Essential Guide to Writing a Novel

112 Episodes

1. Episode 92 - Fourteen scene mistakes and how to avoid them.

   Published: 12/22/2023
2. Episode 91 - The benefits of a buddy, and Willa Cather and Nathaniel Hawthorne.

   Published: 12/15/2023
3. Episode 90 - Techniques for creating riveting settings.

   Published: 12/8/2023
4. Episode 89 - Avoiding the biggest mistakes before we begin to write.

   Published: 12/1/2023
5. Episode 88 - Writing the fight scene.

   Published: 11/24/2023
6. Episode 87 - How to write a fabulous first sentence.

   Published: 11/17/2023
7. Episode 86 - The importance of a tie-up later list. Also: sequels.

   Published: 11/10/2023
8. Episode 85 - Dialogue's three most important techniques.

   Published: 11/3/2023
9. Episode 84 - Why we should create a funny character, and how to do so.

   Published: 10/27/2023
10. Episode 83 - How to show our character's thoughts to avoid interior monologue.

    Published: 10/20/2023
11. Episode 82 - Finding the courage to write, and describing our first-person hero.

    Published: 10/13/2023
12. Episode 81 - The top ten fiction writing techniques.

    Published: 10/6/2023
13. Episode 80 - Maybe we are writing magic, and strong versus weak words.

    Published: 9/29/2023
14. Episode 79 - Tips for writing YA fiction. Also: adding detail to our scenes.

    Published: 9/22/2023
15. Episode 78 - Developing a distinctive voice, and flashbacks.

    Published: 9/15/2023
16. Episode 77 - Eleven techniques for writing strong sentences.

    Published: 9/8/2023
17. Episode 76 - Writing our synopsis, and avoiding filters.

    Published: 9/1/2023
18. Episode 75 - The magical difference between scene and summary.

    Published: 8/25/2023
19. Episode 74 - How to describe our villainous villain, and how to get unstuck.

    Published: 8/18/2023
20. Episode 73 - How to make settings work for our story, and how writers get to work each day.

    Published: 8/11/2023