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#14 – Gareth L. Powell – Write Through The Roof
Welcome to Write Through The Roof, the podcast for writers who want to improve their craft.
Episode 14 with Gareth L. Powell – near-future thriller & space opera writer“The more I read, the better I write”
Episode 14 – Gareth L. Powell – Show Notes- Losing the knack of the short story
- Writing relics – Tiki, rune & painted pebble
- Always character focused – the story is a learning experience for the characters
- ‘William Gibson’s short story collection kicked me in the head’; writing real people into scifi
- You don’t know if you’re measuring yourself against the right people
- Write 100 words every day
- Balancing two different novels in different genres at the same time
- Space opera inspired by technology available for the Titanic; the call for help
- Madeleine’s tip – The Heroine’s Journey
“Ack Ack Macaque is the bastard child of Biggles and John Belushi in the film 1941”
“I wanted to get back to sarcastic self-aware spaceships.”
Links
- Gareth L. Powell
- Embers of War
- Ack Ack Macaque
- The Brazilian Husband – Rebecca Powell
- Using the Heroine’s Journey – Mythcreants
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