Essential Guide to Writing a Novel

136 Episodes

1. Episode 76 - Writing our synopsis, and avoiding filters.

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

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

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

   Published: 8/11/2023
5. Episode 72 - Finding an agent, and writing a query.

   Published: 8/4/2023
6. Episode 71 - Using the critical tool of contrast. And writing vivid character descriptions.

   Published: 7/28/2023
7. Episode 70 - Writing a story in the first-person.

   Published: 7/21/2023
8. Episode 69 - Learning character and setting descriptions from the masters.

   Published: 7/14/2023
9. Episode 68 - Do we have an idea or a plot? Also: how to write joyful dialogue.

   Published: 7/7/2023
10. Episode 67 - Lighting the writing fuse, and showing rather than telling about the setting.

    Published: 6/30/2023
11. Episode 66 - Creating characters readers love. Also; techniques for writing sad dialogue.

    Published: 6/23/2023
12. Episode 65 - A writer's thoughts on ChatGPT. And the benefits of identifying our genre.

    Published: 6/16/2023
13. Episode 64 - How to get started writing, and tips on romantic and angry dialogue.

    Published: 6/9/2023
14. Episode 63 - How to bring our settings to life, and writing the romantic scene.

    Published: 6/2/2023
15. Episode 62 - A technique for bringing our characters to life, and writing the action scene.

    Published: 5/26/2023
16. Episode 61 - How to detect and fix a sloppy scene. Also: how to unleash story ideas.

    Published: 5/19/2023
17. Episode 60 - Fabulous sentences of fiction, font fiddling, and slow motion.

    Published: 5/12/2023
18. Episode 59 - Plotting with a spreadsheet. And the unreliable narrator. Also, fiddling with the flow of time.

    Published: 5/5/2023
19. Episode 58 - Making writing less daunting, and some techniques to avoid weak sentences.

    Published: 4/28/2023
20. Episode 57 - An important tool, the timeline. Also, authorial distance.

    Published: 4/23/2023