Releasing Your Inner Dragon

Send a text Join Drake and Marie as they talk about how to make your world feel like a place with history using world building, writing techniques and even character names.Give us feedback at releasingyourinnerdragon(at)gmail(dot)comDrake's Contact Details:Starving Writer Studio: https://www.starvingwriterstudio.com/Drake-U: https://class.drakeu.com/ - Use RYID25 for 25% off!Snurs: https://a.co/d/670MElYMarie's contact details:Books: https://mariemullany.com/workJust In Time Worlds: https://www.youtube.com/c/JustInTimeWorlds?sub_confirmation=1 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Send a text Join Drake and Marie as they finalize Act 2 of the novel Magic Falls from the Sky. But wait for the end because suddenly a new plot idea hooves into view and changes are required to make a fantastic payoff possible.Give us feedback at releasingyourinnerdragon(at)gmail(dot)comDrake's Contact Details:Starving Writer Studio: https://www.starvingwriterstudio.com/Drake-U: https://class.drakeu.com/ - Use RYID25 for 25% off!Snurs: https://a.co/d/670MElYMarie's contact details:Books: https://mariemullany.com/workJust In Time Worlds: https://www.youtube.com/c/JustInTimeWorlds?sub_confirmation=1 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Send a text Join Drake and Marie as they flesh out the outlines for the story of Magic Falls. What do you think, do the two acts sound interesting?Give us feedback at releasingyourinnerdragon(at)gmail(dot)comDrake's Contact Details:Starving Writer Studio: https://www.starvingwriterstudio.com/Drake-U: https://class.drakeu.com/ - Use RYID25 for 25% off!Snurs: https://a.co/d/670MElYMarie's contact details:Books: https://mariemullany.com/workJust In Time Worlds: https://www.youtube.com/c/JustInTimeWorlds?sub_confirmation=1 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Send a text We all write two books, the one in our heads and the one on paper. And sometimes, what's in the head never makes it to paper. Join Drake and Marie in recognizing when this happens and how to fix it!Give us feedback at releasingyourinnerdragon(at)gmail(dot)comDrake's Contact Details:Starving Writer Studio: https://www.starvingwriterstudio.com/Drake-U: https://class.drakeu.com/ - Use RYID25 for 25% off!Snurs: https://a.co/d/670MElYMarie's contact details:Books: https://mariemullany.com/workJust In Time Worlds: https://www.youtube.com/c/JustInTimeWorlds?sub_confirmation=1 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Send a text Introducing a character is possibly the hardest part about writing. Characters are what people latch onto and why they keep reading the story. But how do you get readers to love the character? How do you communicate character backstory to the reader? How much information does the reader need? Join Drake and Marie as they discuss all these points and more!Give us feedback at releasingyourinnerdragon(at)gmail(dot)comDrake's Contact Details:Starving Writer Studio: https://www.starvingwriterstudio.com/Drake-U: https://class.drakeu.com/ - Use RYID25 for 25% off!Snurs: https://a.co/d/670MElYMarie's contact details:Books: https://mariemullany.com/workJust In Time Worlds: https://www.youtube.com/c/JustInTimeWorlds?sub_confirmation=1 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Send a text Sorry for the late upload! Blame it on the holidays. And speaking of, we won't be releasing a podcast over Christmas and New Years :) But don't let that you stop you enjoying this one! Join Drake and Marie as they discuss introducing a character and making the reader care and why the everyman moments matterGive us feedback at releasingyourinnerdragon(at)gmail(dot)comDrake's Contact Details:Starving Writer Studio: https://www.starvingwriterstudio.com/Drake-U: https://class.drakeu.com/ - Use RYID25 for 25% off!Snurs: https://a.co/d/670MElYMarie's contact details:Books: https://mariemullany.com/workJust In Time Worlds: https://www.youtube.com/c/JustInTimeWorlds?sub_confirmation=1 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Send a text Join Drake and Marie as they argue the merits of various plot and world building ideas for the story of Magic Falls. What do you think, should they use one or two floating cities?Give us feedback at releasingyourinnerdragon(at)gmail(dot)comDrake's Contact Details:Starving Writer Studio: https://www.starvingwriterstudio.com/Drake-U: https://class.drakeu.com/ - Use RYID25 for 25% off!Snurs: https://a.co/d/670MElYMarie's contact details:Books: https://mariemullany.com/workJust In Time Worlds: https://www.youtube.com/c/JustInTimeWorlds?sub_confirmation=1 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Send a text Join Drake and Marie as they discuss protecting your work, the DMCA laws, what happens if you breach your Kindle Unlimited contract (knowingly or unknowingly) and all manner of other copyright related tripwires just waiting to entangle your feet.Give us feedback at releasingyourinnerdragon(at)gmail(dot)comDrake's Contact Details:Starving Writer Studio: https://www.starvingwriterstudio.com/Drake-U: https://class.drakeu.com/ - Use RYID25 for 25% off!Snurs: https://a.co/d/670MElYMarie's contact details:Books: https://mariemullany.com/workJust In Time Worlds: https://www.youtube.com/c/JustInTimeWorlds?sub_confirmation=1 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Send a text Join Drake and Marie as they discuss taking the idea of a story to a detailed plot outline. We'll take you through an example of our process for the novel in planning, Magic Falls.Give us feedback at releasingyourinnerdragon(at)gmail(dot)comDrake's Contact