Pendragon Variety – Season 1, Episode 6 – Plotting and POV Logistics

Adryn, Mica, Rosemary, Skrybbi, and Scribe discuss some difficulties with plotting and POV logistics.

Book(s) of the Week:
Mica’s picks:
Enchanted, by Alethia Kontis
Fighting Gravity, by Leah Petersen

Scribe’s pick:
The Iron Druid series, by Kevin Hearne
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WTF? – The Japanese school staff party of +3 suspender-nipple-snapping.
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Ladies’ Updates:
Skrybbi isn’t Kuppiecaking? (WTF is Kuppiecaking?)

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Pendragon Variety – Season 1 – Episode 5 – Character Motivation

The Ladies Pendragon discuss character motivation. “Because we don’t tell stories about boring people who sit around and think their life is good.”

Scribe’s post on Specific Motivation for Characters

Wikipedia Motivation:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motivation

Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs

http://psychology.about.com/od/theoriesofpersonality/a/hierarchyneeds.htm

16 Basic Desires

http://web.cynd.net/~willo/who-am-i-the-16-basic-desires-that-motivate-our-actions-and-define-our-personalities/

What sorts of problems or discoveries have you had about motivating your characters? What is your main character’s specific motivation? Is their initial course of action successful? What’s their next course of action?

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Pendragon Variety – S1, E3 – Pros and Cons of Big Cast Stories

The Ladies discuss the pros and cons of writing big cast stories, and what exactly constitutes a big cast story.

• Book of the Week is “Altered Carbon” by Richard Morgan – available in print, ebook, and audio.
• WTF: What section of fanfiction.net did Scribe’s writing group use to cripple her mind?
• Pendragon Ladies: Adryn hits a snag in her book, Rosemary brainstorms using her ethics-writing day job to improve her fiction, and Scribe takes a break from writing (WHAT).
• Tee Shirt of The Week : Instant Karma – Just Add Water!

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Pendragon Variety – S1, E2 – (Valentine’s Day Episode) Romance in Fiction

Welcome to the second episode of season one! In this episode the Ladies chat about:

• Romance - Romance in Fiction
• Book of the Week - ”The Lover’s Dictionary” by David Levithan
• WTF!
• Laaaaaaaadies - The Ladies, writing couples

Enjoy!

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Pendragon Variety – S1, E1 – “Character Flaws”

Welcome to the first episode of Season One! In this episode:

• Character Flaws – Balancing Your Character’s awesome
•  Promo – Journey Into
• Book of the Week – Shiver, by Maggie Steifvater
• WTF – Harry Potter and the Murder of James and Lily

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