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Vlog: Tips For Finding the Time and Words To Write

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Vlog: So You Want To Be A Writer

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Vlog: ‘Twas The Week Before NaNo

Here’s my ode to November and NaNoWriMo:

Vlog: 2nd Book Problems

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Vlog: 5 Steps For Creating Mythologies

Watch Morgan share 5 tips for creating new mythologies!

Vlog: Top 7 Tips For a Quick Query Rejection

Watch me share my top 7 tips for getting a quick query rejection!

Vlog – Reading Aloud

5 things to remember when reading your work aloud.

Vlog: Creating Worlds

Built Upon The Shoulders Of Giants

These notes are taken from the titular panel at WorldCon75. The panelists were George RR Martin, Jeffrey A Carver, and Alex Acks. The moderator was Jon Oliver.

Where should one start: with the world or the characters?

Tolkien created his world first, George RR Martin and the rest of the panelists created their characters first.

As with so much in writing, neither way is better, just whatever works for the story you’re working on now.