FDF #54: Deepening Character Development
Join us, Friday, February 3rd at 12PM NOON Eastern Time. Our guest, A.L. Jackson will share insight on how to develop unforgettable characters that will live in our readers' hearts forever. This is a FREE live chat, so please bring your questions and opinions. A.L. Jackson will give you actionable tips! Sign up now!
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FDF #53: Character Bias
Join us, Friday, January 20th at 12PM NOON Eastern Time. Our guest, Timothy Byron will discuss how an author's subconscious biases, and life experiences may determine the traits and personality types of their characters. Join us as we will discuss unconscious character bias. This is a FREE live chat, so please bring your questions and opinions. Timothy will give you actionable tips! Sign up now!
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FDF #51: Juggling Writing and Life
Join us, Friday, December 16th at 12PM NOON Eastern Time. Our guest, bestselling author of the David Wolf and Ali Falco Series Jeff Carson will share some of what helps him stay on track and mostly sane as he juggles life and creating the next novel. This is a FREE live chat, so please bring your questions and opinions. Jeff will give you actionable tips! Sign up now!
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FDF #50: Defeat ‘Writer’s Block’ with Outlining
Join us, Friday, October 28th at 5PM Eastern Time. Our guest, Science fiction author Scott Bartlett will discuss and share his simple method for structuring stories. This is a FREE live chat, so please bring your questions and opinions. Scott will give you actionable tips! Sign up now!
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FDF #49: Small-Town Settings that Readers Want to Live In
Join us, Friday, October 14th at 12 Noon Eastern Time. Our guest, Robin James, bestselling author of over 16 small-town crime thrillers (Cass Leary & Mara Brent series) will discuss tips for how to build fictional towns that can become like characters unto themselves. This is a FREE live chat, so please bring your questions and opinions. Robin will give you actionable tips! Sign up now!
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Enhance your fiction using research and facts
New York Times bestselling authors Alessandra Torre and Douglas E. Richards discuss how to enhance your fiction using research and facts.
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How to create a vivid sense of place in your novel
Best-selling thriller author Andy Maslen offers advice to writers on how to create a vivid sense of place in your novel.
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FDF #48: Enhancing fiction using facts
Join us, Friday, July 22nd at 5PM Eastern Time. Our guest, Douglas E. Richards, New York Times bestselling author of numerous near-future science-fiction thrillers, discusses research, how to use factual information to enhance thrillers, and how to invoke a sense of wonder in readers. This is a FREE live chat, so please bring your questions and opinions. Douglas will give you actionable tips! Sign up now!
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FDF #47: Stepping From the Shadows
Join us, Friday, July 8th at 12NOON Eastern Time. Our guest, New York Times best-selling collaborator Daniel Paisner, will discuss the many ways we learn to tap the lives all around us to inform our fictions. This is a FREE live chat, so please bring your questions and opinions. Daniel will give you actionable tips! Sign up now!
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FDF #46: The Journey from Book to Film
Join us, Friday, July 1st at 5PM Eastern Time. Our guest, NYT & USA Today author Michele Scott, will discuss the journey from book to film. This is a FREE live chat, so please bring your questions and opinions. Michele will give you actionable tips! Sign up now!
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A deep dive into character development
Author Gordon Byron takes a deep dive into character development when writing a novel in this First Draft Friday podcast episode.
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FDF #45: Revealing Character Through Dialogue
Join us, Friday, June 10th at 5PM Eastern Time. Our guest, Amy L. Bernstein, will discuss revealing character through dialogue. This is a FREE live chat, so please bring your questions and opinions. Amy will give you actionable tips! Sign up now!
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