Writing Tips and Writerly Musings

with Morgan Hazelwood

About the show

Welcome! If you want to hear writing tips from the big names, the medium names, and everyone else, look no further.

As a blogger, vlogger, and actively querying fantasy author, I am addicted to attending all the writing panels a person could possibly attend at a convention. We're talking about attending upwards of 25 hours of panels in 3 days.

Fortunately for you? I love sharing my copious notes.

But, I also get real. I share my writerly musings: my struggles, my failures, and... hopefully, my writing successes.

Thanks for listening.

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Episodes

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    How To Beta-Read: One Writer's Style

    August 30th, 2021  |  Season 3  |  7 mins 53 secs
    beta-reading, books, critique, writers, writing, writing tips

    I almost entitled this “Beta-Reading: For Fun and Profit” but… I don’t profit. At least not monetarily. Anyhow, here's my technique for beta-reading that seems to keep my writing friends coming back for more.

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    1 Method For Incorporating Feedback

    August 23rd, 2021  |  Season 3  |  7 mins 42 secs
    beta-reading, books, critique, writers, writing, writing tips

    If you’re a writer, at some point between you putting the words down and it going out to its intended audience, you’re probably going to solicit some feedback (and if you don’t, you probably should). But, once you get this feedback -- how should you use it?

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    3 Techniques for Fixing Your Pacing

    August 16th, 2021  |  Season 3  |  5 mins 23 secs
    beta-reading, books, critique, writers, writing, writing tips

    There’s a writing skill that many novelists struggle with. It’s something that read-a-chapter-a-month critique groups often miss: Pacing.

    We all know that you need to start off with an inciting incident — at least by the end of the first chapter. But after there, it can get a bit fuzzy.

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    7 Tips for Writing Better Villains

    August 9th, 2021  |  Season 3  |  6 mins 21 secs
    beta-reading, books, villains, writers, writing, writing tips

    There is a difference between an antagonist and a villain. Your story doesn’t need a villain. However, if you’re going to have one, you should have a memorable one

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    3 Tips For Deciding What Point-Of-View To Use

    August 2nd, 2021  |  Season 3  |  6 mins 50 secs
    beta-reading, books, writers, writing, writing tips

    Picking a POV can be tricky. The three main things you need to consider are:

    1. What are you most comfortable with?
    2. What are the genre expectations? and
    3. What feels right for the story?
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    Welcome To Writing Tips and Writerly Musings -- Season Three!

    July 12th, 2021  |  Season 3  |  44 secs
    beta-reading, books, critique, writers, writing, writing tips

    I'll be back in August with more writing tips and writerly musings. Plus, a little more.