Episode 6: Rules of Writing
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There are a few rules bouncing around the internet, which ones should you heed and which ones should you defenestrate?
Word of the week: Recherché - rare, exotic, or obscure.
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SHOWNOTES:
0.01 - 3:17 : Intro and word of the week
3:18 - 7:08 : Cut what you don't need
7:09 - 10:22 : Write with the end in mind
10:23 - 16:45 : A good character must change
16:46 - 20:10 : Never open with weather
20:11 - 26:58 : Use the simplest words possible
26:59 - 29:00 : Don't include things that aren't important to plot
29:01 - 33:44 : Use action to show events where possible
33:45 - 37:32 : Dialogue is the strongest form of charactization
37:33 - 41:29 : Make sure something changes by the end of the story
41:30 - 46:35 : Write when your imagination is at its peak
46:36 - 53:37 : Debate round! Using names in dialogue
53:38 - 56:12 : Happy haiku and closing
Haiku:
Above mountain mists
The last stars begin to fade-
Time for morning tea.
-April
The winter’s cold wind
Can’t reach me in my haven
Where tea keeps me warm.
-Andrea
Intro sound effects used with permission from freesound.org and provided by: fellwell5, kgatto, inspectorj, stubb, stu556
Intro piano music composed by Andrea M Grafton
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