Show Notes:
- "reading, writing, and 'rithmitic"
- read a lot, in different genres, but especially in your own (to capture common tropes, obligatory scenes, and reader expectations)
- write a lot. Even if no one sees it. Even if it isn't specifically about your project.
- put in the time, the numbers.
- developing taste by reading
- developing voice: word choice, tonality, themes, The Anatomy of a Bestseller by Sacha Black
- developing craft and style: follow twists and turns
- Thinking in Pictures by John Sayles
- The Art of Dramatic Writing
- The Triggering Town by Richard Hugo
- Be around creative people.
- Writing in Restaurants by David Mamet
- people watching and eavesdropping
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Next Episode: Talking with Brock Swinson, host of Creative Principles Podcast, and author of Ink by the Barrel.
