My Imaginary Friends with L. Penelope

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Award-winning fantasy author L. Penelope shares perspectives on the writing life, creativity, inspiration, and this week's best thing.


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Considering Success & Failure

Mentioned:
– Black Panther: Wakanda Forever teaser – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlOB3UALvrQ
– How to use a comptometer? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pf4nYUXJHnk
– America’s Next Great Author – https://writerbeware.blog/2022/07/15/americas-next-gr…

Scene Planning

Mentioned:
– Plottr software – https://plottr.com?ref=136 (affiliate link)
– The Story Grid – https://storygrid.com/
– Scene and Sequel chart
– Scene turning points – https://leeallenhoward.com/2020/06/04/scene-structure-understanding-turning-points/
– W…

Structure vs. ”Formula”

Mentioned:
– Plottr – https://plottr.com?ref=136 (affiliate link)
– Scrivener –  https://www.literatureandlatte.com/scrivener/overview
– Romancing the Beat – https://www.romancingthebeat.com/
– The Story Grid – https://storygrid.com/
– Whimsical – http:/…

Morning Routines & Powering Through

Mentioned:
– The Story Grid by Shawn Coyne – https://amzn.to/2Yw6Elx
 Save the Cat Writes a Novel by Jessica Brody – https://amzn.to/3xf7TFV
– Sarah Beth Yoga – https://www.youtube.com/c/sarahbethyoga
– Yoga with Kassandra – https://www.youtube.com/c/yog…

Life, Dictation and Everything

– Freewrite Traveler – https://getfreewrite.com/products/freewrite-traveler
– Spoke transcription app – https://landing.spoke.app/en
– Otter meeting transcription app – https://otter.ai/
– Dragon dictation software – https://www.nuance.com/index.html
– G…

Approaching POV & Worldbuild Now or Worldbuild Later?

Mentioned: 
– Savage City starred review in Publishers Weekly – https://www.publishersweekly.com/ASINB09Q282K7K
– 2 starred reviews on 1 page video – https://www.instagram.com/p/CegnehSLCS-/
– Booklife – free submission to Publishers Weekly – https://boo…

Back on Track… Sort of

– Order signed, personalized copies of THE MONSTERS WE DEFY from Loyalty Books and get a free swag pack: https://www.loyaltybookstores.com/preordermonsters
– Artwork of Zeli from Earthsinger Chronicles: https://www.instagram.com/p/CSxKOH7nUKe/. Art by Ni…

Where Did It All Go Wrong?

Mentioned:
– Imaginarium Book Festival – https://www.imaginariumbookfestival.com/
– Apollycon – https://jenniferlarmentrout.com/apollycon/
– Little Shop of Horrors – Tiny Desk at Home w/ commentary by co-writer Alan Menken  https://youtu.be/ymqKPz5kRXE?t…

First Drafts & Second Brains

Mentioned:
– Save the Cat Writes a Novel by Jessica Brody – https://amzn.to/3xf7TFV
– The Anatomy of Story by John Truby – https://amzn.to/3wwAzLE
– Dan Wells’ 7 Point Plot Structure – https://blog.reedsy.com/guide/story-structure/seven-point-story-struc…

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