Writing interviews and how-tos from a SF writer who's still learning.
Yeah, it’s cliche, but the basic decisions on how to describe people, considering your POV and your own biases, can dramatically affect your book. December 1, 2020 | Season 16 Ep 48 (Episode 546) | murverse.com | Copyright 2020, Mur Lafferty |…
A little bit of NaNoWriMo wrap-up, but then we deal with the idea of goals again, and the trouble I have with these goal programs that are everywhere. And I’m taking another one now.  December 3, 2020 | Season 16 Ep 49 (Episode 547) |…
Monsters you can come across on your adventure including the evil time eater… Goal: 21,666 Â November 14, 2020 | Rerun from Nov. 16, 2016 Season 16 Ep 48 (Episode 545) | murverse.com Copyright 2020, Mur Lafferty | BY-NC-SA 3.5 License
Monsters you can come across on your adventure including the evil time eater… Â November 13, 2020 | Rerun from Nov. 8, 2016 Season 16 Ep 47 (Episode 544) | murverse.com Copyright 2020, Mur Lafferty | BY-NC-SA 3.5 License
Back to the spoof radio shows, this time we look at the soap opera, and how it gives us one of the basic things about characters. Namely- they’ve got to WANT something. Goal: 20,000 November 12, 2020 | Rerun from Nov. 3, 2017 Season 16 Ep 46 (Episode…
DESPITE what I posted yesterday about the power of placebos, you still have to do the work, sorry to say. Ain’t nothing out there going to do it for you. And around this time you have to remember that. Just also remember you’re not alone. Goal: 18,333…
Do you need that cup of tea, or the right music, or your lucky Star Wars figure to sit beside your monitor so you can imagine it saying “you got this!” Whatever feather you need to hold in your trunk, if it helps you get the words done, then don’t…
I talk about good old Chuck Palahniuk and how he wrote Fight Club. If it’s good enough for the NYT Bestseller then it’s good enough for you! Or something more motivational. (He wasn’t a bestseller when he wrote Fight Club, you know.) November 9, 2020…
Write whatever scene is in your mind. Don’t worry about whether it follows the last scene, or even if it’s got the right characters. Just get the words down, and fix it in edits! Goal: 13333 November 8, 2020 | Rerun from Nov. 6, 2017 Season 16 Ep 42…
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