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Back to Search12.41: Raising the Stakes
Season 12 Episode 41
Your Hosts: Brandon, Mary, Mary Anne, and Wesley When we talk about "raising the stakes," we mean making the outcomes of the events in a story increa…
8 years, 5 months ago
12.40: Structuring a Novel
Season 12 Episode 40
Your Hosts: Brandon, Mary, Dan, and Howard What makes something a novel, rather than just a serialized collection of stuff that happens? How do we us…
8 years, 6 months ago
12.39: Q&A on Short(er) Fiction
Season 12 Episode 39
Your Hosts: Brandon, Piper, Dan, and Howard Our listeners sent us some questions about writing shorter fiction. Here are the questions: How do you ma…
8 years, 6 months ago
12.38: What Do Editors Really Want, with Toni Weisskopf and Cat Rambo
Season 12 Episode 38
Your Hosts: Dan and Howard Toni Weisskopf and Cat Rambo joined Dan and Howard to discuss what it is that editors "really want." Question To Help You …
8 years, 6 months ago
12.37: Subplots
Season 12 Episode 37
Your Hosts: Brandon, Mary, Mary Anne, and Wesley What makes a plot a subplot? Must subplots and main plots be linked by something more binding than t…
8 years, 6 months ago
12.36: Structuring a Mid-Length Piece
Season 12 Episode 36
Your Hosts: Brandon, Mary, Dan, and Howard Larger than a short story, smaller than a novel... there's quite a bit of space between those two threshol…
8 years, 6 months ago
12.35: Short Fiction Markets, with Spencer Ellsworth and guest host Beth Meacham
Season 12 Episode 35
Your Hosts: Mary, Dan, and Howard, with guest host Beth Meacham Spencer Ellsworth and Beth Meacham joined us before a live audience at LTUE 2017 for …
8 years, 7 months ago
12.34: Fulfilling the Reader’s Fantasy, with Brian McClellan
Season 12 Episode 34
Your Hosts: Brandon, Piper, Dan, and Howard Brian McClellan joins us for a discussion on fulfilling the promises we make to our readers—specifically …
8 years, 7 months ago
12.33: How to be Brief, Yet Powerful
Season 12 Episode 33
Your Hosts: Brandon, Mary, Mary Anne, and Wesley We've talked about some of the structural guidelines for short stories. In this episode we'll discus…
8 years, 7 months ago
12.32: Structuring a Short Piece
Season 12 Episode 32
Your Hosts: Brandon, Mary, Dan, and Howard We begin our exploration of short story structure with a re-cap of the MACE quotient (Milieu, Ask/Answer, …
8 years, 7 months ago