SWRT 047 | Unlikeable Characters

How often do you find unlikeable characters? Is there a difference between an unlikeable personality and moral or ethical flaws? What about morally repugnant characters? What kind of arcs do unlikeable characters have? And how do you craft them?

SWRT 046 | Writing Through Anxiety with Micah Joel

SWRT 046 | Writing Through Anxiety with Micah Joel

We welcome special guest, Micah Joel, back to the Round Table to talk about the writing life. No matter who we are, we’ve probably dealt with anxiety and depression at some point in our writing lives. Whether we’re talking clinical or “normal”...
SWRT 046 | Writing Through Anxiety with Micah Joel

SWRT 45 | Lit RPG Fiction with Micah Joel

What is LitRPG anyway? Where does all the confusion come from? And how important are those game mechanics? What are some of the genre conventions within LitRPG? And how do you interweave a story in with such a rigid set of game rules? What kind of stories can be a vehicle for LitRPG?

SWRT 043 | Balancing Character & World Building

Does world building or character development paralyze your first drafts? How should you address this in pre-writing? How do you identify whether or not something is integral to your story? When it is, how do you make sure you get it right? And how should you approach research?