The One-Drink Book Club is an informal, (almost) weekly series in which fellow author Emma Lee Jayne joins me and our other creative friends to talk about the life, business, and art of writing and making books … for the duration of one Friday-afternoon drink.
Here’s what we talked about in this episode:
As it was just me and Bill this time, we went deep on a geeky discussion prompted by Bill reading an afterword to one of Alistair Reynolds’s books. Bill was super prepared this time with tons of questions, kids!
We talked about how writers (or at least I) deal with complicated worlds — making sure to keep all the facts straight over time.
Why Emma’s concept of “Schrödinger’s Parents” applies to worldbuilding and timelines, too.
Now that I’m about to start a BRAND SPANKIN NEW project with Sean, Bill also asked about worldbuilding and beats (Sean’s part of the equation) and how it meshes with my part (the writing itself).
We ended with a long and multi-faceted chat about whether or not it’s important to follow your own internal story rules (yes, absolutely essential) and how I handle it … especially when those restrictions create difficult situations that I then need to write my way through (hint: This is where the real magic is).
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