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“Writing Rural With Alley” helps fiction writers bring rural lifestyles to life! Here you will learn to craft more realistic scenes and settings of rural life and lifestyles, new ways to show, not tell, helping to drive your story forward, discover obstacles and challenges for your characters to overcome. You’ll learn skills and techniques from the stone age to post-apocalyptic, including but not limited to, homesteading, living off the grid, bushcrafting, survival skills and more. And of course, we’ll explore all the ways things could possibly go wrong.
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What are some of the ways your character can make clothing? What skill do most hunters use that has nothing to do with weapons? What can give your character both food and something to sell? What can your character do when they have needs, but no job? What about hairy poop? Find out on this episode. Send us a Text Message.You can find full episode notes and links to find more information on each topic at my website: https://alleyhart.com/
What kind of large-scale jobs have historically been passed down in families? Do you know how your characters will make clothing if they do not have a way to buy them? What skills do modern people use in rural life? What can leave a giant splint in your character’s arm? Find out on this episode. Send us a Text Message.You can find full episode notes and links to find more information on each topic at my website: https://alleyhart.com/
What cooking skills could your character learn? How should your character care for cast iron? What experiences might your characters bond over? What kind of advice can an adult ask a child for that would make them thrilled? What tastes awful? Find out on this episode. Send us a Text Message.You can find full episode notes and links to find more information on each topic at my website: https://alleyhart.com/
Where did your characters learn their skill sets? Do you want to learn natural ways for your characters to interact with your other characters? Do you need inspiration to show the tight bonds of a family? What do axes and seeds have to do with this? Find out on this episode. Send us a Text Message.You can find full episode notes and links to find more information on each topic at my website: https://alleyhart.com/
What parts of dandelions can your character eat? What disease might dandelions help sailors with? When were dandelions used as a food source in history? How could dandelion tea help your female characters? What do restaurants have to do with dandelions? Find out on this episode. Send us a Text Message.You can find full episode notes and links to find more information on each topic at my website: https://alleyhart.com/
Want to learn what your character needs for making a fire? Would you like to learn some new words that could potentially whittle down your word count in editing? Do you know what a flue is, and why it is important to all fireplaces and woodstoves? What’s a chimney swift? Find out on this episode! Send us a Text Message.You can find full episode notes and links to find more information on each topic at my website: https://alleyhart.com/
How important should gardening be to the survival of your character? What preparation will your character do to prepare for their garden? Want to learn how to weave gardening into any season of your story? What about dead fish? Find out on this episode! Send us a Text Message.You can find full episode notes and links to find more information on each topic at my website: https://alleyhart.com/
What damage can hail do to your character or their property? Does hail mean a tornado is coming? How can hail impact a garden? How can your character protect their garden and home from hail? What will your character need to do if they are outside and it starts hailing? Find out on this episode. Send us a Text Message.You can find full episode notes and links to find more information on each topic at my website: https://alleyhart.com/
What will help your character to hold to their mental fortitude when others laugh about their lifestyle? What about cloth toilet paper? Does my character really need to deal with failure? Who’s getting shocked? Find out on this episode! Send us a Text Message.You can find full episode notes and links to find more information on each topic at my website: https://alleyhart.com/
What exactly is self sufficiency, anyway? Why might community be important? What products can your character make at home? What will your character need to ask themself? Find out on this episode. Send us a Text Message.You can find full episode notes and links to find more information on each topic at my website: https://alleyhart.com/
What can your character do with their egg shells? How many eggs do chickens lay? What do toothpaste and chicken mites have to do with egg shells? Find out on this episode! Send us a Text Message.You can find full episode notes and links to find more information on each topic at my website: https://alleyhart.com/
When does your character need to start preparing for winter? What is a freeze line? What are micro-greens and chicking? Find out on this episode. Send us a Text Message.You can find full episode notes and links to find more information on each topic at my website: https://alleyhart.com/
What makes cooking on an open fire different from a kitchen stove? What is noodling? What bit off a finger? Find out on this episode. Send us a Text Message.You can find full episode notes and links to find more information on each topic at my website: https://alleyhart.com/
If your character needs to find people to get help after a disaster, what should they do? Can fruit be toxic? What about mountain lions? Find out on this episode. Send us a Text Message.You can find full episode notes and links to find more information on each topic at my website: https://alleyhart.com/
What skills will your character need to survive a disaster? What could keep plastic from burning? Why might your character use glowing hot rocks? Find out on this episode. Send us a Text Message.You can find full episode notes and links to find more information on each topic at my website: https://alleyhart.com/
What are the jobs your character could train their dog for? What are the important things to consider as you write your dog? What do working dogs have to do with milk and zombies? Find out on this episode. Send us a Text Message.You can find full episode notes and links to find more information on each topic at my website: https://alleyhart.com/
What is hydrophobia? How does it feel to the person suffering from it? What does the virus want? Find out on this episode. Send us a Text Message.You can find full episode notes and links to find more information on each topic at my website: https://alleyhart.com/
What is the best angle to sharpen a straight razor? What do diamonds have to do with sharpening knives? Who was spitting? Why were the spoons sharpened? Find out on this episode.Send us a Text Message.You can find full episode notes and links to find more information on each topic at my website: https://alleyhart.com/
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How can wood ash help your character with ice on the ground? Why would a mechanic keep wood ash in his shop? Who has 61 tattoos? Find out on this episode. Send us a Text Message.You can find full episode notes and links to find more information on each topic at my website: https://alleyhart.com/
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