Hosted by James Thayer, the podcast is a practical, step-by-step manual on how to craft a novel. It
Stephen King is a powerful storyteller, of course, and he is also a highly-skilled sentence-by-sent
Readers love first person novels, where the hero talks directly to the reader. Here are some techni
Usually I talk about writing techniques but here are some living techniques for us writers. And som
How can an injury be good for us writers? It was for Roald Dahl. And here are Strunk and White&apo
A strong way to make a character likeable, and to have the reader root for her, is to have the chara
Contrast is among the strongest tools we writers can use. It's magic. Here is a discussion of
We can show (as opposed to tell) about a character's personality by describing the character&ap
In our novel should we leave plot questions unanswered so we have compelling questions for a sequel?
Why do readers put down a novel for good before they reach the last page? Here is a reason, maybe t
Here is a list of the top ten writing techniques in order of their importance, as best I can figure
Here are Kurt Vonnegut's eight rules of writing. Also, why reading an Andy Weir novel is such
Here is a scene with a strong plot point important to our story. It should be powerful but it isn&a
What if we get the sense that our story is a trope, that the plot is a cliche, that it's been d
Classic novelists knew the strong technique regarding plotting and it's a terrific lesson for u
When can a book coach help us and when can a coach not help us? Here are thoughts on book coaches.
Sometimes we don't need to use the standard and strong writing technique, and we can deviate fr
Blake Snyder's famous Save the Cat plotting--where he describes fifteen beats a movie screenpla
How can we submit a manuscript that meets the industry's format expectations and so avoids an a
We aren't villains, and we likely don't have the background and personality of a villain.
Sometimes new writers have a strong plot idea and they begin writing without learning much about fic
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