Author Paul Luikart joins us for a discussion on how building a story parallels a great expedition and why letting your characters guide the journey leads to the greatest discoveries.

To learn more about Paul, you can follow him on Substack at https://paulluikart.substack.com/.

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For those interested, the referenced archeology comparison includes the following steps:

a.  Hypothesis creation (the kernel of the idea)

b. Survey + site location (worldbuilding: where)

c.   Excavation (digging in for characters and plot)

d.   data collecting and recording (research and notes)

e.   laboratory and conservation (outlining)

f.    interpretation (writing the book)

g.  publication (publishing)