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 exper ...
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Worldbuilding Geography Guide: How to Design Fantasy Worlds and Why the Details Matter
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Narrative Point of View: Decide Who is Telling Your Story and Why
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Live Edit: The secret to success is GROUNDING your reader!
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Break the Cardinal Rule: Show Don't Tell Might Be Ruining Your Fiction Writing
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Selling Books at Conventions Made EASY
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Are Weak Verbs Ruining Your Writing? Make an Impact with Stronger Action Words
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Save the Cat Story Structure: Beat Sheets, Novels, and Screenplays
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Live Edit: There's a twist at the end
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The Journey of a Hero - Crafting a Compelling Story Plot
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Live Edit: Working outside your style
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Beyond Romance - How to Write Dynamic Non-Romantic Relationships That Give All The Feels
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Best Tips for Mastering the Pacing of Your Novel
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How to Tell a Great Story in Three Acts - Story Structure for Authors
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Live Edit: Show me, don't tell me
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Round two of the publishing game: Who will survive the slush pile?
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Mistake Alert: Are You Killing the Tension in Your Stories? Learn How to Fix It!
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Live Edit: Keep your writing style consistent
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How to End a Book - Ways to End a Story that Will Thrill Your Readers
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Live Edit: Make sure the story in your head is also on the page
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How to Write a POV Character's Internal Dialogue and Not Bore Your Readers to Tears
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Live Edit: Great premise, but keep the focus on the character
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What is the Falling Action of a Story and Why Is It Crucial for Reader Satisfaction?
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Finding Your Funny Bone: How To Write Prose that Will Make Your Readers LOL
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Live Edit: Don't dump all your worldbuilding upfront
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Ultimate Guide to Writing a Climax that Satisfies Your Readers 😏
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Writing Love - How to Write Intimacy and Romantic Tension to Create Swoonworthy Love Stories
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Live Edit: Choose the right narrative voice for your story
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How to Write Rising Action - Mastering Pacing, Character Development and Plot Structure
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The publishing game: Learn to write a better first page!
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Writing Transformative Character Arcs: From Zero to Hero and Beyond
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Does Your Inciting Incident Work? How to Write a Phenomenal Call to Adventure!
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Writing dialogue: How to engage the reader when characters are talking
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Writing dialogue: The mistakes every writer makes at least once!
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Common mistakes writers make with their opening chapters
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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!
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You're Using Plot Devices WRONG - Here's How to Do Better
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How to Write Fight Scenes: Avoid Common Writing Mistakes
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Writing with dreams and flashbacks and telling?
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Writing with allegories, when does it work and what makes it fail.
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Making believable fantasy worlds & characters
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Plotting a Novel: How to end your story
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Plotting a novel - Think like the Villain
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Send us a text Join Drake and Marie as they discuss plotting the second book in the Skies of Destiny series. In this episode, they turn their thoughts to a villain and design the plot from his perspective, allowing them to strengthen his arc and the main plot! Check out how they do it and learn by example. Writer's Room: https://writersroom.mn.co/ …
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Mistakes writers make in creating tension and how to fix them
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Send us a text Join Drake and Marie as they discuss the different kinds of tension you can use in a story, in a scene or in a chapter. They cover the common mistakes both plotters and pantsers make and how to fix them. Writer's Room: https://writersroom.mn.co/ Give us feedback at releasingyourinnerdragon(at)gmail(dot)com Magicfall: http://magicfall…
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Unresolved themes are a problem
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Send us a text Join Drake and Marie as they discuss the problem with accidentally introducing very heavy themes into your world and then just not addressing them. Writer's Room: https://writersroom.mn.co/ Give us feedback at releasingyourinnerdragon(at)gmail(dot)com Magicfall: http://magicfallnovel.com/ Drake's Contact Details: Starving Writer Stud…
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Plotting a novel - Sometimes the better ending requires major changes
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Send us a text Join Drake and Marie as they discuss plotting the second book in the Skies of Destiny series. In this episode, they hit their heads against a wall of disagreement multiple times... Until suddenly....magic happens :D Check out how they do it and learn by example. Writer's Room: https://writersroom.mn.co/ Give us feedback at releasingy…
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The problem with inflicting nothing but misery on your characters
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Send us a text Join Drake and Marie as they discuss why they've stopped reading some of the grimdark authors out there and why readers lose faith with authors who just hurt their characters and never pay it off. Learn how to pay it off when you do terrible, terrible things to your character and leave the reader satisfied with how the book turned ou…
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Plotting a Book - Make Sure you like your tropes!
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Send us a text Join Drake and Marie as they discuss plotting the second book in the Skies of Destiny series. In this episode, they explore various potential overcomes and endings. They talk about the tropes that would result in and if that is the tropes they want to use. Check out how they do it and learn by example. Writer's Room: https://writersr…
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Making believable fantasy worlds & characters
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Send us a text Join Drake and Marie as they discuss what believability in fantasy and sci-fi. Follow along as they plunge into rabbit holes about building characters and how to keep the reader's trust. Marie's IndieGoGo Campaign: https://igg.me/at/the-lion-vessel/x/27732935#/ Give us feedback at releasingyourinnerdragon(at)gmail(dot)com Magicfall: …
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Plotting a Book - Transitioning from Act 1 to Act 2
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Send us a text Join Drake and Marie as they discuss plotting the second book in the Skies of Destiny series. In this episode, they focus on what you need to make Act 2 work and the importance of thinking about the type of characters you want to include. Check out how they do it and learn by example. Also includes a discussion on how awesome Ted Las…
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