Character Psychology 101

Welcome back to Firsts in Fiction, loyal listeners! This week, while Steve and Heather are with their families on vacations, Aaron is joined by novelist Alton Gansky and Maya Goode. Maya Goode has an undergrad degree in psychology, and the three talk tips and tricks...

Penning the Perfect Title

Welcome back to Firsts in Fiction, loyal listeners! Steve and Aaron take this week to look at penning the perfect title. Check out the YouTube video below. Find Steve and Heather and Aaron on Facebook, Twitter, iTunes, and Stitcher. A simple Google search on how to...

Kurt Vonnegut’s 8 Rules for Writing Fiction – Pt 2

Welcome back to Firsts in Fiction! This is the exciting conclusion of last week’s episode discussing the 8 rules for writing fiction from Kurt Vonnegut. Andrew Panebianco joined to talk about Vonnegut’s rules. 5. Start as close to the end as possible. The popular...

Kurt Vonnegut’s 8 Rules for Writing Fiction – Pt1

Welcome back to Firsts in Fiction, loyal listeners! Our terrific trio is back in action! For the first time in several weeks, Aaron, Heather and Steve are all on again! And Aaron brought a friend! Andrew Panebianco joins us this week to talk about Kurt Vonnegut’s 8...

Roundtable Discussion–Live from BRMCWC

Welcome back to Firsts in Fiction, loyal listeners! Got something different for you this week. Aaron was in North Carolina speaking at the Blue Ridge Mountains Christian Writers Conference. He gathered up some of the fine faculty and a particularly insightful and...

Momentum

Welcome back to Firsts in Fiction, loyal listeners! Steve and Aaron take this week to look at momentum in our fiction and in our discipline. Check out the YouTube video below. This week, we look at how to read like a writer. Find Steve and Heather and Aaron...