Details:Starving Writer Studio: https://www.starvingwriterstudio.com/Drake-U: https://class.drakeu.com/ - Use RYID25 for 25% off!Snurs: https://a.co/d/670MElYMarie's contact details:Books: https://mariemullany.com/workJust In Time Worlds: https://www.youtube.com/c/JustInTimeWorlds?sub_confirmation=1 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Send a text Join Drake and Marie as they discuss how to use folklore and public domain content in your story. Then watch as they dive down the rabbit hole of remakes and adaptions and why you should handle such things with true love and respect for the source material.Give us feedback at releasingyourinnerdragon(at)gmail(dot)comDrake's Contact Details:Starving Writer Studio: https://www.starvingwriterstudio.com/Drake-U: https://class.drakeu.com/ - Use RYID25 for 25% off!Snurs: https://a.co/d/670MElYMarie's contact details:Books: https://mariemullany.com/workJust In Time Worlds: https://www.youtube.com/c/JustInTimeWorlds?sub_confirmation=1 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Send a text Join Drake and Marie as they discuss writing from the villain's perspective, when it works and what the pitfalls are.Give us feedback at releasingyourinnerdragon(at)gmail(dot)comDrake's Contact Details:Starving Writer Studio: https://www.starvingwriterstudio.com/Drake-U: https://class.drakeu.com/ - Use RYID25 for 25% off!Snurs: https://a.co/d/670MElYMarie's contact details:Books: https://mariemullany.com/workJust In Time Worlds: https://www.youtube.com/c/JustInTimeWorlds?sub_confirmation=1 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Send a text Join Drake and Marie as they discuss plotting out the tent poles you need to hold up the canvas of your story. This continues the story creation process of the new novel. Give us feedback at releasingyourinnerdragon(at)gmail(dot)comDrake's Contact Details:Starving Writer Studio: https://www.starvingwriterstudio.com/Drake-U: https://class.drakeu.com/ - Use RYID25 for 25% off!Snurs: https://a.co/d/670MElYMarie's contact details:Website: https://www.mariemullany.com/Amazon Profile: https://www.amazon.com/Marie-Mullany/e/B099QJMV6CJust In Time Worlds: https://www.youtube.com/c/JustInTimeWorlds?sub_confirmation=1 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Send a text Join Drake and Marie as they discuss the complexities of how to start a sentence, why you should vary how you start a sentence and various other grammar complexities!Give us feedback at releasingyourinnerdragon(at)gmail(dot)comDrake's Contact Details:Starving Writer Studio: https://www.starvingwriterstudio.com/Drake-U: https://class.drakeu.com/ - Use RYID25 for 25% off!Snurs: https://a.co/d/670MElYMarie's contact details:Website: https://www.mariemullany.com/Amazon Profile: https://www.amazon.com/Marie-Mullany/e/B099QJMV6CJust In Time Worlds: https://www.youtube.com/c/JustInTimeWorlds?sub_confirmation=1 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Send a text Join Drake and Marie as they wander between the garden of tropes and the alluring wildlands that is an allegory for the imagination of the symbolic writer.Give us feedback at releasingyourinnerdragon(at)gmail(dot)comDrake's Contact Details:Starving Writer Studio: https://www.starvingwriterstudio.com/Drake-U: https://class.drakeu.com/ - Use RYID25 for 25% off!Snurs: https://a.co/d/670MElYMarie's contact details:Website: https://www.mariemullany.com/Amazon Profile: https://www.amazon.com/Marie-Mullany/e/B099QJMV6CJust In Time Worlds: https://www.youtube.com/c/JustInTimeWorlds?sub_confirmation=1 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Send a text Join Drake and Marie as they discuss starting a new book and world by using an example. Check out the process of world building and plot discovery in action.Give us feedback at releasingyourinnerdragon(at)gmail(dot)comDrake's Contact Details:Starving Writer Studio: https://www.starvingwriterstudio.com/Drake-U: https://class.drakeu.com/ - Use RYID25 for 25% off!Snurs: https://a.co/d/670MElYMarie's contact details:Website: https://www.mariemullany.com/Amazon Profile: https://www.amazon.com/Marie-Mullany/e/B099QJMV6CJust In Time Worlds: https://www.youtube.com/c/JustInTimeWorlds?sub_confirmation=1 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Send a text Drake and Marie talk about Marie and Drake Join us as we discuss how we spend our days, what we do for inspiration and how we get better at the craft of writing.Give us feedback at releasingyourinnerdragon(at)gmail(dot)comDrake's Contact Details:Starving Writer Studio: https://www.starvingwriterstudio.com/Drake-U: https://class.drakeu.com/ - Use RYID25 for 25% off!Snurs: https://a.co/d/670MElYMarie's contact details:Website: https://www.mariemullany.com/Amazon Profile: https://www.amazon.com/Marie-Mullany/e/B099QJMV6CJust In Time Worlds: https://www.youtube.com/c/JustInTimeWorlds?sub_confirmation=1 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Send a text Join Drake and Marie as they discuss editing your work and getting into shape without needing an external editor. We talk about word, macros, techniques and tools!Give us feedback at releasingyourinnerdragon(at)gmail(dot)comDrake's Contact Details:Starving Writer Studio: https://www.starvingwriterstudio.com/Drake-U: https://class.drakeu.com/ - Use RYID25 for 25% off!Snurs: https://a.co/d/670MElYMarie's contact details:Website: https://www.mariemullany.com/Amazon Profile: https://www.amazon.com/Marie-Mullany/e/B099QJMV6CJust In Time Worlds: https://www.youtube.com/c/JustInTimeWorlds?sub_confirmation=1 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Send a