In 2x12, Two Tired Writers Podcast covers:  -Positive, Flat, and Negative character archs  -Types of character beats  -Importance of revision  -Plotter vs. Pantser  -Writing a character     This week's prompt is:  Whispers in the Dark. Tell a tale about a mysterious voice or message that keeps haunting a character's thoughts. What does it reveal about their past or potential future, and how does it impact their choices and actions? Be sure to share your own stories and best practices on the topic and prompt we discussed today on Instagram and tag us so we can see your response.     Mentioned In Show:  The Lord of The Rings by J.R.R Tolkien   The Star Wars Prequels by George Lucas   Mistborn Era 1 & Era 2 by Brandon Sanderson   Sacha Black's book on crafting protagonists, 10 Steps To Hero: How To Craft A Kickass Protagonist https://www.amazon.com/10-Steps-Hero-Kickass-Protagonist/dp/199972254X/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1690470025&sr=8-1    Support us:  Buy us a coffee! Support us on Spotify!   Find us on social media!  Instagram Twitter  Pinterest YouTube Support the hosts: Kimberly D. Herbstritt Website Blog Instagram Twitter    Bair Klos Website Blog Instagram Pinterest TikTok --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/twotiredwriters/support

Season Two: What Is a Character and How To Develop Them Episode #11: The 8 Archetypes in the Hero's Journey THIS SEASON'S TOPIC: How To Develop a Character From Beginning To End THIS WEEK'S TOPIC: Kimberly & Bair discuss the 8 archetypes in the Hero's Journey THIS WEEK’S PROMPT: Choose two of the archetypes discussed in today's episode from the following list write a scene about one of the following for 20-30 minutes: Write about two of the character archetype's first encounter. Write about their first conflict. Or write about them having a sensitive conversation. This Week’s Flash Fiction Story: https://twotiredwriters.wixsite.com/twotiredwriters/blog/categories/this-weeks-story   Two Tired Writers Podcast Website: https://twotiredwriters.wixsite.com/twotiredwriters Information on the flash fiction submission and guidelines: https://twotiredwriters.wixsite.com/twotiredwriters/guidelines Submit your short stories to our Gmail: [email protected]  Submit your writing prompts to our Instagram: @twotiredwriterspodcast   Support Us: Buy us a coffee! https://ko-fi.com/twotiredwriterspodcast   Find us on social media! Instagram: @Twotiredwriterspodcast Twitter: @twotiredwriters Pinterest: @twotiredwriterspodcast Sign up for our monthly newsletter to up to date on our new podcast episodes and novel news.   Kimberly D. Herbstritt: Website: https://kimberlydherbstrit.wixsite.com/kimberlydhersbtritt Instagram: @writer_kimberly_d_herbstritt Twitter: @HerbstrittD Pinterest: @kherbstrittwriting   Bair Klos: Website: www.bairklos.com Blog: www.bairklos.com/blog  Instagram: @bairklos Twitter: @bairklos Pinterest: @bairklos --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/twotiredwriters/support

