[ISBW] Words to Throw Away

02/15/23 • 35 min

S19 Ep06

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Station Eternity gets a second printing!
Team Rejection Count: 19

Main Topic: There are No Wasted Words

Do you really need that many words before you get to the real story?
“In media res” isn’t always the best way to start the action/story
Ask questions of your characters to get going
Free writing can loosen the words/ideas
Playing with character names
Soldier of the Mist by Gene Wolfe
All You Need is Kill by Hiroshi Sakurazaka (Edge of Tomorrow is movie adaptation)

Links:

The Hot Mic
Socials: Twitter, Mastodon, TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, Focusmate
Station Eternity is OUT by the way.
Support via Patreon!
John Anealio on Bandcamp
I Should Be Writing tea blends
Support local book stores! Station Eternity, Six Wakes, Solo: A Star Wars Story: Expanded Edition and more!
OR Get signed books from my friendly local store, Flyleaf Books!

S19 Ep06

Good News Good News

Station Eternity gets a second printing!
Team Rejection Count: 19

Main Topic: There are No Wasted Words

Do you really need that many words before you get to the real story?
“In media res” isn’t always the best way to start the action/story
Ask questions of your characters to get going
Free writing can loosen the words/ideas
Playing with character names
Soldier of the Mist by Gene Wolfe
All You Need is Kill by Hiroshi Sakurazaka (Edge of Tomorrow is movie adaptation)

Links:

The Hot Mic
Socials: Twitter, Mastodon, TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, Focusmate
Station Eternity is OUT by the way.
Support via Patreon!
John Anealio on Bandcamp
I Should Be Writing tea blends
Support local book stores! Station Eternity, Six Wakes, Solo: A Star Wars Story: Expanded Edition and more!
OR Get signed books from my friendly local store, Flyleaf Books!

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S19 Ep5

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Chaos Terminal final draft is accepted!
Team Rejection Count: 19

Main Topic: Emotions Again

I talk about how emotions trip us up- and by "us" I mean "me" time and time again.
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Links:

The Hot Mic
Socials: Twitter, Mastodon, TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, Focusmate
Station Eternity is OUT by the way.
Support via Patreon!
John Anealio on Bandcamp
I Should Be Writing tea blends
Support local book stores! Station Eternity, Six Wakes, Solo: A Star Wars Story: Expanded Edition and more!
OR Get signed books from my friendly local store, Flyleaf Books!

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I did a Google search (uh, AFTER I recorded this,) and found that the writer I reference in this podcast is Eugene Schwartz. You can read more about his method in this post.

His magic number was 33, but I'm keeping mine at 34 because he was a copywriter and I write fiction so they're one minute different. (It's like being one louder.)

Getting bored is important to creating, except that technology has not allowed us to be bored for at least the last 15 years.

I also consider my upcoming milestone birthday.