text Following on from building magic, Drake and Marie discuss how to write magic in an engaging and showy way. Join the conversation as we discuss showing, rather than telling and ways to introduce magic that doesn't leave the reader confused.Give us feedback at releasingyourinnerdragon(at)gmail(dot)comDrake's Contact Details:Starving Writer Studio: https://www.starvingwriterstudio.com/Drake-U: https://class.drakeu.com/ - Use RYID25 for 25% off!Snurs: https://a.co/d/670MElYMarie's contact details:Website: https://www.mariemullany.com/Amazon Profile: https://www.amazon.com/Marie-Mullany/e/B099QJMV6CJust In Time Worlds: https://www.youtube.com/c/JustInTimeWorlds?sub_confirmation=1 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Send a text Join Drake and Marie as they discuss building a fantasy magic system that works with your world and is impactful to your readers.Give us feedback at releasingyourinnerdragon(at)gmail(dot)comDrake's Contact Details:Starving Writer Studio: https://www.starvingwriterstudio.com/Drake-U: https://class.drakeu.com/ - Use RYID25 for 25% off!Snurs: https://a.co/d/670MElYMarie's contact details:Website: https://www.mariemullany.com/Amazon Profile: https://www.amazon.com/Marie-Mullany/e/B099QJMV6CJust In Time Worlds: https://www.youtube.com/c/JustInTimeWorlds?sub_confirmation=1 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Send a text Join Drake and Marie as they discuss both romantic and platonic relationships, what they offer you as the storyteller and how to write them in a manner that impacts the reader.Give us feedback at releasingyourinnerdragon(at)gmail(dot)comDrake's Contact Details:Starving Writer Studio: https://www.starvingwriterstudio.com/Drake-U: https://class.drakeu.com/ - Use RYID25 for 25% off!Snurs: https://a.co/d/670MElYMarie's contact details:Website: https://www.mariemullany.com/Amazon Profile: https://www.amazon.com/Marie-Mullany/e/B099QJMV6CJust In Time Worlds: https://www.youtube.com/c/JustInTimeWorlds?sub_confirmation=1 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Send a text Join Drake and Marie as they discuss religion in fantasy, how to write it, what to show and where most authors go wrong. Also, another trope talk! This time the discussion centers on the pitfalls of making a religion all corrupt or all good. The trope of religious headgear if you will.Give us feedback at releasingyourinnerdragon(at)gmail(dot)comDrake's Contact Details:Starving Writer Studio: https://www.starvingwriterstudio.com/Drake-U: https://class.drakeu.com/ - Use RYID25 for 25% off!Social Media:https://www.facebook.com/maxwellalexanderdrakehttps://twitter.com/MaxwellADrakehttps://www.instagram.com/maxwellalexanderdrake/https://www.linkedin.com/in/maxwellalexanderdrake/Marie's contact details:Website: https://www.mariemullany.com/Amazon Profile: https://www.amazon.com/Marie-Mullany/e/B099QJMV6CConnect on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MarieMWesselsConnect on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JustInTimeWorlds Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Send a text So you've built this amazing world that just sings with glorious fantasy. But how do you show it to your readers without telling them all about it? How do you avoid sounding like an RPG setting manual? And what is a tourist guide writer? Join Drake and Marie as they discuss practical tips and tricks for showing your world to your readers in an organic and immersive fashion.Watch the episode with the documents shared here: https://youtu.be/BJt-Mvn_6mwGive us feedback at releasingyourinnerdragon(at)gmail(dot)comMusic by Ivan Dutch: https://ivanduch.com/songs/Drake's Contact Details:Starving Writer Studio: https://www.starvingwriterstudio.com/Drake-U: https://class.drakeu.com/ - Use RYID25 for 25% off!Social Media:https://www.facebook.com/maxwellalexanderdrakehttps://twitter.com/MaxwellADrakehttps://www.instagram.com/maxwellalexanderdrake/https://www.linkedin.com/in/maxwellalexanderdrake/Marie's contact details:Website: https://www.mariemullany.com/Amazon Profile: https://www.amazon.com/Marie-Mullany/e/B099QJMV6CConnect on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MarieMWesselsConnect on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JustInTimeWorlds Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Send a text Join Drake and Marie as they discuss the intricacies of writing a good fight scene, all the way from using your sense to the importance of verbs!Give us feedback at releasingyourinnerdragon(at)gmail(dot)comMusic by Ivan Dutch: https://ivanduch.com/songs/Drake's Contact Details:Read the Genesis Sage: https://www.amazon.com/kindle-vella/story/B09JN5294GStarving Writer Studio: https://www.starvingwriterstudio.com/Social Media:https://www.facebook.com/maxwellalexanderdrakehttps://twitter.com/MaxwellADrakehttps://www.instagram.com/maxwellalexanderdrake/https://www.linkedin.com/in/maxwellalexanderdrake/Marie's contact details:Website: https://www.mariemullany.com/Amazon Profile: https://www.amazon.com/Marie-Mullany/e/B099QJMV6CConnect on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MarieMWesselsConnect on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JustInTimeWorlds Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Send a text Join Drake and Marie as they discuss writing the more fun kind of politics, the kind we find in epic fantasy books.Give us feedback at releasingyourinnerdragon(at)gmail(dot)comMusic by Ivan Dutch: https://ivanduch.com/songs/Drake's Contact Details:Read the Genesis Sage: https://www.amazon.com/kindle-vella/story/B09JN5294GStarving Writer Studio: