Teaching Myself to Write Novels
Join me, Briauna, along my journey of writing my first novel. I'll share resources I find useful, my ups and downs, my revelations, and I'll try to get better at this podcast thing along the way. My episodes are mostly unfiltered and recorded as I discover and realize new things. Sign up for updates: http://eepurl.com/g1Zj6b About me: http://briaunamariah.com
- Update frequency
- every 18 days
- Average duration
- 28 minutes
- Episodes
- 73
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
We're Living History
I had to take a break from writing and podcasting but I'm back. I talk a bit about how world events have affected me and I also get into world building on a second project of mine.
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Villain Complex & Character
Today I try to work out how to make my wimpy protagonist as cool as my villainous, conflicted secondary character.
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Opening Music:
Airport Lounge by Kevin Mac…
Give Yourself Credit! (For not "writing")
Slogging in the middle of my story, today I talk about giving yourself credit for all the things that add up to your novel (not just word count). I have a 6-minute bonus about using dialogue as a cru…
Post Lockdown Balance pt 2
Pt 2: I'm getting close to a full time workload. The sudden shift has made me reflective and I've learned a lot with just observing my patterns.
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Post Lockdown Balance
Quarantine madness is getting to me. Today I rant a lot as I try to navigate this writing journey and reincorporate my old life while staying sane.
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They/Them Pronouns and Other Things
Today I mention The Sand Sea, which can be accessed before June here: storygrid.com/the-sand-sea
The YouTube lectures I mention are by Brandon Sanderson and can be found here: youtu.be/-6HOdHEeosc
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Guest Episode with Shirley Jump
Today I talk about Goal, Motivation, Conflict, story structure, mentor figures, and more with Shirley Jump.
Notes:
For updates from Shirley, visit ShirleyJump.com and for more on her classes, visit Mar…
Writing a Novel is Fluid
Today is a follow up on Ep. 5: I share my revelations and I'm excited about my progress. Maybe a little too excited. (What comes up, you know...)
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Take Risks & Go Backwards
Today I talk about the fluidity of my writing journey and how it's sometimes ok to go backwards.
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Opening Music:
Airport Lounge by Kevin MacLeod
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Arcs & Getting Stuck
I had a rough few days! Today I decided to document my process of getting "unstuck."
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Opening Music:
Airport Lounge by Kevin MacLeod
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Community & World Building
Today I discuss how social "career writing" can really be.
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Opening Music:
Airport Lounge by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3347-ai…
Theme & Story Grid
In this episode, I discuss Story Grid and finding ways to work theme into your story.
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Opening Music:
Airport Lounge by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompete…