Life Experience – is it a prerequisite to writing?

Life Experience – is it a prerequisite to writing?

How much life experience do you need to be a writer? Familiar with the assertion that life experience is crucial to being a good writer? I’ve been wondering recently how much and in what ways this is true.  Life experience?     And yet, despite my lack of exceptional...
SWRT 124 | Talia Carner, part 2

SWRT 124 | Talia Carner, part 2

How is the story behind the Third Daughter relevant to today’s world? Why did Talia take the story into the past rather than the present? Did the publisher object to the content of the book? And how can you keep it relatable to the readers, despite the content?

SWRT 124 | Talia Carner, part 2

SWRT 123 | Talia Carner, part 1

How did Talia come to be an author? And what inspired her to write The Third Daughter? How did fact and imagination merge? And what sources did Talia find to flesh out the Third Daughter?

SWRT 122 | Building Religion into Your World

SWRT 122 | Building Religion into Your World

Why should we talk about world-building with religion? Should your characters have a belief system? And how can you use it to create rich depth for your world and your character motivation? How should you present it in your work? And how can you make it natural to your world and your characters?

SWRT 121 | The Power of the Endnote

What is an endnote and why are we talking about it? How is it different from a resolution? Or the end of a scene or chapter? How can you use a “full circle” moment to really make your endnote powerful? And why should you craft it before you even get to the end of your story?

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