Is Stephen King the Greatest

This week we welcome Robert J. Peterson, author of The Odds, and a new horror novel called Strong Bones. He has come to talk about how novels are the greatest and how Stephen King might be its greatest modern practitioner. We talk about the author’s faults as well as his virtues and we have a good time making lists of our favorite works. Some of our choices are truly against the grain. Then, in the second half of the episode, we shift gears and lay down a pretty strong primer on how to write a novel from scratch including how to use beta readers to check you on your bullshit. Many questions are tackled including, what does it take to wrangle those myriad thoughts, characters, and plotlines into some semblance of order? This is a must-listen for fledgling writers and creatives. 

 

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