Welcome to "Writing Rat Face," a Point Blank Limited Series on one writer's process of writing a 50,000 word novel first draft.
Rat Face is a post-apocalyptic crime novel set in a world ravaged by nuclear war and climate change. The main character, Rat Face, is a noir-ish hitman and delinquent looking to solve his father figure's murder before the Terror Squads find & liquidate him.
In this series of 10 short episodes, Justin Bendell discusses his weekly process as he writes 50,000 words in three months, including the day-to-day ups and downs, the challenges and dead-ends, and the surprises along the way as his novel draft evolves.
In Episode 8 of Writing Rat Face, Justin emerges from the middlegame slog and finds himself (and Rat Face) moving toward the story climax. He uses chess analogies, examines a potential femme fatale, discusses the problem of individuality, and comtemplates how a characters' dream world might grease the wheels of a stuck narrative.
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E63 -- Tartan Noir -- Laidlaw
E62 -- Cop Hater -- Ed McBain
E61 -- Ecological Noir -- The Monkey Wrench Gang -- Animals
E60 -- 5 Round Review: Summer Edition
E59 -- Miami Blues
E58 -- Chicago Noir
E57 -- Ride the Pink Horse & The Expendable Man --Dorothy Hughes
E56 -- Five Round Reviews
E 55 -- S.A. Cosby -- Blacktop Wasteland
E 54 -- Raymond Chandler -- Farewell, My Lovely
E53: Strap on Your Rocket Shoes, It's Time to Review Some Spy Fiction
E52: To Spy Fiction With Love
Cinema Spotlight: "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy"
E51: Russian Roulette with Kurt & Justin -- First 50 Episodes!
E50 -- Pop. 1280
E49 -- Bluebird, Bluebird -- Deep Dive -- Cinema Spotlight -- Five Round Burst
E48 -- Intro to Bluebird, Bluebird -- Rural Noir -- Forgotten Classics -- Attica Locke
E47 -- Yakudoshi Age of Calamity -- Chris McKinney -- Scott Kikkawa
E46 -- For a Song by Rodney Morales -- Hawaiian Noir -- 5 Round Burst
E45 -- Richard Stark's The Hunter -- Deep Dive -- Cinema Spotlight -- Five Round Burst
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