77 episodes
Writing Rural With Alley Alley
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“Writing Rural With Alley” helps fiction writers bring rural lifestyles to life! Here you will learn to craft more realistic scenes and settings of rural life and lifestyles, new ways to show, not tell, helping to drive your story forward, discover obstacles and challenges for your characters to overcome. You’ll learn skills and techniques from the stone age to post-apocalyptic, including but not limited to, homesteading, living off the grid, bushcrafting, survival skills and more. And of course, we’ll explore all the ways things could possibly go wrong.
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Writing: 10 Generationally Passed Skills (Part 2)
Send us a Text Message.What cooking skills could your character learn? How should your character care for cast iron? What experiences might your characters bond over? What kind of advice can an adult ask a child for that would make them thrilled? What tastes awful? Find out on this episode. You can find full episode notes and links to find more information on each topic at my website: https://alleyhart.com/
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Writing: 10 Generationally Passed Skills (Part 1)
Send us a Text Message.Where did your characters learn their skill sets? Do you want to learn natural ways for your characters to interact with your other characters? Do you need inspiration to show the tight bonds of a family? What do axes and seeds have to do with this? Find out on this episode. You can find full episode notes and links to find more information on each topic at my website: https://alleyhart.com/
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Update 5-20-24
Send us a Text Message.An update on what happened. I will be back next week. You can find full episode notes and links to find more information on each topic at my website: https://alleyhart.com/
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Writing: Practical Dandelion Uses
Send us a Text Message.What parts of dandelions can your character eat? What disease might dandelions help sailors with? When were dandelions used as a food source in history? How could dandelion tea help your female characters? What do restaurants have to do with dandelions? Find out on this episode. You can find full episode notes and links to find more information on each topic at my website: https://alleyhart.com/
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Writing: Fire Starting 101
Send us a Text Message.Want to learn what your character needs for making a fire? Would you like to learn some new words that could potentially whittle down your word count in editing? Do you know what a flue is, and why it is important to all fireplaces and woodstoves? What’s a chimney swift? Find out on this episode! You can find full episode notes and links to find more information on each topic at my website: https://alleyhart.com/
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Writing: Gardening Overview
Send us a Text Message.How important should gardening be to the survival of your character? What preparation will your character do to prepare for their garden? Want to learn how to weave gardening into any season of your story? What about dead fish? Find out on this episode! You can find full episode notes and links to find more information on each topic at my website: https://alleyhart.com/