The Every Day Novelist
Summary: The Every Day Novelist delivers a new 3 to 30 minute episode each day discussing writing craft, discipline, publishing, and business, all geared toward helping you achieve a professional pace (four to twelve or more novels in one year) in your writing. The direction of the show is steered by your questions, ideas, and disagreements.
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- Artist: J. Daniel Sawyer
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Rose asks:I have two stories told out of order. I’ve tried rearranging them sequentially but I hate them that way. Can non-linear storytelling work, and what approaches are most successful? Resources Mentioned Pulp FictionReservoir DogsDouble IndemnityDS9: The EmmissaryVoyagers!Doctor WhoSlidersThe Highlander The Usual SuspectsGenesis and Catastrophe by Roald Dahl (in the collection Kiss Kiss) The Man From EarthDown From TenLostTime Enough for Love by RAHThe Curious Case of Benjamin Button by F. Scott FitzgeraldBearing an Hourglass by Piers Anthony
Nichole asks: How have things been going on the homestead since your last update?’ Resources The Secrets of the Heinlein Juvenile
Today Charles has feedback on the replies to his question, Question 1028: Writing with a Full-Time Life Resources Huberman Lab: The Science of Making and Breaking Habits
Ed has feedback on the episode on showing formality. Question 1035: How Formality Works
Today Herb has feedback on Hero and Heroine’s Journeys, and Secrets of the Heinlein Juvenile. The Secrets of the Heinlein JuvenileThe Hero with a Thousand Faces by Joseph CampbellThe Writer’s Journey by Christopher Vogler
Tim has feedback on dictation and word count. My Luck, by Mel Todd
Nichole asks: What are different ways to get material to beta readers and what are some different ways to get their feedback?
Nicole asks: What is the etiquette around stories written for an anthology call but rejected? When you self-publish it, is it acceptable to advertise it as “originally written for anthology X” or even to direct readers to an anthology you were rejected from? Archivos
Today Simon has feedback on Charles’ question on finding time to write.
Rose has some feedback for the episode Writing with a Full-Time Life References Mentioned Becoming an Every Day Novelist by J. Daniel SawyerThe Hobbit by J.R.R. TolkienRoverandom by J.R.R. Tolkien
Herb has feedback on the topic of gaining life experiences from the episode Staying In Your Lane.
Tim has feedback on writing with a full-time life using dictation.
Nichole asks:What exactly is speculative fiction? How is it different from sci-fi? Resources MentionedLooking Backward by Edward BellamyUtopia by Sir Thomas MoreLife-Line by Robert A HeinleinStar Wars Original TrilogyDune by Frank Herbert
Herb asks: How do you write dialog that is formal but not archaic? Dying Earth by Jack VanceBabylon 5
Nichole asks:How do you balance writing on a new project and revising another one? What are the different processes that you’ve tried? Ralph Bakshi’s Lord of the RingsAmadeusDrawing on the Power of Resonance, by Dave Farland
