There are a few rules bouncing around the internet, which ones should you heed and which ones should you defenestrate?

Word of the week: Recherché - rare, exotic, or obscure.

E-mail us at: andreaandapril@gmail.com

Instagram: @aasmugg

Facebook.com/aasmugg

SHOWNOTES:

0.01 - 3:17 : Intro and word of the week

3:18 - 7:08 : Cut what you don't need

7:09 - 10:22 : Write with the end in mind

10:23 - 16:45 : A good character must change

16:46 - 20:10 : Never open with weather

20:11 - 26:58 : Use the simplest words possible

26:59 - 29:00 : Don't include things that aren't important to plot

29:01 - 33:44 : Use action to show events where possible

33:45 - 37:32 : Dialogue is the strongest form of charactization

37:33 - 41:29 : Make sure something changes by the end of the story

41:30 - 46:35 : Write when your imagination is at its peak

46:36 - 53:37 : Debate round! Using names in dialogue

53:38 - 56:12 : Happy haiku and closing

Haiku:

Above mountain mists

The last stars begin to fade-

Time for morning tea.

-April

The winter’s cold wind

Can’t reach me in my haven

Where tea keeps me warm.

-Andrea

Intro sound effects used with permission from freesound.org and provided by: fellwell5, kgatto, inspectorj, stubb, stu556

Intro piano music composed by Andrea M Grafton