https://www.starvingwriterstudio.com/Social Media:https://www.facebook.com/maxwellalexanderdrakehttps://twitter.com/MaxwellADrakehttps://www.instagram.com/maxwellalexanderdrake/https://www.linkedin.com/in/maxwellalexanderdrake/Marie's contact details:Website: https://www.mariemullany.com/Amazon Profile: https://www.amazon.com/Marie-Mullany/e/B099QJMV6CConnect on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MarieMWesselsConnect on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JustInTimeWorlds Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Send a text Join Drake and Marie for another practical editing session as they dissect and critique a piece of prose sent in by a listener of the podcast. If you want us to give your writing the same treatment, send us a thousand words or less to releasingyourinnerdragon(at)gmail(dot)com. Check out the video of the podcast here: https://youtu.be/-UFkjlBHxhUGive us feedback at releasingyourinnerdragon(at)gmail(dot)comMusic by Ivan Dutch: https://ivanduch.com/songs/Drake's Contact Details:Read the Genesis Sage: https://www.amazon.com/kindle-vella/story/B09JN5294GStarving Writer Studio: https://www.starvingwriterstudio.com/Social Media:https://www.facebook.com/maxwellalexanderdrakehttps://twitter.com/MaxwellADrakehttps://www.instagram.com/maxwellalexanderdrake/https://www.linkedin.com/in/maxwellalexanderdrake/Marie's contact details:Website: https://www.mariemullany.com/Amazon Profile: https://www.amazon.com/Marie-Mullany/e/B099QJMV6CConnect on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MarieMWesselsConnect on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JustInTimeWorlds Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Send a text Drake and Marie discuss their opening lines for series, books and characters, why they chose the words they did and what they were trying to achieve. Also, another trope talk, this time we chat about Planet of the Hats!Check out the video of the podcast here: https://youtu.be/mbo7_cUrmuYGive us feedback at releasingyourinnerdragon(at)gmail(dot)comMusic by Ivan Dutch: https://ivanduch.com/songs/Drake's Contact Details:Read the Genesis Sage: https://www.amazon.com/kindle-vella/story/B09JN5294GStarving Writer Studio: https://www.starvingwriterstudio.com/Social Media:https://www.facebook.com/maxwellalexanderdrakehttps://twitter.com/MaxwellADrakehttps://www.instagram.com/maxwellalexanderdrake/https://www.linkedin.com/in/maxwellalexanderdrake/Marie's contact details:Website: https://www.mariemullany.com/Amazon Profile: https://www.amazon.com/Marie-Mullany/e/B099QJMV6CConnect on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MarieMWesselsConnect on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JustInTimeWorlds Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Send a text Join Drake and Marie in discussing how to make sure your characters get the story time they deserve. And also another trope talk! This time we discuss The Chosen One.Check out the video of the podcast here: https://youtu.be/6b1SROib6LQGive us feedback at releasingyourinnerdragon(at)gmail(dot)comMusic by Ivan Dutch: https://ivanduch.com/songs/Drake's Contact Details:Read the Genesis Sage: https://www.amazon.com/kindle-vella/story/B09JN5294GStarving Writer Studio: https://www.starvingwriterstudio.com/Social Media:https://www.facebook.com/maxwellalexanderdrakehttps://twitter.com/MaxwellADrakehttps://www.instagram.com/maxwellalexanderdrake/https://www.linkedin.com/in/maxwellalexanderdrake/Marie's contact details:Website: https://www.mariemullany.com/Amazon Profile: https://www.amazon.com/Marie-Mullany/e/B099QJMV6CConnect on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MarieMWesselsConnect on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JustInTimeWorlds Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Send a text Join Drake and Marie (occasionally argue) about world building cultures, societies and religions.Check out the video of the podcast here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDyufWWJwmcGive us feedback at releasingyourinnerdragon(at)gmail(dot)comMusic by Ivan Dutch: https://ivanduch.com/songs/Drake's Contact Details:Read the Genesis Sage: https://www.amazon.com/kindle-vella/story/B09JN5294GStarving Writer Studio: https://www.starvingwriterstudio.com/Social Media:https://www.facebook.com/maxwellalexanderdrakehttps://twitter.com/MaxwellADrakehttps://www.instagram.com/maxwellalexanderdrake/https://www.linkedin.com/in/maxwellalexanderdrake/Marie's contact details:Website: https://www.mariemullany.com/Amazon Profile: https://www.amazon.com/Marie-Mullany/e/B099QJMV6CConnect on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MarieMWesselsConnect on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JustInTimeWorlds Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Send a text Join Drake and Marie as they discuss character corruption and redemption as story arcs.The Ducal Heir Launch! https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/publish-and-launch-the-ducal-heir/x/27732935#/Give us feedback at releasingyourinnerdragon(at)gmail(dot)comMusic by Ivan Dutch: https://ivanduch.com/songs/Drake's Contact Details:Read the Genesis Sage: https://www.amazon.com/kindle-vella/story/B09JN5294GStarving Writer Studio: https://www.starvingwriterstudio.com/Social Media:https://www.facebook.com/maxwellalexanderdrakehttps://twitter.com/MaxwellADrakehttps://www.instagram.com/maxwellalexanderdrake/https://www.linkedin.com/in/maxwellalexanderdrake/Marie's contact details:Website: https://www.mariemullany.com/Amazon Profile: https://www.amazon.com/Marie-Mullany/e/B099QJMV6CConnect