"Your character must want something, even if it's a glass of water!" Characters must always have wants, but it takes a bit more work to think about what they need, and more importantly, when in the story for them to address those needs. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

I talk about my books from initial concept all the way through to the end, both Six Wakes and my current WiP. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

I have three projects going on right now that need edits, and for the next two months I'm going to be doing this thing that I HATE. So let's go into why, and how. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Every few years there's a very concerned think piece about the innocent writer who got a six figure advance and blew it all, or sold zero books, or just felt betrayed by publishing, and I am sick of it. If only we all could get articles written about us when we have a bad day at work, or show ourselves unwilling to do basic research into our new profession. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Had a personal emergency and was unprepared, so the audience and Twitter questions keep me going! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

People talk about character and plot and climax, but no one covers how novel structure is needed to put it all together. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Once you're done with your novel or story, what do you do? Edits? Submissions? Beta readers? Dongwon Song's Newsletter Agent Talk (I mistakenly call it Ask an Agent --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

There is a lot of contradictory advice on the internet. Even the same articles/lists will have contradictory advice. And when are looking for specific advice, the pithy "Do this, no, wait, don't do this" blog posts are infuriating. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

After 20 years I've finally figured out how to find that elusive time to write. And the reason I never found it before was because finding time, or making time, is more challenging than people say it is. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Conflict shows us how people relate to each other, much better than a bad day will. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app