Just Keep Writing

This week, Marshall and Nick discuss the February challenge and usher in a new topic for the month of March: Dialogue. Maurice Broaddus joins Marshall and Nick this week to talk about to best use of time while working a day job and how effective dialogue can do for the reader. Maurice also talks about the in-depth research he did for his series “Knights of Breton Court.”

Topic of the Month: Dialogue

This Month’s Challenge: Take a scene from your current Work In Progress (WIP) and rewrite ascene with dialogue. When you rewrite this dialogue, do with it without dialogue tags. Look to make your characters distinguished from one another but there mannerisms and unique traits. Add dialogue tags later as necessary.

Links mentioned during the show:

Awesome Foundation

Maurice Broaddus

• Mo Con
• Kirkus Review
• The Usual Suspects.
• Knights of Breton Court
• Amazon Store

Support the Show:

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Marshall:

• Website: www.marshallcarr.com
• Email: [email protected]
• Twitter: @darthpops

Nick:

• Website: www.brightinks.org
• Email: [email protected]
• Twitter: @BrightInks

Now, just keep writing!

This week, Marshall and Nick discuss how they made time to write and share a few Scrivener tips.

Topic of the Month: How do you create time in your day, week or month to write, and what tools do you use?

This Month’s Challenge:

• Part 1: Like, follow, rate and share us on social media! Join our Discord channel, like our Facebook page, and follow our websites.
• Look at your schedule for the week and try to find time within that schedule to dedicate just to writing. It’s okay if it’s only an hour, and even if it’s only thinking about writing! The goal is to find the time. Let us know how it’s going!

Writer’s Task for the Week:

• Try Scrivener free trial

Support the Show:

Patreon

Contact us!

Discord

Facebook

Marshall:

• Website: www.marshallcarr.com
• Email: [email protected]
• Twitter: @darthpops

Nick:

• Website: www.brightinks.org
• Email: [email protected]
• Twitter: @BrightInks

Now, just keep writing!

Marshall and Nick discuss their plans for the show, and their hopes to create a supportive writing community around the desire to keep writing. They also talk about writing conventions, barcons, their topic of the month, and this month's listener challenge.

Convention Links:

Writing Excuses Retreat 2019

LTUE

The Girl Who Drank the Moon

Futurescapes

MoCon

Dragoncon

World of Fantasy

Topic of the Month: How do you create time in your day, week or month to write, and what tools do you use?

Links to Tools:

Scrivener

4 the Words

Pacemaker Planner

Write or Die

Wordsmith

Links to What the Guys are Reading:

John Scalzi

• The Interdependency
• Lock In Series

Dan Wells

• Zero G

Brandon Sanderson

• Snapshot
• Skyward

Relic of the Gods trilogy by Philip C. Quaintrell

King Maker - Maurice Broaddus

• King’s Justice: Knights of Breton Court, Book 2

TV Shows Mentioned:

Russian Doll

Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency

Mindhunter

This Month’s Challenge:

• Part 1: Like, follow, rate and share us on social media! Join our Discord channel, like our Facebook page, and follow our websites.
• Look at your schedule for the week and try to find time within that schedule to dedicate just to writing. It’s okay if it’s only an hour, and even if it’s only thinking about writing! The goal is to find the time. Let us know how it’s going!

Support the Show:

Patreon

Contact us!

Discord

Facebook

Marshall:

• Website: www.marshallcarr.com
• Email: [email protected]
• Twitter: @darthpops

Nick:

• Website: www.brightinks.org
• Email: [email protected]
• Twitter: @BrightInks

Now, just keep writing!