#038: Drew Starling – The power of short stories, real-time feedback, and emotionally insulating yourself.
Drew Starling is an Amazon bestselling author of horror and dark fiction, a husband and dog dad who loves strong female leads, martial arts, and long walks in the woods with canine companions. He would like to think his plots are better than his prose, but strives to make his words sound both beautiful and terrifying at the same time. He listens to Beethoven, Megadeth, and Enya when he writes.
His only rule of writing: the dog never dies.
In this episode we go deep into:
Drew answers questions from Patrons:
Ian J Middleton: what Must Read books would you put on a horror writers reading list?
This week’s question:
What systems do you use to gain real-time feedback?
Find out more about Drew:
Get your free story https://www.drewstarling.com/dan
Links from the show:
Https://www.patreon.com/greatwritersshare
Https://books2read.com/anatomyofprose
https://www.doesthedogdie.com/
https://www.thenosleeppodcast.com/
https://www.cormacmccarthy.com/
https://www.amazon.com/N-K-Jemisin/e/B0028OIVC0/ref=dp_byline_cont_book_1
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8550800/
“Guts” by Chuck Palahniuk http://readfulltext.blogspot.com/2013/10/guts-by-chuck-palahniuk.html
https://storygrid.com/
The Shining https://www.amazon.com/Shining-Stephen-King/dp/0345806786/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=the+shining&qid=1591020355&s=books&sr=1-1
It https://www.amazon.com/Novel-Stephen-King/dp/1982127791/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=it&qid=1591020343&s=books&sr=1-1
The Stand
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