Wizards, Warriors, & Words: A Fantasy Writing Advice Podcast

Currently Playing: Joe Abercrombie chats about The First Law, his writing methods, & more!

We interview Joe Abercrombie, author of The Blade Itself, Before They Are Hanged, Last Argument of Kings, Best Served Cold, The Heroes, Red Country, A Little Madness, The Trouble with Peace, The Wisdom of Crowds, and more! As one of the best fantasy authors writing today, it was an absolute blast to discuss his writing methods, career, and more. Stay tuned for another episode with him next week! PATREON: Support Wizards, Warriors, & Words on Patreon for bonus episodes: https://www.patreon.com/wizardswarriorswords EMAIL US YOUR QUESTIONS: wizardswarriorswords@gmail.com OUR WEBSITE: https://wizardswarriorswords.com/ TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 - Intro 2:41 - Creating engaging characters 9:24 - What did Dyrk steal from Joe? 10:37 - Defining character voices during editing 14:00 - How Joe keeps the writing process enjoyable 20:03 - Has Joe ever written a crappy book? 24:01 - Reader expectations and connecting with characters 27:27 - How Joe balanced video editing work with writing 32:40 - Outro/Patreon FOR MORE ABOUT OUR HOSTS & OUR BOOKS: Jed Herne: https://jedherne.com/ Dyrk Ashton: https://www.paternusbooks.com/ Michael R. Fletcher: http://michaelrfletcher.com/ Rob J. Hayes: https://www.robjhayes.co.uk/ This episode was produced and edited by Adrian M. Gibson. https://amgibson.com/ Thanks to all of our patrons for funding the show, and an extra-special shoutout to our Legendary Wizard patrons, Taylon, Daniel and Luis! #joeabercrombie #writing #fantasy #interview #podcast #podcasting #podcasts #writing #writingadvice #writingcommunity #writers #author #authortube #panel #books #literature #reading #read #advice