Writer's Block

Writer's Block

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  • 13: Language Special (Part 2)
    Becky shares more details of how she came up with her naming language. *Please remember: be very careful when taking inspiration from other languages. Make your fantasy language and words unique or if you are coding--make sure you get sensitivity readers to make sure you are not misrepresenting a language.*
    21 min
  • 11: Worldbuilding; Naming Language

    Have a hard time coming up with names for your characters and cities? Here we give recommendations we've used for coming up with names (mainly in our fantasy stories) by doing things like combining words and languages. How do you come up with names? [email protected]


    Other Resources:

    Name meaning and variant generator: http://www.thinkbabynames.com/

    Name generator: https://www.behindthename.com/random/

    Fantasy name generator: https://www.fantasynamegenerators.com/

    18 min
  • 10: Three Act Structure (Part 2)
    In this episode we review the 3 act structure and share how The Secret Garden, The Hunger Games (book one), and The Hobbit fit into the structure. What have you learned about the 3 act structure? What do you think you can use from this theory to improve your writing? Have any questions or comments or would you like us to review some of your work? Email us at [email protected]!
    25 min
  • 09: Three Act Structure

    In this episode, I explain the basic points of the three-act structure. Act 1: the setup. This act includes the inciting incident and finishes with plot point 1. Act 2: the confrontation. This is two-quarters of the story. Act 2 includes the midpoint (a turning point in the story where things have often gone terribly wrong *or there is a false victory) and it ends with plot point 2. Act 3 is where we reach the climax, the protagonist answers the dramatic question raised in act one, and we get the story's conclusion. Other resources: https://blog.reedsy.com/guide/story-structure/three-act-structure/ and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three-act_structure

    9 min
  • 08: Nanowrimo
    Nanowrimo is National Novel Writing Month!! In this episode, we briefly introduce Nanowrimo and give a couple of recommendations to help you write every day this month to complete your 50,000-word novel. Want to participate in Nanowrimo and find local "write-ins"? Visit: nanowrimo.org to log in your writing goals for the month of November and complete your book!
    11 min

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