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Gotta have some conflict
Gotta have some conflict

Episode 149

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We did an episode on raising the stakes and one on “White Knuckle Scenes” back in October of last year. And …

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Voices In Your Head
Voices In Your Head

Episode 148

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We have done character episodes before. Early on, we did Despicable Characters, Archetypes, Names, and how t…

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Stories like Sparklers
Stories like Sparklers

Episode 147

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Wednesday night we had a fun time at The Aristocrat on Washington, reading short pieces called “flash” ficti…

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Choose Your Weapon
Choose Your Weapon

Episode 143

Last week we worked personification and anthropomorphism. So this week we’re going to go through the list until we run out of time: Simile and Metaph…

3 years, 7 months ago

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Learning How to Take Rejection
Learning How to Take Rejection

Episode 140

Okay. Rejection. Got another one this past week. The journal is called The Rupture and they didn’t want my short story, So Close. Today we’re going t…

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Dogs at the Poker Table
Dogs at the Poker Table

Episode 142

So we’ve done some cool literary devices in the past but we’ve never done personification. It came up in my house this week because my mom’s dog, Cle…

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But what does it mean?
But what does it mean?

Episode 144

Leaving aside that we’re both of the generation totally fu**ed by Alanis Morissette’s inaccurate read of “irony,” and that hyperbole is So.Everywhere…

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The good advice that you just didn't take
The good advice that you just didn't take

Episode 146

Last week we continued our work with literary devices working on flashback and juxtaposition. We took a little bit of time talking about extended fla…

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Those Query Pages Suck
Those Query Pages Suck

Episode 141

Last week we talked about rejection. We’ve all been there. Felt it. Had visceral emotional responses to it. We did not, repeat NOT email those who re…

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The best of times. The worst of times. Classic.
The best of times. The worst of times. Classic.

Episode 145

Last week we continued our work with literary devices working on themes and their workhorses: symbolism and motifs. This week we’re looking at flashb…

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