the first rule of write club

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Episode 4 - We Have Always Lived in the Character - The First Rule of Write Club

How much of yourself do you put in your characters? How much is too much?

This week, we talk about how we write our characters- how do we connect with them, and how much of ourselves, if any, we put into them. We also talk about Mary Sue characters, if it’s possible to “get into a character’s head,” and Oscar, Dusa, and Jessie have a hard time focusing because they’re all sharing a microphone at a desk that was definitely only meant for one person.

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Writing The Unknown - The First Rule of Write Club

There’s one particular piece of advice that I’ve been hearing for as long as I’ve been an aspiring author: “Write what you know”.

For our Thursday blog post, Katherine talks about writing what you know- or writing what you don’t!

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Bonus Episode - Brainstorming with Benny - The First Rule of Write Club

My brother Benny consents to an hour of brainstorming on my current novel project.

On Tuesday, we posted a bonus episode! Here Oscar and guest star Benny spend some time brainstorming for Oscar’s novel. He asks that if you have any comments or suggestions, you contact us on any of our social media pages and he’ll take a look!

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The Crocodile Hunter style of writing involves chasing after cool-looking ideas that wander by and tackling them into submission.

I don’t recommend it for the long-term because it’s exhausting, but if there isn’t at least a LITTLE bit of Crocodile Hunter in your writing, I’m probably not going to read it.

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This comic was shared in the chat during the podcast, so I thought I’d reblog it for anyone interested to see it!

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Episode 3 - The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pantsers - The First Rule of Write Club

Planning versus pantsing: the eternal question. I hope you like vague answers.

Episode 3 is now available! This week we talk about planning vs. pantsing- or, uh, plantsing, if that’s your sort of thing. I’ll be sharing some interesting bits from the chat later on, as well!

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Worldbuilding with Neural Networks - The First Rule of Write Club

The best stories seem inevitable. Effects follow causes, and the story barely scratches the surface of a world that feels deep, complete, and whole.

For our first weekly blogpost, Oscar talks about the creative process and what it takes to make a good story. 

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Episode 2 is now available! (Well, it  was available on Sunday, but I’m a filthy slacker- sorry!) This time we talk about what we did the week preceding the podcast; Regina talks about speculative scripts; and Jessie, Dusa, and Katherine wax poetic about fanfiction! (And how it relates to spec scripts)

Also, Dusa leads a misguided attack against Jessie about her height!! (I’m average height!!! -J)

And we mention some cats! (Pictures can be found below the actual audio post in the podcast notes)

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Episode one is now available over at our website! Take a listen, it certainly is something that we recorded!