Rose has some feedback for the episode Writing with a Full-Time Life

References Mentioned

Becoming an Every Day Novelist by J. Daniel Sawyer
The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
Roverandom by J.R.R. Tolkien

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Herb has feedback on the topic of gaining life experiences from the episode Staying In Your Lane.

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Tim has feedback on writing with a full-time life using dictation.

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Nichole asks:
What exactly is speculative fiction? How is it different from sci-fi?

Resources Mentioned
Looking Backward by Edward Bellamy
Utopia by Sir Thomas More
Life-Line by Robert A Heinlein
Star Wars Original Trilogy
Dune by Frank Herbert

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Herb asks:

How do you write dialog that is formal but not archaic?

Dying Earth by Jack Vance
Babylon 5

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Nichole asks:
How do you balance writing on a new project and revising another one? What are the different processes that you’ve tried?

Ralph Bakshi’s Lord of the Rings
Amadeus
Drawing on the Power of Resonance, by Dave Farland

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Herb asks:
How do you define an adventure story? What events or needs does it have?

Resources

Fear Cay by Lester Dent/Kenneth Robison
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
King Solomon’s Mines by H. Rider Haggard
The Lost World by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Conan the Barbarian Series by Robert E Howard
Fast Ice by Clive Cussler
John Carter of Mars series by Edgar Rice Burroughs

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Nichole asks: How goes work on the ranch?

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Charles asks: I’ve spent years on the computer but, due to social stigma in my youth, never took a formal typing class. Now, I want to learn? What resources do you recommend learn to type well and improve typing speed?

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Charles asks: I hear a lot about “story beats” but, what is a “beat” exactly? And how do I know the right ones for mine?

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