In this podcast Michaelbrent Collings talks about outlining stories, story ideas, the Stoker Awards and much more.

About Michaelbrent Collings

Michaelbrent Collings is a novelist and screenwriter. He has written numerous bestsellers, including Apparition, The Haunted, The Loon, Rising Fears, and the bestselling YA fantasy series The Billy Saga, beginning with Billy: Messenger of Powers.

Show Notes

• [02:45] Interview start/determining whether a story idea is commercially viable
• [14:15] Plotting vs pansing and outlining
• [20:00] Stoker Awards 2015
• [23:35] Self-publishing stigma
• [25:45] Bob reveals his age and Michaelbrent practically falls off his chair
• [26:00] Distinction between vanity press and self-publishing
• [31:30] Paula Limbaugh, via Patreon, asks about prompt for writing a YA series
• [34:00] Dean Koontz
• [39:10] Advice to eighteen-year-old self
• [41:00] White whales and career aspirations
• [42:50] Good starting point to Michaelbrent’s fiction
• [43:45] Connect with Michaelbrent
• [44:50] Final thoughts

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