Releasing Your Inner Dragon

Send a text Drake & Marie discuss how to decide who should be a narrating character and when to introduce narrating characters. Give us feedback at releasingyourinnerdragon(at)gmail(dot)comMusic by Ivan Dutch: https://ivanduch.com/songs/Drake's Contact Details:Read the Genesis Sage: https://www.amazon.com/kindle-vella/story/B09JN5294GWebsite: www. MaxwellAlexanderDrake.comFiend Folly: http://www....

Send a text Drake and Marie speak about flashbacks and dreams and why they're not a good idea, especially early in your tale. Give us feedback at releasingyourinnerdragon(at)gmail(dot)comMusic by Ivan Dutch: https://ivanduch.com/songs/Drake's Contact Details:Read the Genesis Sage: https://www.amazon.com/kindle-vella/story/B09JN5294GWebsite: www. MaxwellAlexanderDrake.comFiend Folly: http://www. Fi...

Send a text Marie and Drake crit a piece of text sent to them by a fan of a show. They cover establishing character motivations, how to create an opening sentence and what certain character decisions and internalization might mean to your readers. Give us feedback at releasingyourinnerdragon(at)gmail(dot)comMusic by Ivan Dutch: https://ivanduch.com/songs/Drake's Contact Details:Read the Genesis Sa...

Send a text Drake and Marie discuss the early mistakes almost all writers make, the lack of confidence that makes more writers quit and first perilous steps on your journey to becoming a writer. Give us feedback at releasingyourinnerdragon(at)gmail(dot)comMusic by Ivan Dutch: https://ivanduch.com/songs/Drake's Contact Details:Read the Genesis Sage: https://www.amazon.com/kindle-vella/story/B09JN52...

Send a text Drake and Marie talk about how to write a good ending that leaves your reader fulfilled. They discuss the potential pitfalls involved in endings and the importance concluding stories, rather than just letting them dribble on. Give us feedback at releasingyourinnerdragon(at)gmail(dot)comMusic by Ivan Dutch: https://ivanduch.com/songs/Drake's Contact Details:Read the Genesis Sage: https:...

Send a text First person, third person, the mythic second person. Omniscient vs limited. Using a framing device. Let's talk about how to pick a narrator and how to use it! Give us feedback at releasingyourinnerdragon(at)gmail(dot)comMusic by Ivan Dutch: https://ivanduch.com/songs/Drake's Contact Details:Read the Genesis Sage: https://www.amazon.com/kindle-vella/story/B09JN5294GWebsite: www. Maxwel...

Send a text Marie, Drake and guest author Conner Crenshaw line edit 3 paragraphs of action writing in detail, explaining the reasoning and how to behind every step. Give us feedback at releasingyourinnerdragon(at)gmail(dot)comMusic by Ivan Dutch: https://ivanduch.com/songs/Drake's Contact Details:Read the Genesis Sage: https://www.amazon.com/kindle-vella/story/B09JN5294GWebsite: www. MaxwellAlexan...

Send a text Drake and Marie explore how to set up or sign post events and pay off that sign post in such a way that your readers are left feeling fulfilled. Give us feedback at releasingyourinnerdragon(at)gmail(dot)comMusic by Ivan Dutch: https://ivanduch.com/songs/Drake's Contact Details:Read the Genesis Sage: https://www.amazon.com/kindle-vella/story/B09JN5294GWebsite: www. MaxwellAlexanderDrake...

Send a text Marie and Drake explore how to apply the computer science single responsibility principle to prose. How to structure your sentences, paragraphs, scenes and story cohesively so that your story has complications (good), but not complexity (not so great).Give us feedback at releasingyourinnerdragon(at)gmail(dot)comMusic by Ivan Dutch: https://ivanduch.com/songs/Drake's Contact Details:Rea...

Send a text Drake and Marie explore complex cultural structures, writing politics (fantasy not real) and how to use politics (and other cultural elements) to create and overcome conflict. Give us feedback at releasingyourinnerdragon(at)gmail(dot)comMusic by Ivan Dutch: https://ivanduch.com/songs/Drake's Contact Details:Read the Genesis Sage: https://www.amazon.com/kindle-vella/story/B09JN5294GWebs...

