Jason Fuhrman | Kieren Westwood (@KierenWestwoodWriting) Interview | Project Ventus @JasonFuhrman | Uploaded June 2024 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
Today I sit down with Kieren Westwood, writer, YouTuber, fiction editor, to discuss all things writing, including his latest release, Project Ventus.

Check out all of Kieren's work here:

Project Ventus: https://a.co/d/6vsz70i
Gold Fury: https://a.co/d/d2RRVdx
YouTube: youtube.com/@UCFYOBrtrYKzdya20cFirkTA
Site: kierenwestwood.com

0:00 Intro
0:53 Why Writing?
4:22 Kieren's First Reader
6:51 The Power of Editing
9:40 Why YouTube?
14:57 How the Sausage is Made
19:11 Project Ventus is Born
22:10 Balancing POV
24:20 The Pitch
26:38 Write to Market (or not)
27:38 Influences
30:22 Why Character is King
36:58 Planning POV
39:38 Breaking the Rules of Prose
44:41 The Editing Process
48:32 Writing Timeline
50:49 Geographical Diversity
53:25 The Importance of Accuracy
58:02 Research
1:02:28 Real Life Inspiration
1:06:27 Endings
1:08:42 Prologues and Epilogues
1:11:03 Ideal Readers
1:13:57 The Truth of Traditional Publishing
1:16:15 Everyone Should Write a Book
1:17:10 The Power of Fiction
1:21:22 Impactful Books
1:28:59 Subscriber Question 1
1:31:28 Subscriber Question 2
1:36:04 What's Next for Kieren?
1:38:03 Final Words of Wisdom

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