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Episode 5 - Character Voice Mar 21, 2019

Show notes

This week, Marshall and Nick discuss character distinction through dialogue. They discuss dialect, word choice, and avoiding negative stereotypes to distinguish characters. They also talk about their upcoming event during San Diego Comic-Con.

Topic of the Month: Dialogue

This Month’s Challenge: Take a scene from your current Work In Progress (WIP) and rewrite the scene with dialogue. When you rewrite this dialogue, do with it without dialogue tags. Look to make your characters distinguished from one another but there mannerisms and unique traits. Add dialogue tags later as necessary.

Links mentioned during the show:

Support the Show:

Marshall:

Website: www.marshallcarr.com
Email: marshall@marshallcarr.com
Twitter: @darthpops

Nick:

Website: www.brightinks.org
Email: nicholasbright@brightinks.org
Twitter: @BrightInks

Now, just keep writing!

Episode 4 - World Building Through Dialogue Mar 15, 2019

Show notes

This week, Marshall and Nick discuss world building through dialogue. They use their current works in progress to explain how they get away from info dumping by using dialogue instead.

NOTE: Nick’s audio sounds not so great, but we’ll have that fixed for future episodes.

Topic of the Month: Dialogue

This Month’s Challenge: Take a scene from your current Work In Progress (WIP) and rewrite scene with dialogue. When you rewrite this dialogue, do with it without dialogue tags. Look to make your characters distinguished from one another but there mannerisms and unique traits. Add dialogue tags later as necessary.

Links mentioned during the show:

Support the Show:

Marshall:

Website: www.marshallcarr.com
Email: marshall@marshallcarr.com
Twitter: @darthpops

Nick:

Website: www.brightinks.org
Email: nicholasbright@brightinks.org
Twitter: @BrightInks

Now, just keep writing!

Episode 3 - The Maurice Effect Mar 10, 2019

Show notes

This week, Marshall and Nick discuss the February challenge and usher in a new topic for the month of March: Dialogue. Maurice Broaddus joins Marshall and Nick this week to talk about to best use of time while working a day job and how effective dialogue can do for the reader. Maurice also talks about the in-depth research he did for his series “Knights of Breton Court.”

Topic of the Month: Dialogue

This Month’s Challenge: Take a scene from your current Work In Progress (WIP) and rewrite a scene with dialogue. When you rewrite this dialogue, do with it without dialogue tags. Look to make your characters distinguished from one another but there mannerisms and unique traits. Add dialogue tags later as necessary.

Links mentioned during the show:

Support the Show:

Marshall:

Website: www.marshallcarr.com
Email: marshall@marshallcarr.com
Twitter: @darthpops

Nick:

Website: www.brightinks.org
Email: nicholasbright@brightinks.org
Twitter: @BrightInks

Now, just keep writing!

Episode 2 - Scrivener Tips Feb 28, 2019

Show notes

This week, Marshall and Nick discuss how they made time to write and share a few Scrivener tips.

Topic of the Month: How do you create time in your day, week or month to write, and what tools do you use?

This Month’s Challenge:

Part 1: Like, follow, rate and share us on social media! Join our Discord channel, like our Facebook page, and follow our websites.
Look at your schedule for the week and try to find time within that schedule to dedicate just to writing. It’s okay if it’s only an hour, and even if it’s only thinking about writing! The goal is to find the time. Let us know how it’s going!

Writer’s Task for the Week:

Try Scrivener free trial

Support the Show:

Patreon

Discord

Facebook

Marshall:

Website: www.marshallcarr.com
Email: marshall@marshallcarr.com
Twitter: @darthpops

Nick:

Website: www.brightinks.org
Email: nicholasbright@brightinks.org
Twitter: @BrightInks

Now, just keep writing!

Episode 1 - Tools and Time Feb 21, 2019

Show notes

Marshall and Nick discuss their plans for the show, and their hopes to create a supportive writing community around the desire to keep writing. They also talk about writing conventions, barcons, their topic of the month, and this month's listener challenge.

Convention Links:

Writing Excuses Retreat 2019

LTUE

The Girl Who Drank the Moon

Topic of the Month: How do you create time in your day, week or month to write, and what tools do you use?

Links to Tools:

Links to What the Guys are Reading:

John Scalzi

Dan Wells

Zero G

Brandon Sanderson

Relic of the Gods trilogy by Philip C. Quaintrell

King Maker - Maurice Broaddus

King’s Justice: Knights of Breton Court, Book 2

TV Shows Mentioned:

Russian Doll

Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency

Mindhunter

This Month’s Challenge:

Part 1: Like, follow, rate and share us on social media! Join our Discord channel, like our Facebook page, and follow our websites.
Look at your schedule for the week and try to find time within that schedule to dedicate just to writing. It’s okay if it’s only an hour, and even if it’s only thinking about writing! The goal is to find the time. Let us know how it’s going!

Support the Show:

Patreon

Discord

Facebook

Marshall: