Almost as old as time itself is the question: Should I outline my novel or just wing it? Jon and Juliet suggest that the answer to this ancient mystery is: Yes! - Jon discusses his experience trying an outlining system described in Libby Hawker's Ta...

The other day, Jon saw an okay article about character building, which listed such things as: - 1 Where does your character live? 2 Where is your character from? 3 How old is your character? 4 What is your character called? etc. -

Juliet and Jon play a word game based on the fantastic internet writing resource that is Jonathan Green's Dictionary of Slang. - Green’s Dictionary of Slang is the largest historical dictionary of English slang.

We address a question and a comment from listeners. 1. From listener Christian—I'd be interested in hearing what you guys think of Heilein's rules for writing (only 5, not 20). Not so much the first two, but the last three. - http://www.goodreads.

We talked about movies and TV. We talked about how Jon finished his third novel. We mentioned that it took ten years. We talked about the difference rewriting makes. We talked about the business of writing.

After our three show marathon about Stephen King's writing advice, we discuss giving writing advice. - And then tangents take over. - So many tangents...

This is the final, part three, of our shows on Stephen King's writing advice. - We consider these points: - Find the whole article here: - 8. Don’t worry about making other people happy. “Reading at meals is considered rude in polite society,

This is part two of our giant three-part show on Stephen King's writing advice. - We consider these points: - Find the whole article here: - 14. Stick to your own style. “One cannot imitate a writer’s approach to a particular genre,

We open up a can of arrogance on Stephen King's 20 Writing Rules. Sometimes we like his advice... Sometimes we don't... As always, we discuss why and why not. - Find the whole article here: 1. First write for yourself,

Need a bad guy for your novel? No problem. Grab yourself a crazy, hell-raising, face-mask-wearing, serial killer psychopath. Perfect. Right? - Maybe not. For many reasons. Juliet and Jon discuss what psychopaths probably really are and why we write...