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Helping Writers Become Authors

Helping Writers Become Authors

522 episodes

Hosted by award-winning story coach K.M. Weiland, the Helping Writers Become Authors podcast will take you deep into story theory, writing techniques, and all the incredible wisdom of story. There is no such thing as "just a story." Come along to find out how to write YOUR best story, astound the world, and (just maybe) change your life!

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S16:E13: Checklist for Beginning Your Story: Plot Considerations

Published: April 15, 2024, 8 a.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 5 seconds

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S16:E12: How to Choose Story Settings: The 4 Basic Types of Setting

Published: April 1, 2024, 8 a.m.
Duration: 20 minutes 36 seconds

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S16:E11: From Lead to Gold: The Alchemy of Character Arc With Carl Jung

Published: March 25, 2024, 8 a.m.
Duration: 22 minutes 51 seconds

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S16:E10: Checklist for Beginning Your Story: Introducing Your Characters

Published: March 18, 2024, 8 a.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 33 seconds

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S16:E9: Announcing the Shadow Archetypes Course! (+Giveaway)

Published: March 11, 2024, 8 a.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 5 seconds

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S16:E8: 6 Tips to Write Deeply Emotional Fiction

Published: March 4, 2024, 9 a.m.
Duration: 22 minutes 41 seconds

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S16:E7: How to Use Antagonists in Your Story: The Right Way and the Wrong Way

Published: Feb. 26, 2024, 9 a.m.
Duration: 24 minutes 7 seconds

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S16:E6: Writing 101: A Comprehensive Guide to Backstory

Published: Feb. 19, 2024, 9 a.m.
Duration: 25 minutes

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S16:E5: Burned Out on the Business of Writing? 6 Insights to Rediscover Joy and Passion in Your Work

Published: Feb. 5, 2024, 9 a.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 44 seconds

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S16:E4: 5 Reasons Marketing Is Hard for Writers

Published: Jan. 29, 2024, 9 a.m.
Duration: 19 minutes 24 seconds

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S16:E3: Writing Multiple Plotlines: Everything You Need to Know

Published: Jan. 22, 2024, 9 a.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 3 seconds

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S16:E2: Lessons From 2023: 5 Reflections on "Flat Arc" Periods

Published: Jan. 8, 2024, 9 a.m.
Duration: 23 minutes 43 seconds

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S16:E1: Top 10 Writing Posts of 2023

Published: Jan. 1, 2024, 9 a.m.
Duration: 10 minutes 48 seconds

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Ep. 647: My Top Books of 2023

Published: Dec. 18, 2023, 9:10 a.m.
Duration: 10 minutes 56 seconds

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Ep. 646: How to Market a Book: 6 Steps From a Full-Time Author

Published: Dec. 11, 2023, 8 a.m.
Duration: 20 minutes 13 seconds

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Ep. 645: 14 Do's and Don'ts of Time Management for Writers (from a Recovering Over-Achiever)

Published: Nov. 27, 2023, 8 a.m.
Duration: 19 minutes 47 seconds

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Ep. 644: "There and Back Again": The Lord of the Rings and the Power of Despair in Fiction

Published: Oct. 30, 2023, 8 a.m.
Duration: 21 minutes 26 seconds

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Ep. 643: How to Use Archetypes in a Series

Published: Oct. 9, 2023, 8:50 a.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 47 seconds

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Ep. 642: How Meditation Can Inspire Your Next Story

Published: Oct. 2, 2023, 8 a.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 42 seconds

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Ep. 641: Announcing Archetypal Character Guided Meditations! (+Giveaway)

Published: Sept. 25, 2023, 8:10 a.m.
Duration: 10 minutes 10 seconds

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Ep. 640: What Are Antagonistic Proxies? And How Can They Help Your Story?

Published: Sept. 18, 2023, 8 a.m.
Duration: 18 minutes 1 second

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Ep. 639: Where Should You Start Plotting Your Story?

Published: Sept. 11, 2023, 8 a.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 25 seconds

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Ep. 638: Hot Tip for Character Relationships: The Relationship IS a Character

Published: Aug. 28, 2023, 8 a.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 42 seconds

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Ep. 637: How to Rediscover the Joy of Writing

Published: Aug. 21, 2023, 8 a.m.
Duration: 23 minutes 9 seconds

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What Are Plot Devices? (Why You Should Be Cautious)

Published: Aug. 14, 2023, 8 a.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 30 seconds

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Ep. 635: How to Write Interesting Happy Scenes? 6 Tips

Published: July 31, 2023, 8 a.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 39 seconds

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Ep. 634: 8 Different Types of Scenes

Published: July 24, 2023, 8 a.m.
Duration: 19 minutes

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Ep. 633: How to Discover What Your Character Fears

Published: July 10, 2023, 8 a.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 55 seconds

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Ep. 632: A New Way to Think About the Lie the Character Believes

Published: July 3, 2023, 8 a.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 46 seconds

