Writer at Work Podcast

We talk about what we have in our writing environment, what helps, how we get in the zone, and how we each feel about writing in public. 

Check our instagram for pictures of our writing spaces (including the tree/leaf thing Kit mentions). We'd love to see your writing setups, too! Post a pic on insta and tag us @writeratworkpod. 

**Quick update since we recorded this. Cate is now using a Supernote to keep all of her work stuff and writing/editing organized. Kit is back to using regular paper notebooks for planning and outlining, and Scrivener on laptop/phone for actual writing.

Buncha links this time! We aren't getting paid for these; they're just things we find helpful.

Inkarnate (for maps): inkarnate.com
donjon (for maps and demographics): donjon.bin.sh
Bose noise cancelling headphones: https://a.co/d/hzduQfv
Revision Wizards (Cate's other podcast): revisionwizards.com
Neil Gaiman interview: https://youtu.be/iHPKTby9z6o
Rocketbook (reusable notebook): getrocketbook.com
Supernote: supernote.com
Scrivener: literatureandlatte.com

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Cate is a pantster, Kit is a plantser. We talk about how we outline and organize our plots. There's also some random stuff about character creation and how to write details when you have a hard time remembering what it's like to be a human person.

We mention the following software (we're not sponsored, Kit just likes using these):

• Scrivener
• Aeon Timeline
• Plottr
• Dan Harmon's Story Circle

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The difference between a habit and a routine, how chunking helps foster the necessary flexibility to keep a routine, and more than you ever wanted to know about Kit's daily schedule and mental health. Hope you enjoy!

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Kit talks about poetry!!

This is the list of places to start when giving critique or looking at your own work:

• opening and closing lines
• themes and motifs
• cohesion
• line and stanza breaks
• emotional response
• overall meaning/interpretation
• shape and white space
• rhyme and meter
• punctuation and caps
• be kind and mention things that are done really well

Here's a link to Kit's Monday Poetry Critique Group. We meet on Zoom at 8:30pm Eastern. Hope to see you there! 

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When should you give up on a writing project? When should you set it aside? Is it ever ok to just totally drop something you've been working on?

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Writing about holidays, making holidays up for your stories, and writing during the holidays. Enjoy!

Check out Kit's walk-through for setting writing goals on Scrivener.
Find Cate's other podcast here: https://revisionwizards.com/


Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairies by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100270

Artist: http://incompetech.com/

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What do we write about? What inspires us? How do we keep track of our thousands of story ideas? What do we do with old ideas?

CW: References to sexual assault, other sensitive issues.

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How do we research?

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Why does Cate hate Scrivener? What does Kit use to keep in touch with other writers? Listen to find out!

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Our first craft episode. How do you write dialogue? How do you make sure it's believable?

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