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Over the past month hosts/authors Steve Diamond & Larry Correia have talked about 2 of the 3 big Forbidden topics. To close it off, this week they provide some examples and discuss various characters and how they relate to and are defined by Politics & Religion. (They're not talking about the third, though- maybe for April Fools Day some year...) 

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'Tis the week before Halloween, so hosts/authors Steve Diamond & Larry Correia wanted to take some time to discuss the elements of horror. The 3 key elements of horror don't belong in just horror stories- most stories can benefit from their addition. The trick is learning how to effectively use them for maximum impact.

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After recently tackling one of the three forbidden topics (Religion) WriterDojo hosts/Authors Steve Diamond and Larry Correia decided to tackle another one of them- Politics. How important is it to inject politics into your work? Are politics important or should they be avoided? How do you go about creating fictional politics and should you bother doing so? All this and more in this week's WriterDojo!

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We've discussed Outlining vs Discovery writing in the past, but how exactly do you go about Outlining? What's the best method of creating an outline, how flexible can you be, and how do our author hosts Steve Diamond and Larry Correia work together with their differences in approaches?

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"Word Mercenaries" (the WriterDojo theme) is by Craig Nybo https://craignybo.com/

In polite conversation there are 3.5 topics you just don't discuss. This week hosts/Authors Steve Diamond & Larry Correia tackle one of the big ones- religion. How to write about existing religions and how to create your own fictional ones are 2 of the big topics. If you would like to join our supporters, you can support this podcast with a small monthly donation to help sustain future episodes at: https://anchor.fm/writerdojo ____________________________________

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Here in the dojo we've discussed writing short stories before, but there's way too much to the topic to cover in just one episode. This week hosts/Authors Steve Diamond & Larry Correia take some time to get into the nuts & bolts of how to actually write a compelling short story that has impact and leaves the readers (and the editors) eager for your next one.

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Austin, Texas, on January 26th and 27th, 2024

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Can you believe our long-suffering Hosts/Authors Steve Diamond and Larry Correia haven't waded into the muck of the Twitterverse to unearth even more bad writing advice to mock and ridicule for your amusement and edification since early in Season 3? Time flies when you're having fun...
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Although we've been enjoying all the interviews and live episodes, it has put us a bit behind on answering questions from our beloved Supporters so host/authors Steve Diamond and Larry Correia took the time to answer some of the backlog (that don't require an entire episode to answer.)

(There's an unwritten law in Marketing that 'X' is objectively better than '10') 

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04:42 How to better craft an infodump

11:35 How to stop writing trilogies

15:35 Software for Writers

21:02 Hosts are Supporters too

25:35 Duologies vs Trilogies

32:40 How to approach publishers about an internship

Back ,in July hosts/authors Steve Diamond and Larry Correia did a live

(*This episode was recorded live Saturday, July 8, 2023 at the Writers Cantina in Utah)

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This week's episode is sponsored by *Minds of Men* (by Kacey Ezell)-

02:53 If you could do it all over again, what would you do differently?

03:56 Any plans for future virtual events?

10:01 When do you stop outlining and start writing?

12:33 How do you get the word out?

19:50 Any tips on filing off the serial numbers?

22:58 How do you fix a character after you finish the story?

27:17 What's the best way to learn from other's mistakes?

30:49 What are your thoughts on Artificial Intelligence and writing?

38:40 Justified Retcons

42:42 In a query letter, how much is too much?

44:28 Questions about Audible

46:44 Anything you regret NOT writing?

51:54 Writing what you know vs. self-insert

WriterDojo hosts/Authors Steve Diamond and Larry Correia had the opportunity to sit and chat with none other than writing legend David Weber to discuss the importance of building great characters. David is known worldwide for his strong characters and shares some practical advice for writing more realistic, compelling characters that people actually care about .

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"Word Mercenaries" (the WriterDojo theme) is by Craig Nybo https://craignybo.com/