Needs More Words

In this episode, we discuss tropes we love, tropes we don't love, and how tropes are useful in our own writing. Also, apologies for the sound of Vicki's chair throughout the episode - she'll be finding a new place to sit for the next one (which will hopefully go up in a more timely manner too!) Links: - TV Tropes: https://tvtropes.org/ Support the podcast: https://ko-fi.com/needsmorewordspodcast Follow us on Twitter @needsmorewords Check out our website: needsmorewords.com Email us: needsmorewords@gmail.com

We check in on our 2021 writing goals, set some new ones for 2022 and tell you all about the Needs More Rainbow reading challenge! Support the podcast: https://ko-fi.com/needsmorewordspodcast Follow us on Twitter @needsmorewords Check out our website: needsmorewords.com Email us: needsmorewords@gmail.com

In an annual tradition (albeit a bit later than usual), we discuss our favourite fiction, non-fiction, and graphic novels/comics that we read in 2021. Also be sure to check out Margaret's short story, "Frankenstein was the Scientist," in issue #20 of Polar Borealis: http://polarborealis.ca/currentback-issues/ Links: - Goodreads list of our favourite books: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/171440.Needs_More_Words_Favourite_Books - Rogue Podron Mission 20-11: Head-tail Etiquette with Alexander Freed: https://roguepodron.com/2021/06/09/rogue-podron-mission-20-11-head-tail-etiquette-with-alexander-freed/ - Witchermania by Sophie from Mars: https://roguepodron.com/2021/06/09/rogue-podron-mission-20-11-head-tail-etiquette-with-alexander-freed/ Support the podcast: https://ko-fi.com/needsmorewordspodcast Follow us on Twitter @needsmorewords Check out our website: needsmorewords.com Email us: needsmorewords@gmail.com

We answer listener questions and talk about NaNoWriMo... and then post the episode weeks after NaNo ends

After an unexpectedly long break, we're back with an episode all about writing prompts: what they are and how we approach using them. Also, it's the last week to get questions in for our Q&A episode. Links: https://www.thefirstline.com/ https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.andromo.dev17163.app230704 Support the podcast: https://ko-fi.com/needsmorewordspodcast Follow us on Twitter @needsmorewords Check out our website: needsmorewords.com Email us: needsmorewords@gmail.com

We discuss how we use review website Goodreads to enhance our reading life

Our look at characters ends and we've saved the best for last: the secondary characters. Also, remember to send in questions for the upcoming Q&A episode! Links: Music in the opening is Secondary Characters, from the musical [title of show]: https://youtu.be/tt5xuqiXlAY TV Tropes: Five-Man Band: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FiveManBand Trope Talk: Five Man Band: https://youtu.be/lmmNuic_4tQ Support the podcast: https://ko-fi.com/needsmorewordspodcast Follow us on Twitter @needsmorewords Check out our website: needsmorewords.com Email us: needsmorewords@gmail.com

Following up on our protagonist episode, we talk about the antagonists who oppose them! LINKS The Parking Level: http://www.allworldswayfarer.com/story10/ The Wrong Counter: https://yubsie.tumblr.com/post/655922097031397376/the-a-new-dawn-wrong-counter Support the podcast: https://ko-fi.com/needsmorewordspodcast Follow us on Twitter @needsmorewords Check out our website: needsmorewords.com Email us: needsmorewords@gmail.com

Our three part series on characters kicks off with... the protagonist!

We discuss writing slumps, why we don't like them and strategies to get out of them. LINKS: https://maryrobinettekowal.com/journal/sometimes-writers-block-is-really-depression/ Support the podcast: https://ko-fi.com/needsmorewordspodcast Follow us on Twitter @needsmorewords Check out our website: needsmorewords.com

We discuss our thoughts on this year's battle of the Canadian books. LINKS Canada Reads: https://www.cbc.ca/books/canadareads Support the podcast: https://ko-fi.com/needsmorewordspodcast Follow us on Twitter @needsmorewords Check out our website: needsmorewords.com

In which we are a Star Wars podcast! Sidways's video on Rogue One's music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGVqPP-52No And the trouble with TRoS's music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_8-dWSLDWI Support the podcast: https://ko-fi.com/needsmorewordspodcast Follow us on Twitter @needsmorewords Check out our website: needsmorewords.com

We discuss some of the things we don't like to write about and how to do it anyway when we have to. Support the podcast: https://ko-fi.com/needsmorewordspodcast Follow us on Twitter @needsmorewords Check out our website: needsmorewords.com

We discuss different approaches and challenges for giving all those fictional people names so they aren't all Man #1. LINKS: Behind the Name: https://www.behindthename.com/ Nameberry: https://nameberry.com/ Last name generator: https://www.name-generator.org.uk/last/ Medieval Name Database: http://dmnes.org/ Support the podcast: https://ko-fi.com/needsmorewordspodcast Follow us on Twitter @needsmorewords Check out our website: needsmorewords.com

We discuss some of our favourite tools that we use in our writing! LINKS Scrivener: https://www.literatureandlatte.com/scrivener/overview Evernote: https://evernote.com/ 4theWords: https://4thewords.com referral code: NLHSZ23062 Grammarly: https://app.grammarly.com/ Validation (aka AO3): https://archiveofourown.org Buy us a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/needsmorewordspodcast

We celebrate a new year and say good riddance to 2020 by setting some writing goals.

In an annual tradition, we discuss our favourite fiction, non-fiction, and graphic novels/comics that we read in 2020.

In this episode, we talk about two stories we wrote using the same NYC Midnight prompt: comedy / trophy room / a manual. Links: Usability Test by Vicki: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EXuvsavTPaGPZMozjpmxNG_yDMrrbT4nI_bj4Et0FmY/edit?usp=sharingIsn’t It Neat by Margaret: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fJt9Iydzi6_YOWH6QUhf3aZHvpmGjC8XkGzoPzbJmTo/edithttps://ko-fi.com/needsmorewordspodcast

We talk about our process for first drafts in short and long fiction and all the terrible things we do to get something worth revising. LINKS: KoFi: kofi.com/needsmorewordspodcast

We take a look at classic craft book Bird by Bird and discussion what advice did and didn't work for us. LINKS Bird by Bird: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12543.Bird_by_Bird