Diversifying income streams as a writer, overcoming imposter syndrome, leveraging newsletters and Patreons, using creative writing skills in non-profit communications, negotiating appearance fees, funding writing, and the power of artist statements.

Tips and tricks for keeping your short story within the desired length. Exploring worldbuilding, pacing, and character development. Editing down words, plot threads, and characters. Writing exercise involving two different endings. Impact of streaming on movies and adaptation of stories. Calculating story length based on characters, locations, and plot threads.

The podcast explores non-traditional formats for writing, including second-person narratives, epistolaries, footnotes, and stories written as research papers. It discusses the appeal of experimenting with different formats and shares examples of successful books that have done so. The chapter also explores the impact of different storytelling formats on readers' emotions and discusses the use of Twitter as a platform for poetic expression.

Explore the concept of unreliable narrators and their impact on storytelling. Learn about different types of unreliable narrators, creating them, and techniques for developing them. Discover the significance of setting up expectations and explore the scope of unreliable narrators. Get homework to write about a personal event from different perspectives.

The hosts discuss the concept of 'voice' in writing and its manifestations, emphasizing the importance of embracing one's personal voice. They explore character voice and the influence of background, discussing the challenges of writing accents in fiction. They delve into the power of voice in storytelling, examining code switching and the role of voice techniques. They also provide techniques for incorporating a different aesthetic voice into your writing.

The hosts discuss writing the end of a book, including elements such as environment, pacing, inversions, character changes, and the denouement. They emphasize that there is no right way to do NaNoWriMo and reassure listeners that not finishing or reaching 50,000 words is still a success. They also provide advice for writing the ending of a series and discuss the importance of leaving some questions unanswered and creating emotional impact. The importance of finishing, revising, and giving characters insecurity is also discussed.

Topics discussed in this podcast include writing climaxes, resolutions, and the three-quarter mark. The hosts share tips on maintaining tension while finding resolution, writing emotional resolutions before a climax, and using the 7 point plot structure. They also discuss leaving notes during NaNoWriMo, finding solutions for the climactic battle, and editing tricks. Plus, they offer motivation and celebrate accomplishments in a challenging writing project.

Learn how to raise the stakes in your story by making it more personal to your character. Explore the importance of multi-thread plots, emotional investment, and asking for help. Discover techniques such as tri-fail cycles and grounding stakes in realistic character relationships to increase tension and create engaging narratives.

Learn how to write an engaging inciting incident for your novel. Find out the different types of inciting incidents and how they establish stakes. Explore character objectives and their trauma attachment points. Discover how a character's self and physical symbols can impact their journey. Take the homework to reflect on your character's failures.

The hosts discuss the importance of a strong opening, strategies for overcoming writer's block, getting started with NaNoWriMo, and exploring trust and breaking rules in writing.