Writing Roots

Dec 12 2024 591 ep. 14 mins

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A 10-minute podcast to improve your writing skills

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S60E4 - FAQ 2024: How Do I Format Weird Numbers?

Dec 12 2024 11 mins

I’m writing a book. I’ve got the page numbers done. - Steven Wright

S60E3 - FAQ 2024: How Do I Format Weird Text?

Dec 09 2024 11 mins

The script is your map of the world, isn’t it? And if someone knows that if it’s well written, you get all of the beats, it will tell you everything you need to know. - Gary Oldman

S60E2 - FAQ 2024: How Do I Describe Different Body Types?

Dec 05 2024 12 mins

In most good stories, it is the character’s personality that creates the action of the story. If you start with real personality, a real character, then something is bound to happen. - Flannery O’Conner

S60E1 - FAQ 2024: Asking Questions

Dec 02 2024 11 mins

Part of being successful is about asking questions and listening to the answers - Anne Burrell

S59 Bonus - Creating Numbered Rules in Your Story

Nov 30 2024 21 mins

Rule One is: Whatever you’re telling people, tell them it’s Rule One. Don’t ever say Rule Two. Never works. Or Rule Three. You just get looks. And don’t talk to me about Rule Four. If you say, for example, ”Quick, duck before that Robot Samurai Decapitator Unit can decapitate you - it’s Rule Four!” chances are, people will just blink at you and ask, ”Well, what are

S59E8 - The Chosen One

Nov 28 2024 11 mins

You refer to the prophecy of the one who will bring balance to the Force. You believe it’s this boy? - The Phantom Menace

S59E7 - Two Sides of the Story

Nov 25 2024 11 mins

You don’t really understand an antagonist until you understand why he’s the protagonist in his own version of the world. - John Rogers

S59E6 - On Three

Nov 21 2024 11 mins

Chandler: Okay, on three. One... Two... Joey: Why don’t we just go on two? Chandler: Why two? Joey: Because it’s faster. Chandler: Yeah, I coulda counted to three like four times without all this ”two” talk. - Friends

S59E5 - Four of a Kind

Nov 18 2024 11 mins

To the glistening eastern sea, I give you Queen Lucy the Valiant. To the great western wood, King Edmund the Just. To the radiant southern sun, Queen Susan the Gentle. And to the clear northern sky, I give you King Peter the Magnificent. - C.S. Lewis

S59E4 - Five: Parts of a Whole

Nov 14 2024 11 mins

Fox Force Five. Fox as in we’re a bunch of foxy chicks. Force as in we’re a force to be reckoned with. Five as in there’s one-two-three-four-five of us. - Pulp Fiction