Creativity is inconvenient. When we get in the middle of a project and here comes a great new idea. What do we do with it? Make it a part of the current project or start a new one? Brew & Ink discuss where to stick our new ideas. Then Steven Faletti shares The Thief and the Gateway, a new flash fiction from Midnight Showing victim’s point of view. After that fun story, vote on the title for MB Mooney‘s flash fiction in two weeks.
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Creative people get new ideas. Why is that inconvenient?
Jumping the Shark! What does it mean? What are some series that have done and others that could have but didn’t? Listen to the discussion and then leave a comment of a series you think “jumped the shark.” Then hear author MB Mooney share a flash fiction from Dr. Deb Wincek’s point of view, titled, Primed for Duty. Vote on the next title in the comments!
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What is Jumping the Shark? What does it mean? Where did it come from?
What are some examples of shows or series that “jumped the shark”?
What are some examples of shows that could have but didn’t?
Author MB Mooney reads the flash fiction Primed for Duty from Dr. Deb Wincek’s POV.
Does a writer REALLY need to be involved in social media? If so, what should they do? Hear the different perspectives from the Brew & Ink writers on how we handle social media. Then Bill Hawkins shares character Blake Sheldon’s interview with Dr. Wolfe. Listen for more clues and then vote on who you think the murderer is!
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Does an author need a separate presence on social media?
How is it different than personal social media accounts?
What kind of social media do we use?
Bill Hawkins reads the interview with Blake Sheldon?
“I had the best idea and now I can’t remember it!” The worst thing for a writer is to have a great idea or write the best line of dialogue and then lose or forget it. How do writers take notes and keep track of their ideas and work? Join the Brew & Ink crew for the discussion and then check out Abigail’s interview with Dr. Wolfe written and shared by The Author – E.V. Porter. Listen for more clues to the murder!
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How do writers have different ideas?
What are some ways that you take notes?
What programs are best to use?
Backup! Backup! Backup!
EV shares her writing of Abigail’s interview with Dr. Wolfe
How important is social media to the modern author? Agents and publishers talk about numbers and platform. The Brew & Ink crew discuss the different options and solutions for the writer to engage. Then Katie Nunchucks shares her part of the MIDNIGHT SHOWING murder mystery. What are the new clues? Who should Dr. Wolfe interview next? Listen and vote!
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What is important about social media?
What is the role it plays in being a writer and author?
How do writers create conflict in their stories? Listen as the Brew & Ink crew discuss the different kinds of conflict and how we get our characters in those impossible, dire situations.
Then it’s time to figure out who killed Aaron the Heckler! Dr. Wolfe interviews the first suspect, the Bartender – Henri Custeau. Listen and vote for who Dr. Wolfe will interview next!
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Why is conflict important?
What are the different kinds of conflict?
How do writers chose the type of conflict? What creates conflict?
What are some examples of stories that don’t do conflict well?
