Writing Roots
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S10 Bonus – Character Interviews
23 mins; May 30, 2020
S10E8 – Character Archetypes
11 mins; May 28, 2020
S10E7 – Developing Character Strengths
10 mins; May 25, 2020
S10E6 – Developing Character Flaws
10 mins; May 21, 2020
S10E5 – Character History: Nurture
11 mins; May 18, 2020
S10E4 – Character History: Nature
10 mins; May 14, 2020
S10E3 – Creating and Developing Character Relationships
11 mins; May 11, 2020
S10E2 – Using D&D to Create a Story Character
11 mins; May 07, 2020
S10E1 – Statistics of a Character
11 mins; May 04, 2020
S9E9 – Suspension of Disbelief
11 mins; April 30, 2020
S9E8 – The Rules of Writing
11 mins; April 27, 2020
S9 Bonus – Audience Participation
45 mins; April 25, 2020
S9E7 – Cultural Appropriation
11 mins; April 23, 2020
S9E6 – , Drugs, and Rock & Roll
11 mins; April 20, 2020
S9E5 – God Mode
11 mins; April 16, 2020
S9E4 – Plagiarism
11 mins; April 13, 2020
S9E3 – β€œI Have an Idea For a Book”
11 mins; April 09, 2020
S9E2 – Wasting the Reader’s Time
11 mins; April 06, 2020
S9E1 – β€œThe Movie Was Better”
11 mins; April 02, 2020
S8E9 – The Non-Fiction Genre
11 mins; March 30, 2020
S8 Bonus – The Hero’s Journey
37 mins; March 28, 2020
S8E8 – The Horror Genre
11 mins; March 26, 2020
S8E7 – The Comedy Genre
11 mins; March 23, 2020
S8E6 – The Romance Genre
11 mins; March 19, 2020
S8E5 – The Mystery Genre
11 mins; March 16, 2020
S8E4 – The Thriller and Suspense Genres
12 mins; March 12, 2020
S8E3 – The Young Adult Genre
11 mins; March 09, 2020
S8E2 – The Science Fiction Genre
12 mins; March 05, 2020
S8E1 – The Fantasy Genre
13 mins; March 02, 2020
S7 Bonus – Women in Fiction
61 hours 33 mins; February 29, 2020
S7E8 – Shoulder Angels
11 mins; February 27, 2020
S7E7 – Plot Armor
12 mins; February 25, 2020
S7E6 – Deus Ex Machina
8 mins; February 20, 2020
S7E5 – MacGuffins
12 mins; February 17, 2020
S7E4 – Love Triangles
12 mins; February 13, 2020
S7E3 – Chekhov’s Gun
11 mins; February 10, 2020
S7E2 – Chekhov’s Red Herring and the Shaggy Dog
10 mins; February 06, 2020
S7E1 – The Mary Sue
11 mins; February 03, 2020
S6E9 – Writing Plot Twists
11 mins; January 30, 2020
S6E8 – The Use of Three
9 mins; January 27, 2020
S6 Bonus Episode – What Makes a Good Villain
15 mins; January 25, 2020
S6E7 – Writing Humor
11 mins; January 23, 2020
S6E6 – Writing Stories Which Aren’t Good vs. Evil
12 mins; January 20, 2020
S6E5 – Character Voice and Point of View
12 mins; January 16, 2020
S6E4 – When to Kill a Character
12 mins; January 13, 2020
S6E3 – The Use of Prologues, Dreams, and Flashbacks
12 mins; January 09, 2020
S6E2 – Maintaining Momentum
12 mins; January 06, 2020
S6E1 – Writing Dialogue
12 mins; January 02, 2020
S5E9 – How Do I Help Authors I Support?
12 mins; December 30, 2019
S5 Bonus – Battle of the Hosts: Adverbs
23 mins; December 28, 2019
S5E8 – Is it All in My Head?
12 mins; December 26, 2019
S5E7 – What’s the Difference? Traditional vs. Self-Publishing
11 mins; December 23, 2019
S5E6 – How Do I Become a Writer? Pt. 2
9 mins; December 19, 2019
S5E5 – How Do I Become a Writer?
12 mins; December 16, 2019
S5E4 – Is it Okay if I Write _____?
10 mins; December 12, 2019
S5E3 – Is Time a Construct or an Illusion?
11 mins; December 09, 2019
Industry Spotlight – Lindsey Teske
33 mins; December 07, 2019
S5E2 – Am I a Terrible Writer?
11 mins; December 05, 2019
S5E1 – What’s in a Name?
11 mins; December 02, 2019
S4 Bonus – Resources: Public Libraries
19 mins; November 30, 2019
S4E8 – Working with Other Writers
9 mins; November 28, 2019
S4E7 – Writing Other Media
11 mins; November 25, 2019
S4E6 – Using a Thesaurus
9 mins; November 21, 2019
S4E5 – Back to Basics: Punctuation
11 mins; November 18, 2019
S4E4 – Answering the Muse
12 mins; November 14, 2019
S4E3 – Finding the Right Place to Write
10 mins; November 11, 2019
Industry Spotlight – Dennis Medbury
25 mins; November 09, 2019
S4E2 – Battle of the Pen and Keyboard
12 mins; November 07, 2019
S4E1 – Getting the Most from NaNoWriMo
11 mins; November 04, 2019
S3E9 – Monsters and Horror
12 mins; October 31, 2019
S3E8 – Building a Pantheon
11 mins; October 28, 2019
S3 Bonus – The Forge: Short Horror Stories
54 mins; October 26, 2019
S3E7 – Weaknesses
10 mins; October 24, 2019
S3E6 – Superpowers
10 mins; October 21, 2019
S3E5.5 – Murder 102: Director’s Cut
26 mins; October 19, 2019
S3E5 – Murder 101
11 mins; October 17, 2019
S3E4 – Weather and Architecture
11 mins; October 14, 2019
S3E3 – Building Magic Systems
12 mins; October 10, 2019
S3E2 – Magic and Technology
11 mins; October 07, 2019
S3E1 – Writing Outside Your Expertise
11 mins; October 03, 2019
S2E9 – Release and Launch
8 mins; September 30, 2019
S2 Bonus – Writing Emotion: Mad, Glad, Sad, and Scared
53 mins; September 28, 2019
S2E8 – Preparing the Metadata
10 mins; September 26, 2019
S2E7 – Audiobooks
10 mins; September 23, 2019
S2E6 – Marketing Yourself and Your Book
11 mins; September 19, 2019
S2E5 – Designing Your Own Cover
10 mins; September 16, 2019
S2E4 – Beta Readers
8 mins; September 12, 2019
S2E3 – Being Edited
12 mins; September 09, 2019
S2E2 – Self Editing: Proofing and Continuity
11 mins; September 05, 2019
S2E1 – Self-Editing: The First Chapter
10 mins; September 02, 2019
S1 Bonus – The Forge
26 mins; August 31, 2019
S1E9 – Alpha Readers and Developmental Editors
11 mins; August 29, 2019
S1E8 – Getting it Written
10 mins; August 26, 2019
S1E7 – Worldbuilding: Fantasy and Magic
11 mins; August 22, 2019
S1E6 – Worldbuilding: The World Around You
11 mins; August 19, 2019
S1E5 – Character Design: Support
11 mins; August 15, 2019
S1E4 – Character Design: Primary
11 mins; August 12, 2019
S1E3 – Story Structure
11 mins; August 08, 2019
S1E2 – Genre
10 mins; August 05, 2019
S1E1 – Plotting vs. Pantsing
10 mins; July 29, 2019