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Back to SearchEpisode 94 - Seven big dialogue writing techniques.
Dialogue in fiction is fun to write and fun to read. Here are seven techniques that'll help make our dialogue shine. Also, why should we create a c…
2 years, 3 months ago
Episode 93 - Can we avoid stupid writing?
Let's talk about stupid writing, And: how to get our story going without over-explanation and back-story. How John Updike and Frank Baum wrote. An…
2 years, 3 months ago
Episode 92 - Fourteen scene mistakes and how to avoid them.
Here is a list of the fourteen biggest mistakes we can make when creating our scene, and how to avoid them. Also, we'll talk about how to avoid the …
2 years, 4 months ago
Episode 91 - The benefits of a buddy, and Willa Cather and Nathaniel Hawthorne.
Adding a close friend for our story's protagonist offers many benefits. Here are some thoughts on buddies. And: how did novelists Willa Cather and …
2 years, 4 months ago
Episode 90 - Techniques for creating riveting settings.
Bland settings works against the story, and riveting settings propel the story forward. Here are techniques for creating powerful settings that will…
2 years, 4 months ago
Episode 89 - Avoiding the biggest mistakes before we begin to write.
Here are thoughts on how to avoid early mistakes in our writing, those blunders we might make before we write the first sentence of our story. Al…
2 years, 4 months ago
Episode 88 - Writing the fight scene.
Action is the most interesting element in most novels, and a fight is action. Here are some techniques for writing a fight scene. Also, here's an…
2 years, 5 months ago
Episode 87 - How to write a fabulous first sentence.
The first sentence of our story should suggest to the reader, "Come on in and listen." A good first sentence propels the reader into the story, and …
2 years, 5 months ago
Episode 86 - The importance of a tie-up later list. Also: sequels.
Why should we keep a tie-up later list? How to create one and their importance are mentioned. And Angelou, King, and Tolstoy. Also: should we pl…
2 years, 5 months ago
Episode 85 - Dialogue's three most important techniques.
Listening to characters speak is a great pleasure for readers. It's as if the reader is a character in the scene, listening in, eavesdropping. Here…
2 years, 5 months ago