Releasing Your Inner Dragon
Episodes
The Writer's Journey: The Everyman Writer
16 Dec 2021
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Send us a textDrake and Marie discuss the early mistakes almost all writers make, the lack of confidence that makes more writers quit and first perilo...
How to End Things
09 Dec 2021
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Send us a textDrake and Marie talk about how to write a good ending that leaves your reader fulfilled. They discuss the potential pitfalls involved in...
Narrators & POV & framing devices
02 Dec 2021
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Send us a textFirst person, third person, the mythic second person. Omniscient vs limited. Using a framing device. Let's talk about how to pick a...
A Practical Guide to Editing
25 Nov 2021
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Send us a textMarie, Drake and guest author Conner Crenshaw line edit 3 paragraphs of action writing in detail, explaining the reasoning and how to be...
Set it up. Pay it off.
18 Nov 2021
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Send us a textDrake and Marie explore how to set up or sign post events and pay off that sign post in such a way that your readers are left feeling fu...
Complications vs Complexity
11 Nov 2021
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Send us a textMarie and Drake explore how to apply the computer science single responsibility principle to prose. How to structure your sentences, par...
How to avoid deus ex politics
04 Nov 2021
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Send us a textDrake and Marie explore complex cultural structures, writing politics (fantasy not real) and how to use politics (and other cultural ele...
Fantastical Races and how to write them
28 Oct 2021
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Send us a textHow to describe fantastical races without falling into "everything through a human lens" trap. The damage caused to your theme...
Mentors & Motivations
21 Oct 2021
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Send us a textJoin Drake & Marie as they discuss how and why to use mentors and other secondary characters, how to make them believable, how to ma...
Scenes & Hooks
14 Oct 2021
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Send us a textDrake & Marie talk about how to craft a scene that hooks your reader, how to use rising conflict and how to plot twist into unexpect...
Redemption & Other Character Arcs
07 Oct 2021
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Send us a textJoin Drake and Marie as they discuss what makes a good redemption arc, what constitutes character growth and all the orphans in fantasy!...
Hero's Journey - Conquest of Theme
30 Sep 2021
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Send us a textJoin Drake and Marie as they discuss the often used Hero's Journey. They cover the importance of grounding the reader with the ever...
Magic, Conflict, Prophecy & Character Death
23 Sep 2021
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Send us a textDrake and Marie discuss magic systems and items and conflict resolution, stretching from Tolkien through Harry Potter into Mistborn. Mag...
Magical Items, Editing & Themes
16 Sep 2021
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Send us a textDrake and Marie embark on a discussion of magical items. In this episode they discuss generic magical items versus artifact items and ho...
Everything affects Everything
09 Sep 2021
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Send us a textIn a continuation of immersive writing and world building, Drake and Marie discuss time and expressions thereof, courage in sticking to ...
Immersive Storytelling & Expressive World Building
02 Sep 2021
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Send us a textDrake & Marie discuss how to use prose to connect with the reader, not just descriptively using show instead of tell, but also makin...
Grammar, Point of View and Language
26 Aug 2021
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Send us a textIn the second episode of Releasing your inner Dragon, Drake & Marie talk about grammar, choosing a point of view and tense for your ...
Themes, Plotters and Pantsers
19 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textIn the first episode of Releasing your inner Dragon, Drake & Marie talk about the importance of having a theme and how different wri...