Fiction Writer

This episode is an unscripted reflection on creative burnout, identity, and what it feels like to lose faith in your own voice. I talk openly about writing, artificial intelligence, unfinished work, and the slow, fragile process of returning to the things that once gave life meaning.

Today on Fiction Writer, host G.K. Lamb explores how focusing on your character's body can ground your stories and make them more likely to make a visceral impact on your audience. Thank you for listening! If you have an questions, comments, or if there are any specific topics you would like G.K. to explore, please leave him a message @ anchor.fm/fictionwriter . Some of your recording might make i...

On this first episode of season 2, host G.K. Lamb explores a fun way to get your story's first draft completed faster and with fewer head aches: drawing! Thank you for listening! If you have an questions, comments, or if there are any specific topics you would like G.K. to explore, please leave him a message @ anchor.fm/fictionwriter . Some of your recording might make it into a future episode. If...

On this episode of Fiction Writer we explore the underlying baggage of the terms "Plotter" and "Pantser," discover their virtues, highlight their faults, and then try and find a way to build out a third path with the best qualities of both. Thank you for listening! If you have an questions, comments, or if there are any specific topics you would like G.K. to explore, please leave him a message @ a...

In this episode of Fiction Writer, G.K. argues the purpose of world building is to discover characters and gives some tips on ways you can discover great characters in the worlds you build. Thank you for listening! If you have an questions, comments, or if there are any specific topics you would like G.K. to explore, please leave him a message @ anchor.fm/fictionwriter . Some of your recording mig...

Today on Fiction Writer we discuss the all-important hook that every commercially viable piece of fiction needs. But just like real hooks, we must be careful when handling our story's hook to ensure that we don't lose sight of the real power: endings. Thank you for listening! If you have an questions, comments, or if there are any specific topics you would like G.K. to explore, please leave him a...

Today on Fiction Writer we explore the building blocks and simple structures that turn words into stories. Thank you for listening! If you have an questions, comments, or if there are any specific topics you would like G.K. to explore, please leave him a message @ anchor.fm/fictionwriter . Some of your recording might make it into a future episode. If you enjoy Fiction Writer and want to help G.K....

In this episode of Fiction Writer we explore the misconception that contemporary and historical fiction stories do not engage in world building. The world of any story is an abstracted form of reality and the process of abstraction is never free of omissions, distortions, or out-right falsehoods. Fiction writers can never be perfect, but by world building our contemporary or historical fictions wh...

In this episode of Fiction Writer we explore how to write engaging, complex stories through ground-up world building in five simple steps. Thank you for listening! If you have an questions, comments, or if there are any specific topics you would like G.K. to explore, please leave him a message @ anchor.fm/fictionwriter . Some of your recording might make it into a future episode. If you enjoy Fict...

In this kick-off mini episode of Fiction Writer, we jump right to the heart of things: does fiction matter and why should anyone care?