Summary: In this episode, we’re going to talk about how the Snowflake Method of writing a novel can significantly improve your stories and writing process. And to do that, I’m going to play an interview I did with Randy Ingermanson, the inventor of the Snowflake Method.<br> Randy Intro:<br> Randy Ingermanson, along with Tricia Goyer, discovered me way back in 2006 and we’ve been fast friends ever since. He’s brilliant … you know that phrase, “Well it’s not like he’s a rocket scientist?” Randy could be. He has his Phd in physics, so he is a seriously intelligent gentleman.<br> He’s also a brilliant novelist, non-fiction writer, teacher and one of the finest men I know.<br> A number of years ago he designed a way of writing novels called the Snowflake Method and it’s been downloaded around the world more than six million times.<br> I interviewed Randy a few days ago, so you’re going to hear where the Snowflake Method came from, and how you can use it to improve your writing and your marketing.<br> Interview:<br> <br> * The Snowflake Method has made you known all over the world, can you give us the brief story of how it came to be?<br> * Can you take us through the 10 Steps of the Snowflake Method?<br> <br> * Step 1: One hour to write one sentence that tells what your novel is about. Summarize at a high level.<br> <br> * Randy’s first novel: “A rogue physicist travels back in time to kill the apostle Paul.”<br> * Twelve words!<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Step 2: Write a one paragraph summary of your story. An expansion of your one sentence summary. Five sentences … the three act structure. Editors and agents will know<br> Step 3: Characters, high level, spell out who the hero is, his goal, conflict, values.<br> Step 4: One page summary/synopsis<br> Step 5: A page for each character.<br> Step 6: Take each paragraph from Step 4 and expand to six page synopsis<br> Step 7: Fill out a character Bible for each of them<br> Step 8: Break your six page synopsis into scenes (say 100 scenes)<br> Step 9: For each scene, drill down further.<br> Step 10: Write the novel<br> <br> * Talk to us a bit about how the Snowflake Method became, and is, a powerful marketing tool for your own products and teaching …<br> * Talk to us about how the Snowflake Method can work for plotters, and how it can work for pantsers.<br> * What is the most common thing people say about the Snowflake Method after using it?<br> * What are the three or four primary advantages to using the Snowflake Method?<br> * Who doesn’t the Snowflake Method work for?<br> * You started with the doc, now you have software and a book and an audio book … tell us about why you developed those and how different learning styles fit better with one or the other.<br> * Where can people find out more about you, Randy? Both your novels and your teaching.<br> <br> * Ingermanson.com<br> * AdvancedFictionWriting.com<br> <br> <br> <br> And again, you can find out more about Randy at:<br> <br> * <a href="https://www.ingermanson.com/">Ingermanson.com</a><br> * <a href="https://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/">Advanced Fiction Writing.com</a><br> <br> Our Featured Patron this week is: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Benjamin-Ellefson/e/B019FGW2PA/ref=dp_byline_cont_ebooks_1">Benjamin Ellefson</a><br> What If You Were Transported to a Land Without Color? And the Only One Who Could Restore it Was You?<br> When Alvin gets a mysterious pack of gum for his birthday, he of course blows a bubble as large as he can. But when that bubble carries him away to a far-off land where everything is gray, he’s in for the adventure of his life, and more than a little danger.<br> In the multi award winning, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Land-without-Color-Benjamin-Ellefson-ebook/dp/B01LP586B8/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1539899023&sr=8-1&keywords=Benjamin+Ellefson">The Land without Color</a>,