Season One: Inside Jokes of the Pandemic Episode #05: Creating Phil's Plan THIS WEEK’S WRITING PROMPT: You bang open the door to your roommates bedroom and shout, “AHHHHHH, I HAVE AN IDEA.” You then proceed to retreat into your bedroom for the remainder of the night.  In this week's episode, Kimberly and Bair discuss their different flash fiction stories and their inside joke about "I HAVE AN IDEA". Questions to consider before writing flash-fiction story: “What is the first thing that comes to mind.” “What’s the main character doing?” “How did they get there?” “What emotions are going through them?” “What are they like?” “What’s their history?”  “What events have led them to this moment?”  Two Tired Writers Podcast website: https://twotiredwriters.wixsite.com/twotiredwriters For more information on the flash fiction submission and guidelines, see our website. https://twotiredwriters.wixsite.com/twotiredwriters/guidelines   Watch on YouTube: Submit your short stories to our gmail: [email protected]  Submit your writing prompts to our instagram: @twotiredwriterspodcast Support us--buy us a coffee! https://ko-fi.com/twotiredwriterspodcast   Find us on social media! Instagram: @Twotiredwriterspodcast Twitter: @twotiredwriters Pinterest: @twotiredwriterspodcast Sign up for our monthly newsletter to up to date on our new podcast episodes and novel news. To learn more about the creators and their lives outside of the Two Tired Writers Podcast, check out their social media and websites below.    Kimberly D. Herbstritt: Website: https://kimberlydherbstrit.wixsite.com/kimberlydhersbtritt Instagram: @writer_kimberly_d_herbstritt Twitter: @HerbstrittD Pinterest: @kherbstrittwriting Books: Weather Warriors | Book One - Chase the Unexplained https://amzn.to/2DtCcCd Weather Warriors | Book Two - Chase the Shades https://amzn.to/2PkSzDz    Bair Klos: Website. www.bairklos.com Blog: www.bairklos.com/blog  Instagram: @bairklos Twitter: @bairklos Pinterest: @bairkos Thank you for listening and supporting us. Please share this podcast with other writers so we can grow and help give back to a community that helped us improve our own writing.  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/twotiredwriters/support

Season One: Inside Jokes of the Pandemic Episode #09: Love Confession THIS WEEK’S WRITING PROMPT: My best friend and I dared each other to share our deepest secrets. On the count of 3 we both said: “I love you.” In this week's episode, Kimberly and Bair discuss their different flash fiction stories and two different love confession ideas. Questions to consider before writing flash-fiction story: “What is the first thing that comes to mind.” “What’s the main character doing?” “How did they get there?” “What emotions are going through them?” “What are they like?” “What’s their history?”  “What events have led them to this moment?”  Two Tired Writers Podcast website: https://twotiredwriters.wixsite.com/twotiredwriters For more information on the flash fiction submission and guidelines, see our website. https://twotiredwriters.wixsite.com/twotiredwriters/guidelines   Watch on YouTube: Submit your short stories to our gmail: [email protected]  Submit your writing prompts to our instagram: @twotiredwriterspodcast Support us--buy us a coffee! https://ko-fi.com/twotiredwriterspodcast   Find us on social media! Instagram: @Twotiredwriterspodcast Twitter: @twotiredwriters Pinterest: @twotiredwriterspodcast Sign up for our monthly newsletter to up to date on our new podcast episodes and novel news. To learn more about the creators and their lives outside of the Two Tired Writers Podcast, check out their social media and websites below.    Kimberly D. Herbstritt: Website: https://kimberlydherbstrit.wixsite.com/kimberlydhersbtritt Instagram: @writer_kimberly_d_herbstritt Twitter: @HerbstrittD Pinterest: @kherbstrittwriting Books: Weather Warriors | Book One - Chase the Unexplained https://amzn.to/2DtCcCd Weather Warriors | Book Two - Chase the Shades https://amzn.to/2PkSzDz    Bair Klos: Website. www.bairklos.com Blog: www.bairklos.com/blog  Instagram: @bairklos Twitter: @bairklos Pinterest: @bairkos Thank you for listening and supporting us. Please share this podcast with other writers so we can grow and help give back to a community that helped us improve our own writing.  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/twotiredwriters/support

