The Every Day Novelist

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Question 1066: How to Stop Spinning Your Wheels Mar 08, 2023

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Caine asks:
On episode 1063 of The Everyday Novelist you stated the following:

“If you lead with analysis beyond at any layer beyond the practical, your asking for years and years and years of spinning your wheels, it will not work”

I feel strongly that I’m in this zone right now. I’m spinning my wheels, if the above is not the exact issue, then it’s a large portion of what I’m going through.

Can you please go deeper into this point? What exactly is happening (in a general sense, since you don’t live in my head)? How am I contributing to it? What do I do to stop it?

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Question 1053: Filing Off the Serial Numbers Feb 20, 2023

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Herb asks:

I know that stealing from two sources versus one is the difference between being inspired and plagiarizing, but what good old “I could have told that tale better.” I can’t be the first new writer to be inspired in part by watching some movie or reading some book and thinking “That’s a good idea, but here is how you tell it.” I know it has lead to classics in film. “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels” is a perfect example of remaking a bad movie.

Is filing off the serial numbers and writing your version of a badly done novel a valid choice for an author looking to publish?

Dune
Hercules (myth)
Samson story (Book of Judges Chapters 13-16)
Conan (film and original books by Robert E. Howard)
Star Wars
Flash Gordon
The Hidden Fortress
La Morte D’Artur by Thomas Mallory
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Question 1060: Writing and SciFi Educational Resources Feb 14, 2023

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Nichole asks:
Do you have any writing books/websites or YouTube Channels that you would recommend?
Any recommendation for books/websites/youtube channels on writing Science Fiction and fantasy?

Fiction Writing Master Class by William Caine
Empire of the Mind
Literature Devil YouTube Channel — Episode on Rey Skywalker and Fixing Rey
Collative Learning by Rob Agar
Writing to Sell by Scott Meredith
Writing Science Fiction and Fantasy by Orson Scott Card
Writing the Blockbuster Novel by Albert Zuckerman
The Heroine’s Journey by Gail Carriger
The Secrets of the Heinlein Juvenile by J. Daniel Sawyer
Robert’s Rules of Writing by J. Daniel Sawyer
Becoming an Every Day Novelist by J. Daniel Sawyer
Drawing on the Power of Resonance in Writing by David Farland
Writing Excuses (First few seasons)
Brandon Sanderson’t BYU lecture series
Film Courage YouTube channel
Cinema Therapy YouTube Channel