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
- 193
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2025
Advanced Writer's Techniques: Filtering & Disguising Info-dumps
Join Drake and Marie in discussion of providing information to the reader in a way that feels organic and keeps the threads of immersion going! They discuss the importance of how to tak…
Live Edit: Your Point of View
Join Drake and Marie as they edit a brave soul's submission to the podcast! They discuss the importance of choosing the right point of view and grounding the reader into the point of vi…
Leading a project and other musings
Join Drake and Marie as they talk about working with other writers, how to lead a project, and how to be a good team member. They'll also wander down rabbit holes and explore Ted Lasso …
Scenes, Hooks & Selling your Books!
Join Drake and Marie as they discuss the most requested user topics: How to hook a reader, how to construct a theme and how to go to conventions and sell your book!
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Live Edit: Set the Scene (and magic bread)
Live Edit: Do not bury your theme
Join Drake and Marie as they edit a brave soul's submission to the podcast! They discuss the importance of the opening line, when strong verbs are too strong and the importance of setti…
Keeping track of your plot - We complete Magicfall
Join Drake and Marie as they discuss story bibles, world building notes and the process of writing Magicfall, which is now complete and ready for pre-order!
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Giving your plot room to breathe
Join Drake and Marie as they discuss the problem of overstuffing a plot, moving too fast, and not giving character moments the gravitas they deserve. They discuss chapter length and the…
Editing AI - Why Chat GPT can help, but can't write
Last time we spoke about writing with the help of AI, we never did get to the editing part. So today, we're going to focus on editing a piece written by Chat GPT and show you how much e…
Live Edit: First Person Narrative Voice
One of our listeners sent us a thousand words to edit. Follow along as we discuss first person voice, both omniscient and limited. We talk about when to and why to use first person and …
Good Dialogue vs Bad Dialogue - How to write better
Join Drake and Marie in a discussion of good dialogue vs bad dialogue and how to write better dialogue that serves the story!
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More techniques for Showing and Not Telling
Join Drake and Marie in a discussion of similes, metaphors and subtext in dialogue, as well as some world building easter eggs!
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Connecting the Reader to the Character
Join Drake and Marie in a discussion of connecting the reader to the character in writing fantasy, why it matters, how to do it and strategies for appealing to different readers.
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Can ChatGPT Write?
Drake and Marie talk ChatGPT and analyze its writing. They also discuss copyright, the use of AI in world building and plot development. Then they really get into a discussion of writin…
Creative Collaboration: The best parts and the dangerous parts
Drake and Marie talk about the collaboration process on their book, Magicfall. Join them as they discuss what works great and what can be a challenge.
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Listener Q&A: Horror, Mystery, Many Characters and more...
Drake and Marie answer listener questions about managing a large cast of characters, the difference between writing for a novel vs writing for a RPG game, using horror and using mysteri…
Live Edit: Show Don't Tell
One of our listeners sent us a thousand words to edit. Follow along as we discuss showing versus telling, how to recognize it and how to fix it. If you're feeling brave, send us 1K word…
Plot outlines: How to, benefits & pitfalls
Drake and Marie talk about creating plot outlines, different plot beats and how to use them, the pitfalls of creating an outline and the benefits of creating an outline.
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Live Edit: Plot, tone & saving the cat
A brave listener has sent in a thousand words to edit. Join Drake and Marie as they talk plot, story tone and saving the cat moments for otherwise shallow characters.
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Writer's Craft - How to write dialogue in stories
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