on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MarieMWesselsConnect on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JustInTimeWorlds Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Send a text So you've finished your novel and now you want to get it out there. Join Drake and Marie in a frank discussion of the complicated, difficult and mysterious path to getting published, both traditional and indie press!Roberto Viacava https://www.instagram.com/viacavaroberto/?hl=enBoar Tower https://www.boartower.com/The Ducal Heir Launch! https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/publish-and-launch-the-ducal-heir/x/27732935#/Give us feedback at releasingyourinnerdragon(at)gmail(dot)comMusic by Ivan Dutch: https://ivanduch.com/songs/Drake's Contact Details:Read the Genesis Sage: https://www.amazon.com/kindle-vella/story/B09JN5294GStarving Writer Studio: https://www.starvingwriterstudio.com/Social Media:https://www.facebook.com/maxwellalexanderdrakehttps://twitter.com/MaxwellADrakehttps://www.instagram.com/maxwellalexanderdrake/https://www.linkedin.com/in/maxwellalexanderdrake/Marie's contact details:Website: https://www.mariemullany.com/Amazon Profile: https://www.amazon.com/Marie-Mullany/e/B099QJMV6CConnect on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MarieMWesselsConnect on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JustInTimeWorlds Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Send a text Join Drake and Marie to discuss the advantage of exaggerated traits in non human races. And also plunge deeply into the five-man-band trope and what advantages it offers you.The Ducal Heir Launch! https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/publish-and-launch-the-ducal-heir/x/27732935#/Give us feedback at releasingyourinnerdragon(at)gmail(dot)comMusic by Ivan Dutch: https://ivanduch.com/songs/Drake's Contact Details:Read the Genesis Sage: https://www.amazon.com/kindle-vella/story/B09JN5294GStarving Writer Studio: https://www.starvingwriterstudio.com/Social Media:https://www.facebook.com/maxwellalexanderdrakehttps://twitter.com/MaxwellADrakehttps://www.instagram.com/maxwellalexanderdrake/https://www.linkedin.com/in/maxwellalexanderdrake/Marie's contact details:Website: https://www.mariemullany.com/Amazon Profile: https://www.amazon.com/Marie-Mullany/e/B099QJMV6CConnect on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MarieMWesselsConnect on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JustInTimeWorlds Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Send a text Join Drake and Marie as they discuss character growth arcs, what makes them great and what makes them fail.The Ducal Heir Launch! https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/publish-and-launch-the-ducal-heir/x/27732935#/Give us feedback at releasingyourinnerdragon(at)gmail(dot)comMusic by Ivan Dutch: https://ivanduch.com/songs/Drake's Contact Details:Read the Genesis Sage: https://www.amazon.com/kindle-vella/story/B09JN5294GStarving Writer Studio: https://www.starvingwriterstudio.com/Social Media:https://www.facebook.com/maxwellalexanderdrakehttps://twitter.com/MaxwellADrakehttps://www.instagram.com/maxwellalexanderdrake/https://www.linkedin.com/in/maxwellalexanderdrake/Marie's contact details:Website: https://www.mariemullany.com/Amazon Profile: https://www.amazon.com/Marie-Mullany/e/B099QJMV6CConnect on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MarieMWesselsConnect on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JustInTimeWorlds Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Send a text Join Drake and Marie as they discuss how to create great characters for stories, including flaws, foibles, and phobias!The Ducal Heir Launch! https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/publish-and-launch-the-ducal-heir/x/27732935#/Give us feedback at releasingyourinnerdragon(at)gmail(dot)comMusic by Ivan Dutch: https://ivanduch.com/songs/Drake's Contact Details:Read the Genesis Sage: https://www.amazon.com/kindle-vella/story/B09JN5294GStarving Writer Studio: https://www.starvingwriterstudio.com/Social Media:https://www.facebook.com/maxwellalexanderdrakehttps://twitter.com/MaxwellADrakehttps://www.instagram.com/maxwellalexanderdrake/https://www.linkedin.com/in/maxwellalexanderdrake/Marie's contact details:Website: https://www.mariemullany.com/Amazon Profile: https://www.amazon.com/Marie-Mullany/e/B099QJMV6CConnect on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MarieMWesselsConnect on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JustInTimeWorlds Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Send a text Join Drake and Marie as they discuss the three act play, the problem of flawless characters, the importance of the story having a theme rather than the theme having a story and A, B storylines. Come plunge down the rabbit hole!The Ducal Heir Launch! https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/publish-and-launch-the-ducal-heir/x/27732935#/Comic Con at Homehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Cl6x6kzlYghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEI_nPJYeuIGive us feedback at releasingyourinnerdragon(at)gmail(dot)comMusic by Ivan Dutch: https://ivanduch.com/songs/Drake's Contact Details:Read the Genesis Sage: https://www.amazon.com/kindle-vella/story/B09JN5294GStarving Writer Studio: https://www.starvingwriterstudio.com/Social Media:https://www.facebook.com/maxwellalexanderdrakehttps://twitter.com/MaxwellADrakehttps://www.instagram.com/maxwellalexanderdrake/https://www.linkedin.com/in/maxwellalexanderdrake/Marie's