Season One: Inside Jokes of the Pandemic Episode #08: The President & The Queen THIS WEEK’S WRITING PROMPT: The fateful day when a President meets a Queen. In this week's episode, Kimberly and Bair discuss their different flash fiction stories and inside joke of "The President & The Queen." Questions to consider before writing flash-fiction story: “What is the first thing that comes to mind.” “What’s the main character doing?” “How did they get there?” “What emotions are going through them?” “What are they like?” “What’s their history?”  “What events have led them to this moment?”  Two Tired Writers Podcast website: https://twotiredwriters.wixsite.com/twotiredwriters For more information on the flash fiction submission and guidelines, see our website. https://twotiredwriters.wixsite.com/twotiredwriters/guidelines   Watch on YouTube: Submit your short stories to our gmail: [email protected]  Submit your writing prompts to our instagram: @twotiredwriterspodcast Support us--buy us a coffee! https://ko-fi.com/twotiredwriterspodcast   Find us on social media! Instagram: @Twotiredwriterspodcast Twitter: @twotiredwriters Pinterest: @twotiredwriterspodcast Sign up for our monthly newsletter to up to date on our new podcast episodes and novel news. To learn more about the creators and their lives outside of the Two Tired Writers Podcast, check out their social media and websites below.    Kimberly D. Herbstritt: Website: https://kimberlydherbstrit.wixsite.com/kimberlydhersbtritt Instagram: @writer_kimberly_d_herbstritt Twitter: @HerbstrittD Pinterest: @kherbstrittwriting Books: Weather Warriors | Book One - Chase the Unexplained https://amzn.to/2DtCcCd Weather Warriors | Book Two - Chase the Shades https://amzn.to/2PkSzDz    Bair Klos: Website. www.bairklos.com Blog: www.bairklos.com/blog  Instagram: @bairklos Twitter: @bairklos Pinterest: @bairkos Thank you for listening and supporting us. Please share this podcast with other writers so we can grow and help give back to a community that helped us improve our own writing.  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/twotiredwriters/support

Season One: Inside Jokes of the Pandemic Episode #07: A City of Gold & Honey THIS WEEK’S WRITING PROMPT: Two treasures hunters are searching for a legendary city said to be filled with gold. Unfortunately they did not translate their ancient tablet correctly… The city isn’t filled with gold, it’s filled with honey (“liquid gold”). In this week's episode, Kimberly and Bair discuss their different flash fiction stories and come up with different ideas relating to a city of gold. Questions to consider before writing flash-fiction story: “What is the first thing that comes to mind.” “What’s the main character doing?” “How did they get there?” “What emotions are going through them?” “What are they like?” “What’s their history?”  “What events have led them to this moment?”  Two Tired Writers Podcast website: https://twotiredwriters.wixsite.com/twotiredwriters For more information on the flash fiction submission and guidelines, see our website. https://twotiredwriters.wixsite.com/twotiredwriters/guidelines   Watch on YouTube: Submit your short stories to our gmail: [email protected]  Submit your writing prompts to our instagram: @twotiredwriterspodcast Support us--buy us a coffee! https://ko-fi.com/twotiredwriterspodcast   Find us on social media! Instagram: @Twotiredwriterspodcast Twitter: @twotiredwriters Pinterest: @twotiredwriterspodcast Sign up for our monthly newsletter to up to date on our new podcast episodes and novel news. To learn more about the creators and their lives outside of the Two Tired Writers Podcast, check out their social media and websites below.    Kimberly D. Herbstritt: Website: https://kimberlydherbstrit.wixsite.com/kimberlydhersbtritt Instagram: @writer_kimberly_d_herbstritt Twitter: @HerbstrittD Pinterest: @kherbstrittwriting Books: Weather Warriors | Book One - Chase the Unexplained https://amzn.to/2DtCcCd Weather Warriors | Book Two - Chase the Shades https://amzn.to/2PkSzDz    Bair Klos: Website. www.bairklos.com Blog: www.bairklos.com/blog  Instagram: @bairklos Twitter: @bairklos Pinterest: @bairkos Thank you for listening and supporting us. Please share this podcast with other writers so we can grow and help give back to a community that helped us improve our own writing.  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/twotiredwriters/support

