Releasing your inner dragon
Welcome to the world of creative writing and story mastery with Maxwell Alexander Drake and Marie Mullany, your guides to Releasing Your Inner Dragon. This author podcast is a treasure trove of writing tips and advice, sparking inspiration and ah-ha moments for every stage of an author’s career.
Drake, an award-winning novelist and creative writing teacher, brings his experience from the gaming world and beyond, while Mullany, author of the Sangwheel Chronicles and YouTuber, shares her expertise in fantasy world-building. Together, they delve into the intricacies of crafting compelling narratives, offering invaluable writing resources and insights. Connect with this dynamic duo and join a community of listeners passionate about storytelling and writing more immersive books.
Listen and learn from the podcast and connect with your hosts:
MaxwellAlexanderDrake.com
Starvingwriterstudio.com
Mariemullany.com
youtube.com/c/JustInTimeWorlds
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 63 minutes
- Episodes
- 192
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2025
How to Write a POV Character's Internal Dialogue and Not Bore Your Readers to Tears
Join Drake and Marie as they discuss internal dialogue and showing your point of view character's emotions.
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Live Edit: Great premise, but keep the focus on the character
Join Drake and Marie in a live critique where they tear apart a willing victim's work.
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What is the Falling Action of a Story and Why Is It Crucial for Reader Satisfaction?
Join Drake and Marie as they discuss the falling action of your story, the denouement.
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Finding Your Funny Bone: How To Write Prose that Will Make Your Readers LOL
Join Drake and Marie as they discuss adding humor to stories and why it helps with reader engagement.
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Live Edit: Don't dump all your worldbuilding upfront
Join Drake and Marie in a live critique where they tear apart a willing victim's work.
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Ultimate Guide to Writing a Climax that Satisfies Your Readers 😏
Join Drake and Marie as they discuss reaching a climatic peak in your story!
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Writing Love - How to Write Intimacy and Romantic Tension to Create Swoonworthy Love Stories
Join Drake and Marie as they discuss adding romance to fantasy stories.
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Live Edit: Choose the right narrative voice for your story
Join Drake and Marie in a live critique where they tear apart a willing victim's work.
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How to Write Rising Action - Mastering Pacing, Character Development and Plot Structure
Join Drake and Marie as they discuss rising action, tension, pacing, character developments and most importantly: keeping your readers reading!
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The publishing game: Learn to write a better first page!
Join Drake and Marie as they read first page submissions and say if they would have published them and why they would (or would not have) published them.
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Writing Transformative Character Arcs: From Zero to Hero and Beyond
Join Drake and Marie to discuss writing stronger stories with great character arcs!
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Does Your Inciting Incident Work? How to Write a Phenomenal Call to Adventure!
Join Drake and Marie to discuss the inciting incident of your story!
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Writing dialogue: How to engage the reader when characters are talking
Join Drake and Marie in another dialogue on dialogue! This time they discuss how to write good dialogue, how to keep the reader engaged and the purpose dialogue serves in your story.
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Writing dialogue: The mistakes every writer makes at least once!
Join Drake and Marie in a dialogue... on dialogue! They discuss the mistakes writers make and how to fix them.
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Common mistakes writers make with their opening chapters
Join Drake and Marie as they discuss opening chapters and why they put a book down or continue reading.
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Live Edit: Focus on your story, cut pointless actions
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The secret to applying plot devices well: PART 2!
Join Drake and Marie as they discuss the plot devices, their use in fiction writing and how to make even a stale trope seem fresh again.
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You're Using Plot Devices WRONG - Here's How to Do Better
Join Drake and Marie as they discuss the plot devices, their use in fiction writing and how to make even a stale trope seem fresh again.
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How to Write Fight Scenes: Avoid Common Writing Mistakes
Join Drake and Marie as they discuss the ten mistakes you make in writing combat scenes!
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Writing with dreams and flashbacks and telling?
Join Drake and Marie as they discuss dreams, flashbacks and when showing might become too much and maybe you should try telling... Or not.
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