contact details:Website: https://www.mariemullany.com/Amazon Profile: https://www.amazon.com/Marie-Mullany/e/B099QJMV6CConnect on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MarieMWesselsConnect on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JustInTimeWorlds Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Send a text Join Drake and Marie as they discuss how to make average prose great!The Ducal Heir Launch! https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/publish-and-launch-the-ducal-heir/x/27732935#/Comic Con at Homehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Cl6x6kzlYghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEI_nPJYeuIGive us feedback at releasingyourinnerdragon(at)gmail(dot)comMusic by Ivan Dutch: https://ivanduch.com/songs/Drake's Contact Details:Read the Genesis Sage: https://www.amazon.com/kindle-vella/story/B09JN5294GStarving Writer Studio: https://www.starvingwriterstudio.com/Social Media:https://www.facebook.com/maxwellalexanderdrakehttps://twitter.com/MaxwellADrakehttps://www.instagram.com/maxwellalexanderdrake/https://www.linkedin.com/in/maxwellalexanderdrake/Marie's contact details:Website: https://www.mariemullany.com/Amazon Profile: https://www.amazon.com/Marie-Mullany/e/B099QJMV6CConnect on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MarieMWesselsConnect on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JustInTimeWorlds Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Send a text Join Drake and Marie as they discuss telling the right story, killing your darlings and loving your own work. Give us feedback at releasingyourinnerdragon(at)gmail(dot)comMusic by Ivan Dutch: https://ivanduch.com/songs/Drake's Contact Details:Read the Genesis Sage: https://www.amazon.com/kindle-vella/story/B09JN5294GStarving Writer Studio: https://www.starvingwriterstudio.com/Social Media:https://www.facebook.com/maxwellalexanderdrakehttps://twitter.com/MaxwellADrakehttps://www.instagram.com/maxwellalexanderdrake/https://www.linkedin.com/in/maxwellalexanderdrake/Marie's contact details:Website: https://www.mariemullany.com/Amazon Profile: https://www.amazon.com/Marie-Mullany/e/B099QJMV6CConnect on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MarieMWesselsConnect on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JustInTimeWorlds Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Send a text Join Drake and Marie as they discuss mental illness, villains, heroes and the impact of the story on the mental well being of your character. Give us feedback at releasingyourinnerdragon(at)gmail(dot)comMusic by Ivan Dutch: https://ivanduch.com/songs/Drake's Contact Details:Read the Genesis Sage: https://www.amazon.com/kindle-vella/story/B09JN5294GStarving Writer Studio: https://www.starvingwriterstudio.com/Social Media:https://www.facebook.com/maxwellalexanderdrakehttps://twitter.com/MaxwellADrakehttps://www.instagram.com/maxwellalexanderdrake/https://www.linkedin.com/in/maxwellalexanderdrake/Marie's contact details:Website: https://www.mariemullany.com/Amazon Profile: https://www.amazon.com/Marie-Mullany/e/B099QJMV6CConnect on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MarieMWesselsConnect on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JustInTimeWorlds Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Send a text Join Drake and Marie as they discuss Point of View characters not being on the same timeline (looking at you Witcher Season 1), doing the same scene but from a different Point of View and why all this is still just a flashback and why it can annoy your reader.Give us feedback at releasingyourinnerdragon(at)gmail(dot)comMusic by Ivan Dutch: https://ivanduch.com/songs/Drake's Contact Details:Read the Genesis Sage: https://www.amazon.com/kindle-vella/story/B09JN5294GStarving Writer Studio: https://www.starvingwriterstudio.com/Social Media:https://www.facebook.com/maxwellalexanderdrakehttps://twitter.com/MaxwellADrakehttps://www.instagram.com/maxwellalexanderdrake/https://www.linkedin.com/in/maxwellalexanderdrake/Marie's contact details:Website: https://www.mariemullany.com/Amazon Profile: https://www.amazon.com/Marie-Mullany/e/B099QJMV6CConnect on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MarieMWesselsConnect on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JustInTimeWorlds Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Send a text As promised, we are back! And speaking of promises, Marie and Drake discuss the importance of keeping to your word to your audience. From promises made on your book cover to plot devices and twists, nothing looses you readers faster than not fulfilling promises. Give us feedback at releasingyourinnerdragon(at)gmail(dot)comMusic by Ivan Dutch: https://ivanduch.com/songs/Drake's Contact Details:Read the Genesis Sage: https://www.amazon.com/kindle-vella/story/B09JN5294GStarving Writer Studio: https://www.starvingwriterstudio.com/Social Media:https://www.facebook.com/maxwellalexanderdrakehttps://twitter.com/MaxwellADrakehttps://www.instagram.com/maxwellalexanderdrake/https://www.linkedin.com/in/maxwellalexanderdrake/Marie's contact details:Website: https://www.mariemullany.com/Amazon Profile: https://www.amazon.com/Marie-Mullany/e/B099QJMV6CConnect on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MarieMWesselsConnect on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JustInTimeWorlds Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Send a text Join Drake and Marie in discussion on punctuation, why it’s important and how to use it to communicate with your reader. This will be our last episode