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Ep. 631: What Does Your Character Want? Desire vs. Plot Goal vs. Moral Intention vs. Need

Published: June 26, 2023, 8 a.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 31 seconds

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Ep. 630: What's the Difference? Your Character's Ghost vs. Wound vs. Lie vs. Weakness

Published: June 19, 2023, 8 a.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 17 seconds

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Ep. 629: The Daily Routine of a Full-Time Writer

Published: June 12, 2023, 8 a.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 43 seconds

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Ep. 628: Imposter Syndrome for Writers Is a Real Thing (+ the Key to Slaying It)

Published: June 5, 2023, 8 a.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 20 seconds

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Ep. 627: 5 Ways to Use Your Character's Shadows to Power Your Story

Published: May 29, 2023, 8 a.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 54 seconds

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Ep. 626: How to Create Insanely Complex Characters Using "Shadow Theory"

Published: May 21, 2023, 7:11 p.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 9 seconds

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Ep. 625: Why There's No Such Thing as "Just a Story"

Published: May 15, 2023, 8 a.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 18 seconds

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Ep. 624: Tips on Hiring and Working with a Book Cover Designer (And New Cover Reveal for Dreamlander!)

Published: May 8, 2023, 8:20 a.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 43 seconds

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Ep. 623: The Backstory Drip (Backstory Techniques, Pt. 3 of 3)

Published: May 1, 2023, 8 a.m.
Duration: 18 minutes 18 seconds

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Ep. 622: Backstory-as-Story vs. Alternating Timelines (Backstory Techniques, Pt. 2 of 3)

Published: April 24, 2023, 8 a.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 18 seconds

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Ep. 621: Prologues vs. Flashbacks (Backstory Techniques, Pt. 1 of 3)

Published: April 17, 2023, 9 a.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 20 seconds

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Ep. 620: How Archetypes Changed My Life and My Writing

Published: March 27, 2023, 8 a.m.
Duration: 18 minutes 8 seconds

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Ep. 619: Here Are Two Ways to Write Organic Themes

Published: March 20, 2023, 8 a.m.
Duration: 20 minutes 35 seconds

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Ep. 618: Genre Tips: How to Write Literary Fiction

Published: March 6, 2023, 9 a.m.
Duration: 19 minutes 27 seconds

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Ep. 617: Genre Tips: How to Write Mystery

Published: Feb. 27, 2023, 9 a.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 51 seconds

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Ep. 616: Genre Tips: How to Write Historical Fiction

Published: Feb. 20, 2023, 9 a.m.
Duration: 20 minutes 16 seconds

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Ep. 615: Genre Tips: How to Write Romance

Published: Feb. 13, 2023, 9 a.m.
Duration: 18 minutes 35 seconds

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Ep. 614: Genre Tips: How to Write Fantasy

Published: Feb. 6, 2023, 9:50 a.m.
Duration: 18 minutes 38 seconds

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Ep. 613: 5 Tips for How to Return to Writing After a Long Break

Published: Jan. 30, 2023, 9 a.m.
Duration: 18 minutes 7 seconds

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Your Story Isn't Working? Here Are 6 Problems to Troubleshoot

Published: Jan. 23, 2023, 9 a.m.
Duration: 22 minutes 42 seconds

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6 Lessons Learned From 4 Years of Writer's Block

Published: Jan. 16, 2023, 9 a.m.
Duration: 23 minutes 13 seconds

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Ep. 610: Looking Back on 2022: 5 Reflections on a Year of Healing

Published: Jan. 2, 2023, 9 a.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 27 seconds

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Ep. 609: 15 of My Favorite Books in 2022

Published: Dec. 12, 2022, 9 a.m.
Duration: 12 minutes 27 seconds

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Ep. 608: What Are the Best Places to Write? 15 Tips to Create the Perfect Writing Space

Published: Dec. 5, 2022, 9 a.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 40 seconds

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Ep. 607: 8 Tips for Dealing With Negative Reviews of Your Book

Published: Nov. 7, 2022, 9:50 a.m.
Duration: 20 minutes 6 seconds

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Ep. 606: Top 14 Tips and Tools for Creating Unique Character Voices

Published: Oct. 31, 2022, 8 a.m.
Duration: 19 minutes 48 seconds

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Ep. 605: 9 Negative Character Arcs in the Enneagram

Published: Oct. 17, 2022, 8 a.m.
Duration: 22 minutes 22 seconds

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Ep. 604: 9 Positive Character Arcs in the Enneagram

Published: Oct. 10, 2022, 8 a.m.
Duration: 18 minutes 11 seconds

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Ep. 603: Do You Need Personal Experience to Write About Something?

Published: Sept. 5, 2022, 8 a.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 30 seconds

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Ep. 602: 7 Tips for How to Add Complexity to Your Story

Published: Aug. 29, 2022, 8 a.m.
Duration: 18 minutes 27 seconds

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Ep. 601: Is Your Story Too Complicated? Here Are 9 Signs

Published: Aug. 22, 2022, 8 a.m.
Duration: 15 minutes

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Ep. 600: How to Write Emotional Scenes (Without Making Them Cringey)

Published: Aug. 15, 2022, 8 a.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 51 seconds

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Ep. 599: How Perfect Does Your Story's Structural Timing Have to Be?

