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Releasing your inner dragon Marie Mullany & Maxwell Alexander Drake
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Maxwell Alexander Drake and Marie Mullany talk about story creation. Contact them at releasingyourinnerdragon(at)gmail(dot)com. Drake, in addition to teaching creative writing around the world, is an award-winning novelist and former Lead Fiction Writer for Sony’s EverQuest Next. He's also written for other game properties like Shadowrun, written comic books, stage plays, musicals, sold movie scripts, and is currently producing an animated TV show that he's written and directed titled GUARDS! Marie Mullany is the author of Sangwheel Chronicles and YouTuber of the fantasy world building channel, Just In Time Worlds. We hope you enjoy this episode! Connect with Drake at www.MaxwellAlexanderDrake.com or https://www.starvingwriterstudio.com. Connect with Marie at https://www.mariemullany.com/ & YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/JustInTimeWorlds.
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Plotting a novel - Think like the Villain
Join Drake and Marie as they discuss plotting the second book in the Skies of Destiny series. In this episode, they turn their thoughts to a villain and design the plot from his perspective, allowing them to strengthen his arc and the main plot!
Check out how they do it and learn by example.
Writer's Room: https://writersroom.mn.co/
Give us feedback at releasingyourinnerdragon(at)gmail(dot)com
Magicfall: http://magicfallnovel.com/
Drake's Contact Details:
Starving Writer Studio: https://www.starvingwriterstudio.com/
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Writer's Room: https://writersroom.mn.co/
Marie's contact details:
Books: https://mariemullany.com/work
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Mistakes writers make in creating tension and how to fix them
Join Drake and Marie as they discuss the different kinds of tension you can use in a story, in a scene or in a chapter. They cover the common mistakes both plotters and pantsers make and how to fix them.
Writer's Room: https://writersroom.mn.co/
Give us feedback at releasingyourinnerdragon(at)gmail(dot)com
Magicfall: http://magicfallnovel.com/
Drake's Contact Details:
Starving Writer Studio: https://www.starvingwriterstudio.com/
Drake-U: https://class.drakeu.com/ - Use RYID25 for 25% off!
Writer's Room: https://writersroom.mn.co/
Marie's contact details:
Books: https://mariemullany.com/work
Just In Time Worlds: https://www.youtube.com/c/JustInTimeWorlds?sub_confirmation=1 -
Unresolved themes are a problem
Join Drake and Marie as they discuss the problem with accidentally introducing very heavy themes into your world and then just not addressing them.
Writer's Room: https://writersroom.mn.co/
Give us feedback at releasingyourinnerdragon(at)gmail(dot)com
Magicfall: http://magicfallnovel.com/
Drake's Contact Details:
Starving Writer Studio: https://www.starvingwriterstudio.com/
Drake-U: https://class.drakeu.com/ - Use RYID25 for 25% off!
Writer's Room: https://writersroom.mn.co/
Marie's contact details:
Books: https://mariemullany.com/work
Just In Time Worlds: https://www.youtube.com/c/JustInTimeWorlds?sub_confirmation=1 -
Plotting a novel - Sometimes the better ending requires major changes
Join Drake and Marie as they discuss plotting the second book in the Skies of Destiny series. In this episode, they hit their heads against a wall of disagreement multiple times... Until suddenly....magic happens :D
Check out how they do it and learn by example.
Writer's Room: https://writersroom.mn.co/
Give us feedback at releasingyourinnerdragon(at)gmail(dot)com
Magicfall: http://magicfallnovel.com/
Drake's Contact Details:
Starving Writer Studio: https://www.starvingwriterstudio.com/
Drake-U: https://class.drakeu.com/ - Use RYID25 for 25% off!
Writer's Room: https://writersroom.mn.co/
Marie's contact details:
Books: https://mariemullany.com/work
Just In Time Worlds: https://www.youtube.com/c/JustInTimeWorlds?sub_confirmation=1 -
The problem with inflicting nothing but misery on your characters
Join Drake and Marie as they discuss why they've stopped reading some of the grimdark authors out there and why readers lose faith with authors who just hurt their characters and never pay it off.
Learn how to pay it off when you do terrible, terrible things to your character and leave the reader satisfied with how the book turned out.
Writer's Room: https://writersroom.mn.co/
Give us feedback at releasingyourinnerdragon(at)gmail(dot)com
Magicfall: http://magicfallnovel.com/
Drake's Contact Details:
Starving Writer Studio: https://www.starvingwriterstudio.com/
Drake-U: https://class.drakeu.com/ - Use RYID25 for 25% off!
Writer's Room: https://writersroom.mn.co/
Marie's contact details:
Books: https://mariemullany.com/work
Just In Time Worlds: https://www.youtube.com/c/JustInTimeWorlds?sub_confirmation=1 -
Plotting a Book - Make Sure you like your tropes!
Join Drake and Marie as they discuss plotting the second book in the Skies of Destiny series. In this episode, they explore various potential overcomes and endings. They talk about the tropes that would result in and if that is the tropes they want to use.
Check out how they do it and learn by example.
Writer's Room: https://writersroom.mn.co/
Give us feedback at releasingyourinnerdragon(at)gmail(dot)com
Magicfall: http://magicfallnovel.com/
Drake's Contact Details:
Starving Writer Studio: https://www.starvingwriterstudio.com/
Drake-U: https://class.drakeu.com/ - Use RYID25 for 25% off!
Writer's Room: https://writersroom.mn.co/
Marie's contact details:
Books: https://mariemullany.com/work
Just In Time Worlds: https://www.youtube.com/c/JustInTimeWorlds?sub_confirmation=1
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Drake and Marie give back to their fans! They answer your questions and live edit your work. Never before have I seen such engagement of the hosts with their listeners! Amazing insights into the books they write independently, and together!
An American and a Finn give witty banter on story telling. What more can you want?