for a while as Draka is recovering from treatment.Give us feedback at releasingyourinnerdragon(at)gmail(dot)comMusic by Ivan Dutch: https://ivanduch.com/songs/Drake's Contact Details:Read the Genesis Sage: https://www.amazon.com/kindle-vella/story/B09JN5294GStarving Writer Studio: https://www.starvingwriterstudio.com/Social Media:https://www.facebook.com/maxwellalexanderdrakehttps://twitter.com/MaxwellADrakehttps://www.instagram.com/maxwellalexanderdrake/https://www.linkedin.com/in/maxwellalexanderdrake/Marie's contact details:Amazon Profile: https://www.amazon.com/Marie-Mullany/e/B099QJMV6CWebsite: https://www.mariemullany.com/Connect on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MarieMWesselsConnect on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JustInTimeWorlds Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Send a text Join Drake and Marie as they discuss the plot diamond. What it is, what to do if it’s too thin and how to stop it being an ever expanding giant. Give us feedback at releasingyourinnerdragon(at)gmail(dot)comMusic by Ivan Dutch: https://ivanduch.com/songs/Drake's Contact Details:Read the Genesis Sage: https://www.amazon.com/kindle-vella/story/B09JN5294GStarving Writer Studio: https://www.starvingwriterstudio.com/Social Media:https://www.facebook.com/maxwellalexanderdrakehttps://twitter.com/MaxwellADrakehttps://www.instagram.com/maxwellalexanderdrake/https://www.linkedin.com/in/maxwellalexanderdrake/Marie's contact details:Amazon Profile: https://www.amazon.com/Marie-Mullany/e/B099QJMV6CWebsite: https://www.mariemullany.com/Connect on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MarieMWesselsConnect on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JustInTimeWorlds Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Send a text Drake and Marie discuss how to write with emotion so that the reader doesn’t get told the character is feeling such and such an emotion, they feel the emotion right down to their bones Give us feedback at releasingyourinnerdragon(at)gmail(dot)comMusic by Ivan Dutch: https://ivanduch.com/songs/Drake's Contact Details:Read the Genesis Sage: https://www.amazon.com/kindle-vella/story/B09JN5294GStarving Writer Studio: https://www.starvingwriterstudio.com/Social Media:https://www.facebook.com/maxwellalexanderdrakehttps://twitter.com/MaxwellADrakehttps://www.instagram.com/maxwellalexanderdrake/https://www.linkedin.com/in/maxwellalexanderdrake/Marie's contact details:Amazon Profile: https://www.amazon.com/Marie-Mullany/e/B099QJMV6CWebsite: https://www.mariemullany.com/Connect on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MarieMWesselsConnect on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JustInTimeWorlds Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Send a text Drake and Marie discuss narrative, world building, character and inner monologue prose. Give us feedback at releasingyourinnerdragon(at)gmail(dot)comMusic by Ivan Dutch: https://ivanduch.com/songs/Drake's Contact Details:Read the Genesis Sage: https://www.amazon.com/kindle-vella/story/B09JN5294GStarving Writer Studio: https://www.starvingwriterstudio.com/Social Media:https://www.facebook.com/maxwellalexanderdrakehttps://twitter.com/MaxwellADrakehttps://www.instagram.com/maxwellalexanderdrake/https://www.linkedin.com/in/maxwellalexanderdrake/Marie's contact details:Amazon Profile: https://www.amazon.com/Marie-Mullany/e/B099QJMV6CWebsite: https://www.mariemullany.com/Connect on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MarieMWesselsConnect on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JustInTimeWorlds Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Send a text Drake and Marie discuss how to write engaging, high stakes action scenes and what you can accomplish through writing of violence and combat.Give us feedback at releasingyourinnerdragon(at)gmail(dot)comMusic by Ivan Dutch: https://ivanduch.com/songs/Drake's Contact Details:Read the Genesis Sage: https://www.amazon.com/kindle-vella/story/B09JN5294GStarving Writer Studio: https://www.starvingwriterstudio.com/Social Media:https://www.facebook.com/maxwellalexanderdrakehttps://twitter.com/MaxwellADrakehttps://www.instagram.com/maxwellalexanderdrake/https://www.linkedin.com/in/maxwellalexanderdrake/Marie's contact details:Amazon Profile: https://www.amazon.com/Marie-Mullany/e/B099QJMV6CWebsite: https://www.mariemullany.com/Connect on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MarieMWesselsConnect on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JustInTimeWorlds Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Send a text Drake and Marie discuss dealing with self-doubt and fear of getting critiqued. They talk about the importance of getting critiqued and of critiquing others. Give us feedback at releasingyourinnerdragon(at)gmail(dot)comMusic by Ivan Dutch: https://ivanduch.com/songs/Drake's Contact Details:Read the Genesis Sage: https://www.amazon.com/kindle-vella/story/B09JN5294GStarving Writer Studio: https://www.starvingwriterstudio.com/Social Media:https://www.facebook.com/maxwellalexanderdrakehttps://twitter.com/MaxwellADrakehttps://www.instagram.com/maxwellalexanderdrake/https://www.linkedin.com/in/maxwellalexanderdrake/Marie's contact details:Amazon Profile: https://www.amazon.com/Marie-Mullany/e/B099QJMV6CWebsite: https://www.mariemullany.com/Connect on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MarieMWesselsConnect on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JustInTimeWorlds Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Send a text Drake and Marie discuss how to use non-malicious