Anyone can get blocked in writing. It can be agonizing over an opening and how much exposition to put in, plotting how to take over the world, or even just herding cats to give you time to write. Jeannie invited Madeleine Robins and Cliff Winnig back to talk about their individual blocks in an attempt to crowdsource ideas about building plot events as a demonstration of how you might be able to get past blocks of your own with friends.
- Madeleine Robins’ website
- Mads on Twitter @MadERobins
- Cliff Winnig’s website
- Cliff on Twitter @winnig
Mentions from Episode 114:
- Katharine Kerr
- The Little Immigrants
- Jeannie’s Ukranian friends run Armstreet
- Richard Kadrey’s Sandman Slim
- War for the Oaks – Emma Bull
- An article on music for rituals
- Ethnomusicology and Research (for geeks like Jeannie)
- Music and Ritual back in Paleolithic times
- Candomblé
- The Berimbau
- Beginnings, Middles, & Ends by Nancy Press
- Patrick Nielsen Hayden
- The Pomodoro Technique for creativity
- GTD
- 4 Ways to Brainstorm