In this meaty episode (in more ways than one) we dive into Chapter 4 of Dakota's WIP. The first Nasir POV chapter! And Lianna is a little scared of Dakota's brain creations in this one! We talk gore, writing horrific character actions, ensuring it has a purpose, and matching genre tone across chapters. We also get into a deep critique where we discuss making cuts, tightening up narrative description, showing not telling, analyzing character dynamics, writer intent vs reader perception, and overall cutting down word count, which is the never ending story!

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Co-hosted, edited, and produced by: Lianna Feng and Dakota S.

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