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18.52: Writing Inside The Box
Season 18 Episode 52
"Your short story should definitely be a novel." It's something writers are often told when they write short stories. What tips and tricks can you us…
2 years, 3 months ago
18.51: So You Wanna Play With Format?
Season 18 Episode 51
Are you interested in experimenting with different writing forms? Do you want to try an unusual or different way of writing? Well this week, we have …
2 years, 3 months ago
18.50: The Unreliable Narrator
Season 18 Episode 50
All unreliable narrators aren't unreliable in the same way. How do they differ and how does that change the way that we write them? Erin shares her u…
2 years, 3 months ago
18.49: Giving Your Story A Voice
Season 18 Episode 49
What does it mean if your writing is voice-y? How do you give your character a natural voice? We approach this question from the high-level perspect…
2 years, 3 months ago
18.48: NaNoWriMo Week 5 - Writing Endings
Season 18 Episode 48
Welcome to the last week of National Novel Writing Month! It’s okay if you aren’t going to finish your book, and it’s also okay if you don’t have 50,…
2 years, 4 months ago
18.47: NaNoWriMo Week 4 - Climaxes, or OH MY GOD NO
Season 18 Episode 47
It’s week four of NaNoWriMo! Or, National Novel Writing Month, which happens every year for the month of November. This week, we are talking about ho…
2 years, 4 months ago
18.46: NaNoWriMo Week 3 - Raising the Stakes
Season 18 Episode 46
We are now three weeks into NaNoWriMo—where writers are attempting to write a novel in the month of November. For this episode, our writers talk abou…
2 years, 4 months ago
18.45: NaNoWriMo Week 2 - Inciting Incident
Season 18 Episode 45
Welcome to the first official week of National Novel Writing Month (or, almost the end of this week)! In this episode, we dive into how to write an i…
2 years, 4 months ago
18.44: NaNoWriMo Week 1- Getting Started
Season 18 Episode 44
Welcome to National Novel Writing Month! For November, writers all over the world are trying to complete a novel, or write 50,000 words. In honor of …
2 years, 5 months ago
18.43: Worldbuilding in Miniature
Season 18 Episode 43
If you're writing short fiction, how much of your world do you even need to figure out? Should you have it all written out? Can you just wing it? Thi…
2 years, 5 months ago