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
Things we hate in prose...
Drake and Marie discuss their pet peeves and the thing they most wish authors would please, please, please stop doing.
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Standard Punctuation, prose structure, tertiary characters and other dialogue writing tricks.
Drake and Marie discuss standard punctuation for dialogue and when to break it. They delve into what tertiary characters can do for you and when to use them, and they discuss prose stru…
Starting Your Story - World building and Character Introduction
Drake and Marie re-visit starting your story and introducing your characters. They talk about how much world building is too much, how much is required and how important it is not to sl…
Writer's Craft - Making the reader care about the character
Drake and Marie re-visit some aspects of the writer's craft, most especially those related to making the reader care about the character. They discuss House of the Dragon and why it did…
Writer's Journey - Maintaining relationships and how to keep writing
Join Drake and Marie as they discuss how to keep a healthy writer vs other people balance in your life, how to make sure you keep writing and what to do if you lack inspiration.
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Making your world feel lived in
Join Drake and Marie as they talk about how to make your world feel like a place with history using world building, writing techniques and even character names.
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A plot comes together... Magic Falls Act 2 (second half)
Join Drake and Marie as they finalize Act 2 of the novel Magic Falls from the Sky. But wait for the end because suddenly a new plot idea hooves into view and changes are required to mak…
Fleshing out Act 1 & 2A - Magic Falls
Join Drake and Marie as they flesh out the outlines for the story of Magic Falls. What do you think, do the two acts sound interesting?
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Head book vs Paper Book
We all write two books, the one in our heads and the one on paper. And sometimes, what's in the head never makes it to paper. Join Drake and Marie in recognizing when this happens and h…
Introducing your character
Introducing a character is possibly the hardest part about writing. Characters are what people latch onto and why they keep reading the story. But how do you get readers to love the cha…
Why everyman moments matter
Sorry for the late upload! Blame it on the holidays. And speaking of, we won't be releasing a podcast over Christmas and New Years :) But don't let that you stop you enjoying this one! …
Arguing Plot Points - Magic Falls
Join Drake and Marie as they argue the merits of various plot and world building ideas for the story of Magic Falls. What do you think, should they use one or two floating cities?
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Writer's Journey: Trails and Tribulations - Copyright and Other dire dragons
Join Drake and Marie as they discuss protecting your work, the DMCA laws, what happens if you breach your Kindle Unlimited contract (knowingly or unknowingly) and all manner of other co…
How to create a plot outline - Magic Falls
Join Drake and Marie as they discuss taking the idea of a story to a detailed plot outline. We'll take you through an example of our process for the novel in planning, Magic Falls.
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Finding Inspiration - Using folklore and public domain content
Join Drake and Marie as they discuss how to use folklore and public domain content in your story. Then watch as they dive down the rabbit hole of remakes and adaptions and why you shoul…
Writing a Villain POV - Should you do it?
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Creating tent poles for a story - Magic Falls
Join Drake and Marie as they discuss plotting out the tent poles you need to hold up the canvas of your story. This continues the story creation process of the new novel.
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How to start a sentence and why it matters
Join Drake and Marie as they discuss the complexities of how to start a sentence, why you should vary how you start a sentence and various other grammar complexities!
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Allegories, Symbology and Lamp shading
Join Drake and Marie as they wander between the garden of tropes and the alluring wildlands that is an allegory for the imagination of the symbolic writer.
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Getting Started with a novel - Magic Falls
Join Drake and Marie as they discuss starting a new book and world by using an example. Check out the process of world building and plot discovery in action.
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