Drunken Pen Writing Podcast

#110: Bird Is The Word

We begin the episode with our opinions on the Freewrite, a distraction-free writing apparatus that is sort of like a keyboard with a Kindle attached. After that, we get into a great discussion on the importance of word choices. 

We use multiple examples from the work of famous authors to show how and why being purposeful with your word choices is so damn important. We offer the simplicity of Jk Rowling's word choices aimed at children, how Stephen King's word choices build unique characters, why Hemingway's work cannot be changed, and we end things by explaining the madness of James Joyce's Ulysses. 

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DBS #73: What Makes A Hero?

We start by discussing what a great show The Orville is. After that, we have a good conversation about what really makes a hero in fiction (or real life). We use examples from a bunch of superhero movies and comics, plus some other sources that exemplify what it truly means to be a hero. 

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DBS #72: Do Audiobooks Count As Reading?

We start by discussing diversity in literary magazines and how the submission process can be unfair to some authors. After that, we talk about a poll we ran which showed that the majority of people (who follow us on Twitter) consider audiobooks to be the same as reading a book.

We break things down further and give our definitive opinions on the matter, factoring in things like visual impairment that doesn't allow one to read in the traditional sense, how one absorbs an audiobook compared to a written book, and how effort plays a role. 

Once we settle that matter, we discuss the age-old question, book or movie? Which is better and why? We give many examples.

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#109: Publishing Trends

We start things off with a comic book review for the first volume of Crossover by Donny Cates (if you want to skip straight to the main topic, the episode begins at 12:35). For the main topic of the day, we discuss publishing trends until Caleb loses his voice. 

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#108: Drinking Wine And Talking Romance

We kick things off with a wine tasting inspired by the Prosseco N Prose Podcast. And you know what? It was alright!

After that, we get into the heart of things by discussing what goes into writing a good romance novel. Here's a hint, do the opposite of what we would do!

Be sure to listen to the Prosseco N Prose podcast and check out all the fun things Wendy and Amy are up to.

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DBS #71: We Try To Get Cancelled

Oh, fudge. There's a lot to unpack in this episode. We start things off with Caleb reading an excerpt from his most recent story submission failure. Then we get into a discussion about writing and reading children's books and YA books. 

After that, we really go into this weeds and spend the rest of the show ranting about fake woke people, cancel culture, bad conservative comedy, and the importance of freedom of speech. 

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#107: Caleb Flaps His Gums About Aesthetics

Caleb is alone in today's episode and uses the opportunity to ramble about aesthetics in literature. He talks about the romance period writers, the beauty in the language used by authors such as James Joyce and Professor Tolkien, and why he feels that contemporary writers should focus more on aesthetics in their work. 

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DBS #70: Push It To The Limit!

We open things up by discussing how we dislike this new Hollywood trend of making villains likable or turning classic bad guys into anti-heroes. After that, we have a long conversation about the pitfalls of becoming a writer.

The central ideas we discuss are the importance of effort, improving as a writer, and why it's more important to finish work as opposed to simply showing up and hoping for the best. 

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#106: Different Ways To Write A Scene

Ever wonder how many different ways there are to write the exact same scene? How about a simple, two-sentence scene? 

Today we do just that by giving examples of a simple scene written in the literal form, with similes, one using metaphor, and a lyrical style. Then we end things off by mimicking specific famous authors and how they would write that scene. We try David Foster Wallace, James Joyce, Haruki Murakami, Stephen King, and H.P. Lovecraft. It's a lot of fun!

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BOTM #10: A Study In Scarlet

We're back with another Book of the Month! This time around, we're discussing the very first Sherlock Holmes story, A Study in Scarlet, written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

We have a lot of fun breaking down the origin of Holmes and Watson, as well as how unique this first story was written.