SWRT 132 | Strong Female Protagonists with Judy K Walker, part 2

SWRT 132 | Strong Female Protagonists with Judy K Walker, part 2

How is writing a female protagonist different from writing any protagonist? Are there genre pressures to what your female protagonist should be like, act like, or look like? How has television affected character driven fiction? And how does that effect the female protagonist? Finally, we give tips on how to address the female protagonist writing for today’s reader, no matter the genre.

SWRT 132 | Strong Female Protagonists with Judy K Walker, part 2

SWRT 131 | Strong Female Protagonists with Judy K Walker

What makes a female protagonist a strong female protagonist? And where does that strength come from? How aware of social and cultural norms should you be when developing a strong female protagonist? And is strength unique to genre?

SWRT 129 | The Power of Writing to Change Lives

SWRT 129 | The Power of Writing to Change Lives

What is the Minnesota Prison Writing Workshop? How did it begin? And what is it like to go into a state prison (in MN) and teach writing? What genre does MPWW teach? And how does it help writers? What kind of community has grown out of MPWW’s work within the prison system?

SWRT 127 | Inspiration & Activism with Talia Carner

SWRT 127 | Inspiration & Activism with Talia Carner

Should you have your theme in mind when you start the book? Is there a formula that Talia follows for her particular books? And how did her writing turn into activism? Talia’s message for all of us is to take advantage of the opportunities that you are given.

SWRT 127 | Inspiration & Activism with Talia Carner

SWRT 126 | Inspiration & Activism with Talia Carner

What inspires writers to create a story? How small can that spark of inspiration be? Once you have the inspiration, you must also have the courage to write that story! We talk about how to write your way through a story, with only the destination in mind. And how to correctly use creative license in historical fiction.

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