Cure writer's block, how to tag dialogue, and Star Wars vs Star Trek | with William R. Hincy

To use said or not to use said, that is the writing question of the day.

Four acclaimed authors discuss methods for improving your dialogue and how to tag it, different types of writer's block and how to break down that wall, and we tackle the intergalactic question: Star Wars vs Start Trek.

Today’s drinking game: drink whenever we do!

Bios:
“Some people run from their demons; others sit down and have cocktails with theirs.” William R. Hincy is a man who does and writes about the latter. Having become a writer after deciding it was the only sensible thing for a problem drinker to do, Hincy has won three American Fiction Awards, an International Book Award, and his anthology of short Fiction, Without Expiration, was named one of the Best Books of 2020 by Kirkus Reviews. He now lives outside Los Angeles with his wife and kids, having found solace in the notion that the only things sacred are self and whiskey-winged interludes.
WDW Intro video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lev5KHRpc5s
Website: https://williamrhincy.com/

Dario Ciriello is a professional author and editor as well as the founder of Panverse Publishing. His fiction includes Sutherland's Rules, a crime caper/thriller with a shimmer of the fantastic; Black Easter, a supernatural suspense novel which pits love against black magic and demonic possession on a remote, idyllic Greek island; and Free Verse and Other Stories, a collection of Dario's short science fiction work.

Dario’s 2011 nonfiction book, Aegean Dream, the bittersweet memoir of a year spent on the small Greek island of Skópelos (the real Mamma Mia! island), was an Amazon UK travel bestseller. The Fiction Writing Handbook: The Rebel Author’s Guide to Writing Beyond the Rules (Panverse, 2017) is his second nonfiction work.

In addition to writing, Dario, who lives in the Great Lakes Area, offers professional editing, copyediting, proofreading, and coaching services to indie authors.
Dario’s episode of WDW: https://youtu.be/fpDdxz5ChLM
Dario’s blog: dariospeaks.wordpress.com
Dario’s editing service: exactlyediting.com

Michael A. Kozlowski has authored a book of "true" Ghost Stories, two books (thus far) in the John Angel, post-zombie apocalypse series, a collection of many of his horror short stories called "Some Days Suck, Some Days Suck Worse" (not many happy endings in this one), and a memoir of his family's experience moving to, and living in, Australia. Mike lives in Detroit, MI, with his girlfriend and a whole mess of critters.
Episode of WDW: https://youtu.be/C1QrM09AQls
Website: https://mikekozlowski.com/

John Macilroy: Fully recovered from the practice of law, as well as turns in the corporate wheelhouse and several university adjunct appointments, John W. "Mac" MacIlroy began writing creatively in 2016. His first book, a co-authored collection of "mostly, mostly true" stories of a zany boyhood, was published in 2017: Not Exactly Rocket Scientists and Other Stories was featured on syndicated national radio, including iHeart Media's Unplugged and Totally Uncut, and a sequel is in the works. Tony Dow, who played "Wally Cleaver" on Leave It to Beaver, said of Rocket Scientists "What fun!" It was like hanging around with Lumpy, Eddie and the guys from the show," and best-selling author Pat Conroy called it "a great book about friendship."

A graduate of Yale College, Harvard, and the University of Virginia School of Law, he lives along a Carolina tidal creek with his wife and a painted ceramic dodo named duMont.
Episode of WDW: https://youtu.be/8aFupaJXLGs
Website: https://johnwmacilroy.com/media.html

About Writers Drinking Whiskey: Open Bar
And for our algo-overlords (please introduce us to your friends!)… Welcome to your boozy author panel, Writers Drinking Whiskey: Open Bar, the show where we dive deep into the writing questions of today, from writing craft, to author life, to pop culture. Hosted by multi award-winning author William R. Hincy, the show takes booktube, authortube and booktok to another level with engaging, in-depth, and merrily irreverent conversations with today’s most interesting writers. We never dictate a process or a goal, just provide a wide-range of opinions and tactics proven to have WORKED. And there are plenty of creative writing tips, fiction writing tricks, and real-world examples to choose from.

Chapters:
00:00:00 Start
00:00:47 Introductions
00:07:35 Round 1 Writing Rules (dialogue tags and the great said debate)
00:30:58 Round 2 Writer's block
01:15:36 Round 3 Star Trek Vs Star Wars

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