Author and Writing Excuses team member, Dave Farland, joins the hosts to discuss strategies for dealing with boredom and writing the 'boring parts' of a story. They cover skipping ahead, switching viewpoints, following the pain, and writing in first-person narrative. Tips on engaging storytelling, breaking free from predictable patterns, introducing conflicts, and writing about family conflicts and side characters are also explored. Writing prompt: Kill the main badguy in every chapter.
