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...

Reading Like a Writer

Welcome back to Firsts in Fiction, loyal listeners! This week marks the much anticipated return of Heather Luby! For those of you who have waited so patiently to see her on video, now is your chance. Check out the YouTube video below. This week, we look at how to read...

Elmore Leonard’s 10 Rules of Writing

It’s a pretty popular thing for accomplished writers to compile lists of rules* for writing fiction. This week, Steve and I tackle 10 of these rules as suggested by Elmore Leonard. Elmore Leonard cut his teeth writing westerns, but quickly moved on to crime novels. He...

First Lines

This week, Steve and I look at the importance of first lines in fiction. The information is largely taken and adapted from my book, Firsts in Fiction: First Lines. The first line of your novel is especially important for a few reasons. Firstly, you want to make sure...