ISBW #148: Feedback/Good Cop, Bad Cop
mightymur | 2010/07/15 | no comments
Yes. Another unannounced break. I was editing a book. This was recorded before I took the time to edit. Lots of feedback, and Matt joins us again for a long Good Cop Bad Cop.
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- 00:00:06 ISBW #148
- 00:01:14 State of the Mur: recent technical difficulties, editing the novel.
- A thought: it does not matter how many times your story or topic has been done, it only matter who your characters are and how you execute the story.
- CKHB agrees: go check out my “That was my idea!” blog post, with video.
- Recommended reading: 45 Master Characters by Victoria Schmidt
- 00:09:10 GoTo Meeting Message
00:09:46 FEEDBACK: getting/picking a mentor; listener TIM completed his novel (yay, Tim!); donating to ISBW; writing longhand vs. typing; scenes from the POV of the villain; narrating audiobooks; basing characters on oneself; Realms of Fantasy needs subscribers; age of protagonists in YA vs. adult lit; Writers’ Confessions on Bravo Canada; a listener blogged 100 Hacks to Help You Become A Better Writer; turning off the technology; Anomaly Podcast designed a “level up” badge for ISBW; fictional vs. real cities as setting; using placeholder to return to unfinished scenes; publicly posting about rejection and the Don’t Be An Ass rule; too old to publish?; giving away nonfiction work.- 00:38:25 Promo: Can’t Stop the Serenity
- 00:39:25 GOOD COP/BAD COP: author Peter V. Brett asks what he should do with all his early “crappy” novels; losing energy because books similar to the one I want to write have already been published; how to handle a wanna-be writer leech; choosing between publishers.
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Category: Audio, I Should Be Writing, Projects
