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[ISBW] Minor Characters

New ISBW Logo, blue and purple, illustrated tiny mur in foreground with giant fountain pen“Minor Characters” is brought to you in large part by by my patrons, who received an early, expanded version of this episode. You can join our Fabulist community with a pledge on Patreon as low as $1 a month! You can also support at Ko-Fi! The rewards may vary slightly, but all get the archive and bonus episodes!

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  • 2022 Word Count: 68178
  • Writing Retreat coming in May

Good News Good News

  • Team Rejection count: 150

Main Topic: On Supporting Characters

  • Whydunit is more important than Whodunit
  • The Afterparty on Apple TV
  • It’s good to focus on moving the plot along, but think about doing it well
  • Babylon 5 “A View From the Gallery”, and the adventures of Mack and Bo.
  • The Contagonist as Catalyst
  • Build the back stories for the minor characters just as carefully as the main characters

Links

Twitch schedule for May:

  • 16th Mon: 12:00pm Ditch Diggers with Matt Wallace
  • 17th Tues: 3:00pm I Should Be Writing
  • 19th Wed: CANCELED FOR MAY
  • 20th Thurs: 3:00pm I Should Be Writing
  • 23rd Mon: 4:30pm Ditch Diggers with ??? (Live from writing retreat at the beach!)
  • 24th Tues: 3:00pm I Should Be Writing (Live from writing retreat at the beach!)
  • 26th Thurs: 3:00pm I Should Be Writing (Live from writing retreat at the beach!)
  • 30th Mon: CANCELED – VACATION
  • 31 Tues: CANCELED – VACATION

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I Should Be Writing credits: production by Summer Brooks, theme song byJohn Anealio,
art by Numbers Ninja, site design by Clockpunk Studio and hosted by Libsyn (or Patreon).
May 3, 2022 | Season 18 Ep 36 | murverse.com
“Minor Characters” by Mur Lafferty
is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0