Send a text How to describe fantastical races without falling into "everything through a human lens" trap. The damage caused to your theme by jamming in an agenda that doesn't fit. The importance of respecting the cultures you draw from. Join Drake and Marie for a discussion on races and species in fantasy writing. Give us feedback at releasingyourinnerdragon(at)gmail(dot)comMusic by Ivan Dutch: h...

Send a text Join Drake & Marie as they discuss how and why to use mentors and other secondary characters, how to make them believable, how to make the reader care and the critical consideration that should be given to the motivations of secondary characters. Give us feedback at releasingyourinnerdragon(at)gmail(dot)comMusic by Ivan Dutch: https://ivanduch.com/songs/Drake's Contact Details:Read the...

Send a text Drake & Marie talk about how to craft a scene that hooks your reader, how to use rising conflict and how to plot twist into unexpected jagged conflict that leaves your readers breathless. Give us feedback at releasingyourinnerdragon(at)gmail(dot)comMusic by Ivan Dutch: https://ivanduch.com/songs/Drake's Contact Details:Website: www. MaxwellAlexanderDrake.comFiend Folly: http://www. Fie...

Send a text Join Drake and Marie as they discuss what makes a good redemption arc, what constitutes character growth and all the orphans in fantasy! Give us feedback at releasingyourinnerdragon(at)gmail(dot)comMusic by Ivan Dutch: https://ivanduch.com/songs/Drake's Contact Details:Website: www. MaxwellAlexanderDrake.comFiend Folly: http://www. FiendFolly.comAmazon Author Profile: https://www.amazo...

Send a text Join Drake and Marie as they discuss the often used Hero's Journey. They cover the importance of grounding the reader with the everyman moments, the process of transformation, including the masculine and feminine traits and the vital element of ensuring the hero conquers the theme of the story. Give us feedback at releasingyourinnerdragon(at)gmail(dot)comMusic by Ivan Dutch: https://iv...

Send a text Drake and Marie discuss magic systems and items and conflict resolution, stretching from Tolkien through Harry Potter into Mistborn. Magic leads to prophecy and prophecy leads to character deaths and how to kill a main character. Give us feedback at releasingyourinnerdragon(at)gmail(dot)comMusic by Ivan Dutch: https://ivanduch.com/songs/Drake's Contact Details:Website: www. MaxwellAlex...

Send a text Drake and Marie embark on a discussion of magical items. In this episode they discuss generic magical items versus artifact items and how these affect storytelling, symbology of items, both mundane and magical and the impact of that symbology on your world. They discuss the importance of editing, how items can organically grow with your story and how you look clever as a writer and fin...

Send a text In a continuation of immersive writing and world building, Drake and Marie discuss time and expressions thereof, courage in sticking to your themes, and the interconnected nature of religion, government, society and characters. Give us feedback at releasingyourinnerdragon(at)gmail(dot)comMusic by Ivan Dutch: https://ivanduch.com/songs/Drake's Contact Details:Website: www. MaxwellAlexan...

Send a text Drake & Marie discuss how to use prose to connect with the reader, not just descriptively using show instead of tell, but also making things deeply personal to the narrator, which help to viscerally connect the reader to the narrator's plight. They also discuss expressions in world building, specifically those related to making up swear words in fantasy worlds. Give us feedback at rele...

Send a text In the second episode of Releasing your inner Dragon, Drake & Marie talk about grammar, choosing a point of view and tense for your story, and how it affects your narrative structure. Give us feedback at releasingyourinnerdragon(at)gmail(dot)comMusic by Ivan Dutch: https://ivanduch.com/songs/Drake's Contact Details:Website: www. MaxwellAlexanderDrake.comFiend Folly: www. FiendFolly.com...

Send a text In the first episode of Releasing your inner Dragon, Drake & Marie talk about the importance of having a theme and how different writers develop themes and plots. They discuss plotters and pantser writing styles and the impact that has on world building, planning and theme development. Music by Ivan Dutch: https://ivanduch.com/songs/Give us feedback at releasingyourinnerdragon(at)gmail...