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Releasing Your Inner Dragon
Welcome to the world of creative writing and story mastery with Maxwell Alexander Drake and Marie Mullany, your guides to Releasing Your Inner Dragon. This author podcast is a treasure trove of writing tips and advice, sparking inspiration and ah-ha moments for every stage of an author’s career. Drake, an award-winning novelist and creative writing teacher, brings his experience from the gaming world and beyond, while Mullany, author of the Sangwheel Chronicles and YouTuber, shares her…
Episodes
- Releasing Your Inner Dragon
Archetypes: The Maiden
Drake and Marie discuss a new archetype, the Maiden, and talk about how the Maiden fits into a story. Get the podcast here…
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Archetypes: Wizards, Mages, & Mentors
Drake and Marie discuss a new set of archetypes and talk about how archetypes can advance or hinder your story. Get the podcast here…
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First Page Reads: Showing One Paragraph Make and Breaks
Drake and Marie show, through a series of examples, just how fast an agent can drop a book and discuss why. Get the podcast here…
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Live Critique: Are you writing to your Audience?
Drake and Marie do another live edit, covering topics like when to break rules, when to be obscure or direct, internal monologue, and much more. Get the…
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Your Questions to us answered!
Drake and Marie do their first proper Q&A! Get the podcast here: https://releasingyourinnerdragon.buzzsprout.com/ Music by Ivan Dutch…
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Live Critique: Have you lied to the audience without even realizing?
In the newest live edit, Drake and Marie early mistakes and mistakes of tells. Get the podcast here: https://releasingyourinnerdragon.buzzsprout.com/ Music by…
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Live Critique: Your strengths make your weaknesses worse!
In yet another live edit, Drake and Marie glaring weaknesses caused by only doing things half right. Get the podcast here…
Releasing Your Inner DragonWhat even is Exposition and how does it work? Part 2
Join Marie and Drake as they wrap up another two-part series covering exposition again. Get the podcast here: https://releasingyourinnerdragon.buzzsprout.com/…
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What even is Exposition and how does it work? Part 1
Join Drake and Marie in talking about how to avoid infodumps and how to do exposition without making it drag on. Drake's Contact Details: Website…
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What's really at stake: Characters or numbers?
Join Drake and Marie in learning how stakes differ from conflict and how size of stakes is not necessarily what you think. Drake's Contact Details: Website…
Releasing Your Inner DragonWriting Conflict Beyond the Brawl
Join Drake and Marie as they discuss how conflict and characters drive stories and scenes. Drake's Contact Details: Website: www.MaxwellAlexanderDrake.com…
Releasing Your Inner DragonLive Critique: Don't Leave Questions Scratching At The Reader's Mind
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Releasing Your Inner DragonLet Your Characters Talk
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Releasing Your Inner DragonFrom Perspective to Dialogue: A Guide to POV and Discourse
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Releasing Your Inner DragonBack Inside: More on Interiority
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Releasing Your Inner DragonOur Favorite Reads and Why They Still Inspire Us
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Releasing Your Inner DragonConflict Is Opportunity: The Hidden Engine of Story
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Releasing Your Inner DragonLive Edit: How a Great First Page Gets Even Better
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Releasing Your Inner DragonLive Edit: Nowhere and No One | Ungrounded Writing Problems
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Releasing Your Inner DragonUsing Internal Conflict to Create Powerful Emotional Hooks
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Releasing Your Inner DragonLive Edit: What’s Missing Beneath the Surface?
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Releasing Your Inner DragonAction Isn’t Enough: The Hidden Flaws in Common Story Openings
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Releasing Your Inner DragonDon’t Ruin Your Book in the Last Chapter
Join Drake and Marie as they explore another aspect of creative writing. We go over everything from showing, to telling, to worldview and more! Writer's room…
Releasing Your Inner DragonLive Edit: The First-Paragraph Mistakes Killing Your Story
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Releasing Your Inner DragonPaint With Words: Unlocking the Magic of the Five Senses
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Releasing Your Inner DragonFirst Impressions: Amazons Bestsellers
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Releasing Your Inner DragonLive Edit: Turning Drafts into Gold
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Releasing Your Inner DragonLive Edit: Cutting the Fluff and Fixing the Damage
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Releasing Your Inner DragonTurning the Last Page: Season Finale
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One Page to Impress: Writing a Strong Opening
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Releasing Your Inner DragonWriting Fight Scenes That Hit Hard
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Releasing Your Inner DragonWriting Perfectly Imperfect Characters
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Releasing Your Inner DragonLive Edit: Why Readers Struggle To Picture Your World
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Releasing Your Inner DragonBeyond Original: Finding Your Voice in a Shared Story World
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Releasing Your Inner DragonLive Edit: No More Telling, Seriously
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Releasing Your Inner DragonThe Art of Immersion: My Chapter One Breakdown
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Releasing Your Inner DragonDon’t Try This at Home! (Unless You’re an Author)
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Releasing Your Inner DragonLive Edit: Cutting the Fluff to Let the Words Work
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Releasing Your Inner DragonLaunch Smart: Secrets to a Successful Kickstarter Campaign
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Releasing Your Inner DragonCrafting Unlikable Heroes Who Captivate
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Releasing Your Inner DragonFrom Map to Magic: Elevating Your Worldbuilding Game
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Releasing Your Inner DragonLive Edit: The Fatal Flaw in Your Opening Line
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Releasing Your Inner DragonBehind the Pen: Writer's Break Down Their Latest Work
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Releasing Your Inner DragonIs AI Killing Your Voice? The Dark Side of Machine-Assisted Writing
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Releasing Your Inner DragonArchetypes 05 | From Victim to Victor: Evolving the Final Girl Archetype
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Releasing Your Inner DragonLive Edit: Why Your First Page Is Losing Readers and How to Fix It
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Releasing Your Inner DragonEpisode 200!
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Releasing Your Inner DragonArchetypes 04 | The Magic Within: Writing the Wise and Powerful Archetype
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Archetypes 03 | Sage Advice: Rethinking the Mentor Archetype
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Releasing Your Inner DragonLive Edit: Why Your Characters Aren’t Connecting, Yet
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Releasing Your Inner DragonArchetypes 02 | Writing the Flawed: Building the Perfect Anti-Hero
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Releasing Your Inner DragonLive Edit: How You Lost Your Reader Without Even Knowing It
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Releasing Your Inner DragonArchetypes 01 | Become What You're Not: Voicing Perfection
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Releasing Your Inner DragonLive Edit: Writing That Pulls Readers In
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Releasing Your Inner DragonLive Edit: Winning Readers in the First Paragraph
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Releasing Your Inner DragonFirst Page Reads: How to Get Agents to Keep Reading
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Releasing Your Inner DragonVoices That Breathe: Writing Lifelike Dialogue
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Releasing Your Inner DragonHow to Write Interiority in 12 Steps!
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Releasing Your Inner DragonStorytelling Technique: The Six Layers of a Dynamic Plot!
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Releasing Your Inner DragonLive Edit: Plot can hook a reader, but interiority keeps them!
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