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[ISBW] Point of View

It was a weird day. I talked about POV and the like.

All streams, June 14-19 -- please note nonstandard times in bold:

6.14 (M) 1:00, Live Writing for Extra Life, Audience Participation 6.15 (T) 3:00, I Should Be Writing Live 6.16 (W) 1:00, Ditch Diggers with Co-Host Margaret Dunlap 6.16 (W) 4:00, Stardew Valley With Numbers Ninja 6.17 (Th) 1:00, I Should Be Writing Live

June 8, 2021 | Season 17 Ep 41 (Ep 592) | murverse.com Copyright 2005-2021, Mur Lafferty | BY-NC-SA 3.5 License

[ISBW] Case for Bad Writing

I encourage beginners to write as bad they want to be, because that's the only way to be good. But the same goes for those of us a little further into our careers.

Ira Glass has an amazing message for beginners in creative pursuits.

June 14-19: Latest Twitch stream times (EDT)  6.14 (M) 1:00, Live Writing for Extra Life, Audience Participation 6.15 (T) 3:00, I Should Be Writing Live 6.16 (W) 1:00, Ditch Diggers with Co-Host Margaret Dunlap 6.16 (W) 4:00, Stardew Valley With Numbers Ninja 6.10 (Th) 1:00, I Should Be Writing Live June 3, 2021 | Season 17 Ep 40 (Ep 591) | murverse.com Copyright 2005-2021, Mur Lafferty | BY-NC-SA 3.5 License

[ISBW] Mythbusting

Look, let's be honest. Finishing a book and turning it in may not feel awesome. It may feel draining and depressing. And when you're told you SHOULD be happy, you wonder what the heck is wrong with you.

Spoiler- Nothing is wrong with you.

Then we talk other myths! 

June 7-12: Latest Twitch stream times (EDT) -- please note new times in bold:

6.7 (M) 1:00, Live Writing for Extra Life, Audience Participation   6.8 (T) 11:00, Ditch Diggers with Alasdair Stuart 6.8 (T) 3:00, I Should Be Writing Live 6.9 (W) 4:00, Stardew Valley 6.10 (Th) 1:00, I Should Be Writing Live June 1, 2021 | Season 17 Ep 39 (Ep 590) | murverse.com Copyright 2005-2021, Mur Lafferty | BY-NC-SA 3.5 License

[ISBW] Persistence and Gardens

It's a weird thing, realizing that persistence is simply the art of managing boredom. And it's really hard to be bored right now. 

June 7-12: Latest Twitch stream times (EDT) -- please note new times in bold:

6.7 (M) 1:00, Live Writing for Extra Life, Audience Participation   6.8 (T) 11:00, Ditch Diggers with Alasdair Stuart 6.8 (T) 3:00, I Should Be Writing Live 6.9 (W) 4:00, Stardew Valley 6.10 (Th) 1:00, I Should Be Writing Live May 27, 2021 | Season 17 Ep 38 (Ep 589) | murverse.com Copyright 2005-2021, Mur Lafferty | BY-NC-SA 3.5 License

[ISBW] ADHD Revisited

I'm reading The Disorganized Mind and trying to think of some new ways to deal with ADHD and how it affects my writing.

In other news, I've been thinking about my stream, and how the Monday AMA is not really doing much AMA. I'm going to be raising money for Extra Life, and I need to get some Patreon writing done, so I decided to do it live. Nothing should go wrong, right? Come on by and help me make decisions!

Also I'm getting too much into the habit of not eating lunch when I have a 1230 stream so I'm moving those to 1pm so I can be better nourished. 

June 7-12: Latest Twitch stream times (EDT) -- please note new times in bold:

6.7 (M) 1:00, Live Writing for Extra Life, Audience Participation   6.8 (T) 11:00, Ditch Diggers with Alasdair Stuart 6.8 (T) 3:00, I Should Be Writing Live 6.9 (W) 4:00, Stardew Valley 6.10 (Th) 1:00, I Should Be Writing Live May 25, 2021 | Season 17 Ep 37 (Ep 588) | murverse.com Copyright 2005-2021, Mur Lafferty | BY-NC-SA 3.5 License

[ISBW] Audience Choice

I took much more of an emotional hit this week than I thought, and so I leave the topics up to the chat. But we also talk self care.

May 24 - May 28: Latest Twitch stream times (EDT):

5.24 (M), 12:30, AMA/Hangout 5.25 (T), 3:00, I Should Be Writing Live 5.26 (W), 4:00, Gaming 5.27 (Th),12:30, I Should Be Writing Live 5.27 (Th), 5:00, Ditch Diggers Drink O'Clock with Kameron Hurley! *NEW*

May 20, 2021 | Season 17 Ep 36 (Ep 587) | murverse.com | Copyright 2005-2021, Mur Lafferty | BY-NC-SA 3.5 License

[ISBW] Children, Learn from My Mistakes

Well, I have redundant backups, and yet I STILL lost something. So we go over some things to keep in mind when you are thinking about your writing and not necessarily the health of your computer. 

May 24 - May 28: Latest Twitch stream times (EDT):

5.24 (M), 12:30, AMA/Hangout 5.25 (T), 3:00, I Should Be Writing Live 5.26 (W), 4:00, Gaming 5.27 (Th),12:30, I Should Be Writing Live 5.27 (5), 5:00, Ditch Diggers Drink O'Clock with Kameron Hurley! *NEW*

May 18, 2021 | Season 17 Ep 35 (Ep 586) | murverse.com Copyright 2005-2021, Mur Lafferty | BY-NC-SA 3.5 License

[ISBW] The Larpening

Last day on Role Playing a writer's life. 

It's been a rough two weeks, which is why this is late. Sorry about that. Things are back to normal, so here come the episodes!

May 11, 2021 | Season 17 Ep 34 (Ep 585) | murverse.com Copyright 2005-2021, Mur Lafferty | BY-NC-SA 3.5 License

[ISBW] LARPing 2 with Jennifer Udden

By popular demand we bring you Jennifer Udden, my former agent, current friend, and freelance editor! We attempt more LARPing but overall just chat. 

NOTE, my producer usually cuts out the interaction with the live chat to make for a smoother experience for you, but with two hosts that made it harder so I decided to  just leave most of it as-is. 

May 6, 2021 | Season 17 Ep 33 (Ep 584) | murverse.com Copyright 2005-2021, Mur Lafferty | BY-NC-SA 3.5 License

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[ISBW] LARPing a Confident Writer

Confidence is one of those weird emotions you can fake until you make it. So if we're pretending to be a confident writer, what else can we pretend to be? We begin the Save the Cat! beat sheet as a LARP and it gets interesting.

May 9 - May 15: Latest Twitch stream times (EDT):

5.10 (M), 2:30, AMA/Hangout (new time) 5.11 (T), 3:00, I Should Be Writing Live *NEW* 5.12 (5), 1:00, Ditch Diggers Live with Cat Rambo! 5.12 (W), 4:00, Gaming 5.13 (Th), STREAM CANCELLED THIS WEEK

May 4, 2021 | Season 17 Ep 32 (Ep 583) | murverse.com Copyright 2005-2021, Mur Lafferty | BY-NC-SA 3.5 License