villains or environmental conditions to provide conflict for your characters to overcome and grow them to overcome the theme. They talk about themes that work best with these kinds of villains and building your villains to still offer compelling conflict. You will also get to learn how we'd react in an apocalypse :)Give us feedback at releasingyourinnerdragon(at)gmail(dot)comMusic by Ivan Dutch: https://ivanduch.com/songs/Drake's Contact Details:Read the Genesis Sage: https://www.amazon.com/kindle-vella/story/B09JN5294GWebsite: www.MaxwellAlexanderDrake.comFiend Folly: http://www.FiendFolly.comAmazon Author Profile: https://www.amazon.com/Maxwell-Alexander-Drake/e/B006QP41O4Drake's creative writing course: http://drakeu.comhttps://www.facebook.com/maxwellalexanderdrakehttps://twitter.com/MaxwellADrakehttps://www.instagram.com/maxwellalexanderdrake/https://www.linkedin.com/in/maxwellalexanderdrake/Marie's contact details:Amazon Profile: https://www.amazon.com/Marie-Mullany/e/B099QJMV6CWebsite: https://www.mariemullany.com/Connect on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MarieMWesselsConnect on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JustInTimeWorlds Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Send a text Drake and Marie talk about fantasy relationships, why they're important even if romance is not your focus, how it shapes your characters and what things to pay attention to.Give us feedback at releasingyourinnerdragon(at)gmail(dot)comMusic by Ivan Dutch: https://ivanduch.com/songs/Drake's Contact Details:Read the Genesis Sage: https://www.amazon.com/kindle-vella/story/B09JN5294GWebsite: www.MaxwellAlexanderDrake.comFiend Folly: http://www.FiendFolly.comAmazon Author Profile: https://www.amazon.com/Maxwell-Alexander-Drake/e/B006QP41O4Drake's creative writing course: http://drakeu.comhttps://www.facebook.com/maxwellalexanderdrakehttps://twitter.com/MaxwellADrakehttps://www.instagram.com/maxwellalexanderdrake/https://www.linkedin.com/in/maxwellalexanderdrake/Marie's contact details:Amazon Profile: https://www.amazon.com/Marie-Mullany/e/B099QJMV6CWebsite: https://www.mariemullany.com/Connect on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MarieMWesselsConnect on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JustInTimeWorlds Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Send a text Drake & Marie discuss how to decide who should be a narrating character and when to introduce narrating characters. Give us feedback at releasingyourinnerdragon(at)gmail(dot)comMusic by Ivan Dutch: https://ivanduch.com/songs/Drake's Contact Details:Read the Genesis Sage: https://www.amazon.com/kindle-vella/story/B09JN5294GWebsite: www.MaxwellAlexanderDrake.comFiend Folly: http://www.FiendFolly.comAmazon Author Profile: https://www.amazon.com/Maxwell-Alexander-Drake/e/B006QP41O4Drake's creative writing course: http://drakeu.comhttps://www.facebook.com/maxwellalexanderdrakehttps://twitter.com/MaxwellADrakehttps://www.instagram.com/maxwellalexanderdrake/https://www.linkedin.com/in/maxwellalexanderdrake/Marie's contact details:Amazon Profile: https://www.amazon.com/Marie-Mullany/e/B099QJMV6CWebsite: https://www.mariemullany.com/Connect on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MarieMWesselsConnect on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JustInTimeWorlds Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Send a text Drake and Marie speak about flashbacks and dreams and why they're not a good idea, especially early in your tale.Give us feedback at releasingyourinnerdragon(at)gmail(dot)comMusic by Ivan Dutch: https://ivanduch.com/songs/Drake's Contact Details:Read the Genesis Sage: https://www.amazon.com/kindle-vella/story/B09JN5294GWebsite: www.MaxwellAlexanderDrake.comFiend Folly: http://www.FiendFolly.comAmazon Author Profile: https://www.amazon.com/Maxwell-Alexander-Drake/e/B006QP41O4Drake's creative writing course: http://drakeu.comhttps://www.facebook.com/maxwellalexanderdrakehttps://twitter.com/MaxwellADrakehttps://www.instagram.com/maxwellalexanderdrake/https://www.linkedin.com/in/maxwellalexanderdrake/Marie's contact details:Amazon Profile: https://www.amazon.com/Marie-Mullany/e/B099QJMV6CWebsite: https://www.mariemullany.com/Connect on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MarieMWesselsConnect on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JustInTimeWorlds Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Send a text Marie and Drake crit a piece of text sent to them by a fan of a show. They cover establishing character motivations, how to create an opening sentence and what certain character decisions and internalization might mean to your readers. Give us feedback at releasingyourinnerdragon(at)gmail(dot)comMusic by Ivan Dutch: https://ivanduch.com/songs/Drake's Contact Details:Read the Genesis Sage: https://www.amazon.com/kindle-vella/story/B09JN5294GWebsite: www.MaxwellAlexanderDrake.comFiend Folly: http://www.FiendFolly.comAmazon Author Profile: https://www.amazon.com/Maxwell-Alexander-Drake/e/B006QP41O4Drake's creative writing course: http://drakeu.comhttps://www.facebook.com/maxwellalexanderdrakehttps://twitter.com/MaxwellADrakehttps://www.instagram.com/maxwellalexanderdrake/https://www.linkedin.com/in/maxwellalexanderdrake/Marie's contact details:Amazon Profile: https://www.amazon.com/Marie-Mullany/e/B099QJMV6CWebsite: https://www.mariemullany.com/Connect on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MarieMWesselsConnect on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JustInTimeWorlds Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices