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Let's talk about writing! Anything and everything are on the table! Hosts: Josh Hayes, Scott Moon, C. Steven Manley 00:00 Opening remarks -Discord server is up! https://discord.com/invite/t96CVRD -Keystroke Coffee is live! https://keystrokemedium.com/product/keystroke-coffee/ -Use Plottr! https://plottr.com?ref=190 03:53 Weekly update—Super Secret Edition Chuck: Wrapping up Jack Dark #2. Scott: Writing like crazy. Working on 3 projects at once… operating on negative sleep and 20Books2Wichita. Josh: Working on Sentinel, using a remarkable writing tablet, working on something super super secret (again). Policing! 15:56 Main Event— LIVE! Writing Roundtable #2 - September 2021 -The emotional investment in characters. -Ways to draw a reader into liking a character. -Richard Fox killing characters left and right. -The emotion of loss vs. the loss of the remaining characters. -Foreshadowing the solution. -The Deus Ex Machina or the answer. -Archetypes vs. roles. -Crafted fiction vs. chaotic reality. -The presence of characters vs. real people. -Making the characters their own people, not author inserts. -Putting yourself into the role of the character. -Good and bad uses for dictation (hint: don’t use voice activation). Ex. On Being a Dictator: Using Dictation to Be a Better Writer (Million Dollar Writing Series) by Kevin J. Anderson https://amzn.to/39Lo8C7 -The need for a Southern dictation software. 1:03:00 Closing remarks *** Coffee and Concepts https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRuoHj6opw0 Writer’s Journey https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydLaFFntB4Q Storytelling https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYRzwuQeK9Q Become a Medium today! https://keystrokemedium.com/mediums/ Don't forget to Like and Subscribe and get involved with the mayhem and shenanigans in the live chat! http://www.youtube.com/c/keystrokemedium If you have any thoughts or ideas for show topics or if you have authors you'd like to see on the show, let us know. Visit our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/KeystrokeMedium For all the latest and greatest KSM Gear, check out our store at: https://keystrokemedium.com/ksm-store/ Also, subscribe to Sci Fi Explorations for the best discounted and free books we come across through our contacts: http://www.scifiexplorations.com *** Keystroke Medium Anthologies Kingdoms of Iron and Stone - https://amzn.to/2GjbE6I Horizons Beyond - https://amzn.to/2SrJ6uX Farthest Reach – https://amzn.to/2UZINeo The Writing Dream – and How to Make it to Happily Ever After – Keystroke Medium’s first non-fiction book. https://amzn.to/2UZINeo If you enjoy this podcast, please leave us a review and rate the show on iTunes, Podbean, Stitcher, or wherever else you found us!