Writing Tips and Writerly Musings
Welcome! If you want to hear writing tips from the big names, the medium names, and everyone else, look no further. As a blogger, vlogger, and actively querying fantasy author, I am addicted to attending all the writing panels a person could possibly attend at a convention. We're talking about attending upwards of 25 hours of panels in 3 days. Fortunately for you? I love sharing my copious notes. But, I also get real. I share my writerly musings: my struggles, my failures, and... hopefully, my writing successes. Thanks for listening. Morgan Hazelwood
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With a mother who was a children's librarian and did the best bedtime stories, I've always been fascinated with audiobook narration. As an adult, I've dabbled in voice acting with the fairytale podcast, Anansi Storytime (Anansi, like the spider). So, how do you get started with audiobook narration, how do authors find a narrator for their works, and should you ever record your own stories?_
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Heroes and villains step aside: We're here to talk about your lieutenants, your seconds in command, your BFF, your life partners. What is the purpose of these characters? What are their demographics and what are the characteristics of the best ones?
Recommendations: (w/sponsored links? I forgot I could do that. So far, I've made 0 cents off that thing)
- Hench by Natalie Zina Walschots
- The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addis...
From werewolf clans to alien hives, authors shared the most imaginative and thought-provoking examples of family structures in genre works.
Here are the recommendations:
Books of the Raksura by Martha Wells
Murderbot also by Martha Wells
The Expanse series by James S. A. Corey
The Deepest Rift by Ruthanna Emrys
The Demolished Man by Alfred Bester
The Alliance-Union series by C.J. Cherryh
No Gods, No Mon...
The good, the bad, and the bumping uglies. Writing a compelling sex scene that moves the plot forward without turning your work into erotica is a balancing act. Where you fade to black depends on your audience and your own writing style. Authors share how to depict "the act" in your writing.
The recommendations were:
Our Share of the Night by Mariana Enriquez
The Incubus series by A. H. Lee
The Knight and the Necromanc...
The more issues the characters face in a novel, the bigger the story feels. Yet the subplot can’t take over the book. Here are 5 tips for writing better subplots.
The suggested titles were:
- The Invisible Life of Addie LeRue by VE Schwab
- Luckenbooth by Jenni Fagan
- Norman Mailer for his twisty plots
- Mayor of Easttown
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How getting the science right improves a story, types of science you can use, and aiming your story for the right audience.
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The reluctant hero: Not every protagonist wants to be the hero of the story. How do doubt and hesitation develop heroic characters, and how does reluctance change over the course of a narrative?
Here are tips on:
- motivations to demur
- ways they're relatable
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Everyone loves free stuff, but authors need to pay the bills. Can you make money by giving your work away, and if so, how do you choose what to distribute for free? What tools and metrics can you use to show a publisher or business partner that the work that you give away for free is driving sales?
The panelists were Brenda Clough, Leonardo (Leo) Espinoza Benavides, Jean Marie Ward, and Donald Ekpeki, with Angela Yuriko Smith as m...I'm still going to push forward with this trick, but it's less effective at times.
How do you do it? (note: this episode was recorded back when I was still associating with the now-defunct NaNoWriMo challenge. These days, I still do the challenge, just with my own friends.)If you find my content of value, please share it with your friends!
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Join me Sunday afternoons for "Morgan's Lazy Sunday Afternoon 'Productivity' Sprints" on YT/Twitch, where sometimes we're productive, and sometimes we're not, but we always bring snacks.
If you're looking for an agent, check out My Agent Database on Patreon, where for $1/month you can have access to a spreadsheet of over 2,000 vet...
If you find my content of value, please share it with your friends!
Join me Sunday afternoons for "Morgan's Lazy Sunday Afternoon 'Productivity' Sprints" on YT/Twitch, where sometimes we're productive, and sometimes we're not, but we always bring snacks.
If you're looking for an agent, check out My Agent Database on Patreon, where for $1/month you can have access ...
The reluctant hero is a solid staple of fiction and comic books. How do you write the heroes who never wanted to be, what motivates them, how to maintain their reluctance throughout a whole series, and how to make them relatable to readers.
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Join me Sunday afternoons for "Morgan's Lazy Sunday Afternoon 'Productivity' Sprints" on YT/Twitch, where sometimes we're productive, and sometimes we're not, but we always bring snacks.
If you're looking for an agent, check out My Agent Database on Patreon, where for...
Welcome back for Season 10 of "Writing Tips and Writerly Musings", with writing tips from the big names, the medium names, and everyone else, plus, of course, my own writerly musings. I'm your host, Morgan Hazelwood and this season, I'm back with tips about writing the reluctant hero, the very alien, publishing, and more, so get ready, and hang on tight, and thanks for listening.
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While resolutions aren't for everyone, I like to set out plans and intentions for the year. Fingers crossed that I'm being realistic. Do you make resolutions?
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If I lose this key, it really doesn't go well. Ask me how I know.
Note: This episode was originally recorded before the NaNoWriMo challenge imploded, but I'm still participating in a November Writing challenge with my friends.
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So often, you hear writers talking about their word goals -- how many words they want to write in a day/week/month/year. But, there's another limit we don't always think about...
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Every time I gear up to start a new manuscript, some familiar doubts plague me.
Note: This episode was originally recorded before the NaNoWriMo challenge imploded, but I'm still participating in a November Writing challenge with my friends.
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