Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchEpisode 204 - Meaningless modifiers and what to cut.
Some words don't add anything to a sentence other than confusion. Here are several modifiers that our story is better without. Also, is cutting te…
2 months, 1 week ago
Episode 203 - Argument makes our dialogue riveting.
Dialogue lets the reader become part of the story, as if the reader is standing next to the characters listening to them talk. Not all conversation …
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Episode 202 - How to have fun while writing.
Writing fiction is work but it doesn't need to be a grind. Here's how we can have fun while we write, things that'll give us a joyful kick, maybe ev…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Episode 201 - A formula for strong sentences.
Physics loves formulas: E=MC2. How about writing? Here is a formula for writing strong sentences, ones that are clear and have energy. Our setting…
3 months ago
Episode 200 - How can we know if we can write?
Do we have the skill to write a novel or short story? Here are early clues that may let us know. Also, top writers' ten best rules of writing. An…
3 months, 1 week ago
Episode 199 - Writing a scene with many people and lots of motion.
Sometimes in our story we'll have a scene filled with people where everyone is moving all at once, such as a battle scene or mob scene or festival sc…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Episode 198 - A big way to make our dialogue riveting.
Readers love dialogue, the chance to eavesdrop on the characters. Here is a good way to make that dialogue really worth listening to. Also, here ar…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
Episode 197 - That odd little thing for our character.
How can we make our character memorable for the reader? How can we make the character leap off the page and stay in the reader's memory? Here's how…
3 months, 4 weeks ago
Episode 196 - Importance of the character arc.
Readers want a character who can grow and change over the course of the story. Here is a discussion of the character arc: how we can use the arc to d…
4 months ago
Episode 195 - The adopt a dog technique.
One of the best ways to have readers like our story is to have readers like--maybe even love--our main character. But we usually don't want our pro…
4 months, 1 week ago