Do you include every single possible scene in a story? What should you leave it? When should you cut? Paul and Terry throw things at each other.

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How do you get your reader to keep reading? Bait the hook and reel ’em in.

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• Terry’s Author Page
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• Paul’s new series “The Derelict Saga”

How do you get your reader to keep reading? Bait the hook and reel ’em in.

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• Paul’s new novel “Derelict: Destruction”
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• The Dead Robots’ Society Patreon
• Terry’s Author Page
• Paul’s Store
• Paul’s new series “The Derelict Saga”

How do you insert drama into your stories? Grind those gears. Terry and Paul discuss the art of group conflict and how to use it.

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• Terry’s Author Page
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• Paul’s new series “The Derelict Saga”

Terry and Paul discuss melding the real and the imaginary to create your world and plots.

Where do you start a story? How do you know you have the right beginning? How do you change it later? Terry and Paul discuss.

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• Terry’s Author Page
• Paul’s Store
• Paul’s new series “The Derelict Saga”

Terry and Paul discuss melding the real and the imaginary to create your world and plots.

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• Paul’s new novel “Derelict: Destruction”
• Terry’s new novel with Glynn Stewart “Bound By Honor”
• The Dead Robots’ Society Patreon
• Terry’s Author Page
• Paul’s Store
• Paul’s new series “The Derelict Saga”

Paul asks the question: can you recycle conceits and characters?

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• Paul’s new series “The Derelict Saga”

Terry drags Paul kicking and screaming through a number of topics. Beware of squirrels.

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• Terry’s Author Page
• Paul’s Store
• Paul’s new series “The Derelict Saga”

Terry and Paul discuss the subtle and no so subtle use of subplots.

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• Terry’s new novel “Hidden Enemies”
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• Paul’s Store
• Paul’s new series “The Derelict Saga”

What is a bridge novel? How should you write them? What are the gotchas? Terry and Paul discuss.

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• Paul’s new novel “Derelict: Destruction”
• Terry’s new novel “Hidden Enemies”
• The Dead Robots’ Society Patreon
• Terry’s Author Page
• Paul’s Store
• Paul’s new series “The Derelict Saga”