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Episode 089: How to Brainstorm a Novel (from scratch!)

The Kate and Abbie Show

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Why Writing Prompts Don't Work

Jon Arae: People who like super hero plots are going to show up for this kind of plot. But it doesn't really matter, because nobody will care about it if they don't care about the characters. Every single one of marvels films, d c comics,. films that are like super successful. F fou actually look at the data on their most successful films and those with the most internal conflict were able to start those first films out n lots of internal conflict. That is the secret ingredient that is missing from every writing prompt i've ever seen. It's always an external thing happening to a character. Why do we care? What is the what is the deeper meaning behind

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