: http://magicfallnovel.com/

    Drake's Contact Details:
    Starving Writer Studio: https://www.starvingwriterstudio.com/
    Drake-U: https://class.drakeu.com/  - Use RYID25 for 25% off!
    Writer's Room: https://writersroom.mn.co/

    Marie's contact details:
    Books: https://mariemullany.com/work
    Just In Time Worlds: https://www.youtube.com/c/JustInTimeWorlds?sub_confirmation=1

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    1 hr 1 min
  • Plotting a Novel: How to end your story

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    Join Drake and Marie as they discuss plotting the second book in the Skies of Destiny series. In this episode, they work through the final act and decide how the novel should end. The plot is now complete... Let the writing begin!
    Check out how they do it and learn by example.

    Just In Time Worlds: https://www.youtube.com/c/JustInTimeWorlds?sub_confirmation=1
    Writer's Room: https://writersroom.mn.co/

    Give us feedback at releasingyourinnerdragon(at)gmail(dot)com

    Magicfall: http://magicfallnovel.com/

    Drake's Contact Details:
    Starving Writer Studio: https://www.starvingwriterstudio.com/
    Drake-U: https://class.drakeu.com/  - Use RYID25 for 25% off!
    Writer's Room: https://writersroom.mn.co/

    Marie's contact details:
    Books: https://mariemullany.com/work
    Just In Time Worlds: https://www.youtube.com/c/JustInTimeWorlds?sub_confirmation=1

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    54 min
  • Plotting a novel - Think like the Villain

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    Join Drake and Marie as they discuss plotting the second book in the Skies of Destiny series. In this episode, they turn their thoughts to a villain and design the plot from his perspective, allowing them to strengthen his arc and the main plot!
    Check out how they do it and learn by example.

    Writer's Room: https://writersroom.mn.co/

    Give us feedback at releasingyourinnerdragon(at)gmail(dot)com

    Magicfall: http://magicfallnovel.com/

    Drake's Contact Details:
    Starving Writer Studio: https://www.starvingwriterstudio.com/
    Drake-U: https://class.drakeu.com/  - Use RYID25 for 25% off!
    Writer's Room: https://writersroom.mn.co/

    Marie's contact details:
    Books: https://mariemullany.com/work
    Just In Time Worlds: https://www.youtube.com/c/JustInTimeWorlds?sub_confirmation=1

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    1 hr 25 min
  • Mistakes writers make in creating tension and how to fix them

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    Join Drake and Marie as they discuss the different kinds of tension you can use in a story, in a scene or in a chapter. They cover the common mistakes both plotters and pantsers make and how to fix them.

    Writer's Room: https://writersroom.mn.co/

    Give us feedback at releasingyourinnerdragon(at)gmail(dot)com

    Magicfall: http://magicfallnovel.com/

    Drake's Contact Details:
    Starving Writer Studio: https://www.starvingwriterstudio.com/
    Drake-U: https://class.drakeu.com/  - Use RYID25 for 25% off!
    Writer's Room: https://writersroom.mn.co/

    Marie's contact details:
    Books: https://mariemullany.com/work
    Just In Time Worlds: https://www.youtube.com/c/JustInTimeWorlds?sub_confirmation=1

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    57 min
  • Unresolved themes are a problem

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    Join Drake and Marie as they discuss the problem with accidentally introducing very heavy themes into your world and then just not addressing them.

    Writer's Room: https://writersroom.mn.co/

    Give us feedback at releasingyourinnerdragon(at)gmail(dot)com

    Magicfall: http://magicfallnovel.com/

    Drake's Contact Details:
    Starving Writer Studio: https://www.starvingwriterstudio.com/
    Drake-U: https://class.drakeu.com/  - Use RYID25 for 25% off!
    Writer's Room: https://writersroom.mn.co/

    Marie's contact details:
    Books: https://mariemullany.com/work
    Just In Time Worlds: https://www.youtube.com/c/JustInTimeWorlds?sub_confirmation=1

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    51 min
  • Plotting a novel - Sometimes the better ending requires major changes

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    Join Drake and Marie as they discuss plotting the second book in the Skies of Destiny series. In this episode, they hit their heads against a wall of disagreement multiple times... Until suddenly....magic happens :D
    Check out how they do it and learn by example.

    Writer's Room: https://writersroom.mn.co/

    Give us feedback at releasingyourinnerdragon(at)gmail(dot)com

    Magicfall: http://magicfallnovel.com/

    Drake's Contact Details:
    Starving Writer Studio: https://www.starvingwriterstudio.com/
    Drake-U: https://class.drakeu.com/  - Use RYID25 for 25% off!
    Writer's Room: https://writersroom.mn.co/

    Marie's contact details:
    Books: https://mariemullany.com/work
    Just In Time Worlds: https://www.youtube.com/c/JustInTimeWorlds?sub_confirmation=1

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    1 hr 30 min
  • The problem with inflicting nothing but misery on your characters

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    Join Drake and Marie as they discuss why they've stopped reading some of the grimdark authors out there and why readers lose faith with authors who just hurt their characters and never pay it off.
    Learn how to pay it off when you do terrible, terrible things to your character and leave the reader satisfied with how the book turned out. 

    Writer's Room: https://writersroom.mn.co/

    Give us feedback at releasingyourinnerdragon(at)gmail(dot)com

    Magicfall: http://magicfallnovel.com/

    Drake's Contact Details:
    Starving Writer Studio: https://www.starvingwriterstudio.com/
    Drake-U: https://class.drakeu.com/  - Use RYID25 for 25% off!
    Writer's Room: https://writersroom.mn.co/

    Marie's contact details:
    Books: https://mariemullany.com/work
    Just In Time Worlds: https://www.youtube.com/c/JustInTimeWorlds?sub_confirmation=1

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    58 min

About Releasing Your Inner Dragon

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Welcome to the world of creative writing and story mastery with Maxwell Alexander Drake and Marie Mullany, your guides to Releasing Your Inner Dragon. This author podcast is a treasure trove of writing tips and advice, sparking inspiration and ah-ha moments for every stage of an author’s career.