This week we focus on writing fantasy. Kate is a practiced hand and Máire's just begun, so we go through Melissa Kelly’s Top Eight Rules For Writing Fantasy http://fantasy.fictionfactor.com/articles/fantasyrules.html and talk about what we’ve done, what we have yet to do, and what we feel guilty about not doing.
Kate mentions Austin Kleon’s Show Your Work http://austinkleon.com/show-your-work/ and the Mythcreants http://mythcreants.com/ in her very knowledgeable take on writing fantasy. Cathy keeps us on track, reminding us that much of this is good advice for writing in all genres, and Máire threatens everyone with the potential of writing ‘Orcrotica’!
Presented and produced by Cathy Clarke, Kate Mulholland and Máire Brophy.
Music by Gavin Mulhall
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14. The Grand Opening and NaNoWriMo
13. Making people care
12. Totally sick episode
11. Telling an untold tale, and borrowing from past masters.
10. Into the Double Ds
9. Key resources and key people
8. Have we learned anything at all?
7. Name calling and a writing update
6. A beard stroker and putting it out there
5. A good story and a better competition
4. Raving (classes) and Ranting (writer's block)
3. Word Hoarding & Editing
2. The Best and The Worst
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