Season One: Inside Jokes of the Pandemic Episode #06: A Coven of Two THIS WEEK’S WRITING PROMPT:A mother stumbles into her baby’s nursery only to find a faerie trying to switch her baby with a changeling. The faerie says the mother must choose between the babies. The mother chooses to keep both babies. In this week's episode, Kimberly and Bair discuss their different flash fiction stories and come up with different ideas relating to changelings. Questions to consider before writing flash-fiction story: “What is the first thing that comes to mind.” “What’s the main character doing?” “How did they get there?” “What emotions are going through them?” “What are they like?” “What’s their history?”  “What events have led them to this moment?”  Two Tired Writers Podcast website: https://twotiredwriters.wixsite.com/twotiredwriters For more information on the flash fiction submission and guidelines, see our website. https://twotiredwriters.wixsite.com/twotiredwriters/guidelines   Watch on YouTube: Submit your short stories to our gmail: [email protected]  Submit your writing prompts to our instagram: @twotiredwriterspodcast Support us--buy us a coffee! https://ko-fi.com/twotiredwriterspodcast   Find us on social media! Instagram: @Twotiredwriterspodcast Twitter: @twotiredwriters Pinterest: @twotiredwriterspodcast Sign up for our monthly newsletter to up to date on our new podcast episodes and novel news. To learn more about the creators and their lives outside of the Two Tired Writers Podcast, check out their social media and websites below.    Kimberly D. Herbstritt: Website: https://kimberlydherbstrit.wixsite.com/kimberlydhersbtritt Instagram: @writer_kimberly_d_herbstritt Twitter: @HerbstrittD Pinterest: @kherbstrittwriting Books: Weather Warriors | Book One - Chase the Unexplained https://amzn.to/2DtCcCd Weather Warriors | Book Two - Chase the Shades https://amzn.to/2PkSzDz    Bair Klos: Website. www.bairklos.com Blog: www.bairklos.com/blog  Instagram: @bairklos Twitter: @bairklos Pinterest: @bairkos Thank you for listening and supporting us. Please share this podcast with other writers so we can grow and help give back to a community that helped us improve our own writing.  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/twotiredwriters/support

Season One: Inside Jokes of the Pandemic Episode #05: Creating Phil's Plan THIS WEEK’S WRITING PROMPT: You have been chosen as the herald for the universe and have been tasked with creating and implementing his plans. In return the universe allows you to ask them one question. You ask “what is your name.” The universe responds with… In this week's episode, Kimberly and Bair discuss their different flash fiction stories and the name of the universe. Questions to consider before writing flash-fiction story: “What is the first thing that comes to mind.” “What’s the main character doing?” “How did they get there?” “What emotions are going through them?” “What are they like?” “What’s their history?”  “What events have led them to this moment?”  Two Tired Writers Podcast website: https://twotiredwriters.wixsite.com/twotiredwriters For more information on the flash fiction submission and guidelines, see our website. https://twotiredwriters.wixsite.com/twotiredwriters/guidelines   Watch on YouTube: Submit your short stories to our gmail: [email protected]  Submit your writing prompts to our instagram: @twotiredwriterspodcast Support us--buy us a coffee! https://ko-fi.com/twotiredwriterspodcast   Find us on social media! Instagram: @Twotiredwriterspodcast Twitter: @twotiredwriters Pinterest: @twotiredwriterspodcast Sign up for our monthly newsletter to up to date on our new podcast episodes and novel news. To learn more about the creators and their lives outside of the Two Tired Writers Podcast, check out their social media and websites below.    Kimberly D. Herbstritt: Website: https://kimberlydherbstrit.wixsite.com/kimberlydhersbtritt Instagram: @writer_kimberly_d_herbstritt Twitter: @HerbstrittD Pinterest: @kherbstrittwriting Books: Weather Warriors | Book One - Chase the Unexplained https://amzn.to/2DtCcCd Weather Warriors | Book Two - Chase the Shades https://amzn.to/2PkSzDz    Bair Klos: Website. www.bairklos.com Blog: www.bairklos.com/blog  Instagram: @bairklos Twitter: @bairklos Pinterest: @bairkos Thank you for listening and supporting us. Please share this podcast with other writers so we can grow and help give back to a community that helped us improve our own writing.  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/twotiredwriters/support

