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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 …
3 years, 2 months ago
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…
3 years, 2 months ago
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…
3 years, 2 months ago
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
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…
3 years, 7 months ago
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…
3 years, 7 months ago
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…
3 years, 7 months ago
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…
3 years, 7 months ago
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…
3 years, 7 months ago
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…
3 years, 7 months ago