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I look at two productivity methods and am entirely flummoxed by the two that seem at odds with each other: the 10X Rule that suggests if you shoot for 10X your goal you won't necessarily make 10X, but you'll very likely get much more than you w
I'm talking about truth bombs that a lot of beginning creative types don't want to hear, but I figure, I'm just telling you, "Hey, in the road up ahead there's a hole. Most everyone hits the hole and it jostles them. I wanted you to know it
Had a talk with someone last week that didn't go the way I'd hoped, and I'm forced to start looking at my habits a little closer. January 14, 2021 | Season 17 Ep 4 | murverse.com | Copyright 2021, Mur Lafferty | BY-NC-SA 3.5 License
I'm finally posting last week's episodes. I've been writing a lot and neglecting the podcast production, even though the streams are still on schedule. Ironically, I did want to talk about the power of language again this month, but I did not
I found it very hard to concentrate after the events of January 6, so I realized that in order to get work done, I had to do some self care and turn it off. News, social media, the whole world of distraction. I hope you can find some equilibriu
"Grim and Determined in 2021" is brought to you by patrons Wil Ralston and Fyrerider, and the letter N! It's a new year, and things are still pretty terrible, so we face the new year with hope, but not pollyanna resolutions. Links: Tish Bouvier
Brought to you by patrons Jon Tollerton and Zach Payne! I wanted to do a Christmas Carol overall, but ended up talking about my own past, present and future. Stuff got real. We talked about 12 Days of Christmas parodies too. 12 Pains of Christ
I wanted to cover the concept of productivity in December, which is hard in a GOOD year. We also touch on the idea of finding writer's groups in 2020. Links: Support my Extra Life campaign for Duke Children's Hospitals! Cat Rambo's Patreon R
People in crit groups can mean so much when they say those three words. What makes something derivative, or a trope, or a cliche? December 10, 2020 | Season 16 Ep 51 (Episode 549) | murverse.com | Copyright 2020, Mur Lafferty | BY-NC-SA 3.5 Lic
Full gift list at murverse.com December 8, 2020 | Season 16 Ep 50 (Episode 548) | murverse.com | Copyright 2020, Mur Lafferty | BY-NC-SA 3.5 License
Yeah, it's cliche, but the basic decisions on how to describe people, considering your POV and your own biases, can dramatically affect your book. December 1, 2020 | Season 16 Ep 48 (Episode 546) | murverse.com | Copyright 2020, Mur Lafferty |
A little bit of NaNoWriMo wrap-up, but then we deal with the idea of goals again, and the trouble I have with these goal programs that are everywhere. And I'm taking another one now. December 3, 2020 | Season 16 Ep 49 (Episode 547) | murvers
Monsters you can come across on your adventure including the evil time eater... Goal: 21,666 November 14, 2020 | Rerun from Nov. 16, 2016 Season 16 Ep 48 (Episode 545) | murverse.com Copyright 2020, Mur Lafferty | BY-NC-SA 3.5 License
Monsters you can come across on your adventure including the evil time eater... November 13, 2020 | Rerun from Nov. 8, 2016 Season 16 Ep 47 (Episode 544) | murverse.com Copyright 2020, Mur Lafferty | BY-NC-SA 3.5 License
Back to the spoof radio shows, this time we look at the soap opera, and how it gives us one of the basic things about characters. Namely- they've got to WANT something. Goal: 20,000 November 12, 2020 | Rerun from Nov. 3, 2017 Season 16 Ep 46 (E
DESPITE what I posted yesterday about the power of placebos, you still have to do the work, sorry to say. Ain't nothing out there going to do it for you. And around this time you have to remember that. Just also remember you're not alone. Goal:
Do you need that cup of tea, or the right music, or your lucky Star Wars figure to sit beside your monitor so you can imagine it saying "you got this!" Whatever feather you need to hold in your trunk, if it helps you get the words done, then do
I talk about good old Chuck Palahniuk and how he wrote Fight Club. If it's good enough for the NYT Bestseller then it's good enough for you! Or something more motivational. (He wasn't a bestseller when he wrote Fight Club, you know.) November 9
Write whatever scene is in your mind. Don't worry about whether it follows the last scene, or even if it's got the right characters. Just get the words down, and fix it in edits! Goal: 13333 November 8, 2020 | Rerun from Nov. 6, 2017 Season 16
Now is the time to pull out all your description: food, drink, color, touch, adverbs, adjectives, spelling out contractions, etc. All of that and more. Get those words in, by any means necessary! Goal- 11666 November 7, 2020 | Rerun from Nov.
Should have run November 6. Considering how distracted/low energy I've been this week, I figured getting back to the daily show with a distractions episode was appropriate. Catching up with a lot of episodes today. Goal- 10,000 My wordcount- .
TL;DR - Don't. But the podcast is cleverer than that. Your wordcount is your own and that's OK. Me, I'm dealing with a lot of intensity with current events and confusion with my WiP. I'm behind. But I don't care. I am moving on the story and th
We are back with our 2016 fantasy RPG, and we discuss the importance of both PCs (aka Player Characters, aka the important people in your stories) and NPCs (the spear carries and the cashiers and the red shirts and those troopers that Jedi have
Back in 2017 my NaNoWriMo MO was to spoof on radio shows. This is my Car Talk homage. We don't like it when things break, but our stories need them to! Goal: 5000 November 3, 2020 | Originally posted Nov. 4, 2017 | Copyright 2020 Mur Lafferty
You'll get pushback during NaNoWriMo. Some people will make fun. Some will dismiss you. Some will be downright jackasses. BUT I am a skilled jackass-to-English translator, and I cover what some of those comments mean. Goal: 3333 words This year
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