Season One: Inside Jokes of the Pandemic Episode #04: Dragons and Lesbians THIS WEEK’S WRITING PROMPT: Lo and behold here we are. This Week’s Flash Fiction Story: https://twotiredwriters.wixsite.com/twotiredwriters/short-stories Questions to consider before writing flash-fiction story: “What is the first thing that comes to mind.” “What’s the main character doing?” “How did they get there?” “What emotions are going through them?” “What are they like?” “What’s their history?” “What events have led them to this moment?” Two Tired Writers Podcast website: https://twotiredwriters.wixsite.com/twotiredwriters Information on the flash fiction submission and guidelines: https://twotiredwriters.wixsite.com/twotiredwriters/guidelines Submit your short stories to our gmail: [email protected] Submit your writing prompts to our instagram: @twotiredwriterspodcast Support Us: Buy us a coffee! https://ko-fi.com/twotiredwriterspodcast Find us on social media! Instagram: @Twotiredwriterspodcast Twitter: @twotiredwriters Pinterest: @twotiredwriterspodcast Sign up for our monthly newsletter to up to date on our new podcast episodes and novel news. Kimberly D. Herbstritt: Website: https://kimberlydherbstrit.wixsite.com/kimberlydhersbtritt Instagram: @writer_kimberly_d_herbstritt Twitter: @HerbstrittD Pinterest: @kherbstrittwriting Books: Weather Warriors | Book One - Chase the Unexplained https://amzn.to/2DtCcCd Weather Warriors | Book Two - Chase the Shades https://amzn.to/2PkSzDz Bair Klos: Website: www.bairklos.com Blog: www.bairklos.com/blog Instagram: @bairklos Twitter: @bairklos Pinterest: @bairkos Thank you for listening and supporting us. Please share this podcast with other writers so we can grow and help give back to a community that helped us improve our own writing. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/twotiredwriters/support

Season One: Inside Jokes of the Pandemic Episode #03: Richard THIS WEEK’S WRITING PROMPT: You have to pick between a glass dagger dipped in blood or a quill dipped in ink. Which do you choose? This Week’s Flash Fiction Story: https://twotiredwriters.wixsite.com/twotiredwriters/short-stories In this week's episode, Kimberly and Bair discuss the challenges of writing flash fiction stories, ramble about the benefits of a writing buddy, sing a horrendous rendition of Mulan’s “I’ll Make a Man Out of You,” and Kimberly betrays Bair. Questions to consider before writing flash-fiction story: “What is the first thing that comes to mind.” “What’s the main character doing?” “How did they get there?” “What emotions are going through them?” “What are they like?” “What’s their history?” “What events have led them to this moment?” Two Tired Writers Podcast website: https://twotiredwriters.wixsite.com/twotiredwriters Information on the flash fiction submission and guidelines: https://twotiredwriters.wixsite.com/twotiredwriters/guidelines Submit your short stories to our gmail: [email protected] Submit your writing prompts to our instagram: @twotiredwriterspodcast Support Us: Buy us a coffee! https://ko-fi.com/twotiredwriterspodcast Find us on social media! Instagram: @Twotiredwriterspodcast Twitter: @twotiredwriters Pinterest: @twotiredwriterspodcast Sign up for our monthly newsletter to up to date on our new podcast episodes and novel news. Kimberly D. Herbstritt: Website: https://kimberlydherbstrit.wixsite.com/kimberlydhersbtritt Instagram: @writer_kimberly_d_herbstritt Twitter: @HerbstrittD Pinterest: @kherbstrittwriting Books: Weather Warriors | Book One - Chase the Unexplained https://amzn.to/2DtCcCd Weather Warriors | Book Two - Chase the Shades https://amzn.to/2PkSzDz Bair Klos: Website: www.bairklos.com Blog: www.bairklos.com/blog Instagram: @bairklos Twitter: @bairklos Pinterest: @bairkos Thank you for listening and supporting us. Please share this podcast with other writers so we can grow and help give back to a community that helped us improve our own writing. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/twotiredwriters/support