Published: Aug. 8, 2022, 8 a.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 59 seconds

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Ep. 598: 13 Rules to Be a Better Beta Reader

Published: Aug. 1, 2022, 8 a.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 40 seconds

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Ep. 597: How to Structure Stories With Multiple Main Characters?

Published: July 25, 2022, 8 a.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 52 seconds

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Ep. 596: 7 Tips for Opening Your Story In Medias Res

Published: July 18, 2022, 8 a.m.
Duration: 19 minutes 19 seconds

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Ep. 595: Clearing Up Some Misconceptions About In Medias Res

Published: July 11, 2022, 8 a.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 54 seconds

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Ep. 594: 8 Ways to Avoid Cardboard Characters (and Plot Contrivances While You're At It)

Published: June 27, 2022, 8 a.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 58 seconds

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Ep. 593: Understanding the New Normal World of a Story's Resolution

Published: June 20, 2022, 8 a.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 53 seconds

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Ep. 592: Understanding the Underworld of a Story's Third Act

Published: June 13, 2022, 8 a.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 12 seconds

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Ep. 591: Understanding the Adventure World of a Story's Second Act

Published: June 6, 2022, 8 a.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 40 seconds

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Ep. 590: Understanding the Normal World of a Story's First Act

Published: May 30, 2022, 8 a.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 37 seconds

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Ep. 589: Deepening Your Story's Theme With the Thematic Square

Published: May 23, 2022, 8 a.m.
Duration: 18 minutes 7 seconds

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Ep. 588: 6 Ways to Find Your Best Ideas Before You Start Writing

Published: May 16, 2022, 8 a.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 53 seconds

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Ep. 587: The Role of the Antagonist in Story Structure, Pt. 2 of 2

Published: May 9, 2022, 8 a.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 25 seconds

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Ep. 586: The Role of the Antagonist in Story Structure, Pt. 1 of 2

Published: May 2, 2022, 8 a.m.
Duration: 22 minutes 14 seconds

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Ep. 585: Do You Have to Write Every Day? 10 Pros and Cons

Published: April 25, 2022, 8 a.m.
Duration: 18 minutes 38 seconds

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Ep. 584: The 6 Challenges of Writing a Second Novel

Published: April 18, 2022, 8 a.m.
Duration: 19 minutes 16 seconds

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Ep. 583: 14 Tips for Dealing With the Passage of Time in a Story

Published: April 11, 2022, 8 a.m.
Duration: 19 minutes 44 seconds

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Ep. 582: 6 Ways to Craft Spectacular Set-Piece Scenes

Published: March 28, 2022, 8 a.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 8 seconds

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Ep. 581: How to Know When You're a Successful Author?

Published: March 14, 2022, 8 a.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 4 seconds

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Ep. 580: Should You Take a Break From Writing? 5 Red Flags

Published: Feb. 28, 2022, 9 a.m.
Duration: 20 minutes 58 seconds

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Ep. 579: 9 Ways to Approach Relationship Dynamics in Fiction

Published: Feb. 21, 2022, 9 a.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 48 seconds

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Episode #578: Archetypes and Story Structure: How They're Connected

Published: Feb. 14, 2022, 9 a.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 6 seconds

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Ep. 577: Making Story Structure Your Own

Published: Feb. 7, 2022, 9 a.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 43 seconds

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Ep. 576: Conflict in Fiction: What It Really Is and Why It's Important to Plot

Published: Jan. 31, 2022, 9 a.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 51 seconds

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Ep. #575: The Writer's Inner Critic: 10 Ways to Tell if Yours Is Healthy

Published: Jan. 24, 2022, 9 a.m.
Duration: 18 minutes 46 seconds

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Ep. 574: A Writer's New Year Reflections: The 6 Gifts I Gave Myself in 2021

Published: Jan. 10, 2022, 9 a.m.
Duration: 19 minutes 15 seconds

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Ep. 573: The Two Halves of the Climactic Moment

Published: Dec. 13, 2021, 9 a.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 40 seconds

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Ep. 572: The Two Halves of the Third Plot Point

Published: Dec. 6, 2021, 2 p.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 11 seconds

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Ep. 571: The Two Halves of the Midpoint

Published: Nov. 29, 2021, 9 a.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 11 seconds

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Ep. 570: The Two Halves of the First Plot Point

Published: Nov. 15, 2021, 9 a.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 22 seconds

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Ep. 569: The Two Halves of the Inciting Event

Published: Nov. 8, 2021, 9 a.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 51 seconds

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Ep. #568: 6 Questions to Help You Avoid Repetitive Scenes

Published: Oct. 25, 2021, 8 a.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 25 seconds

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Ep. 567: Archetypal Antagonists for the Mage Arc: Evil and the Weakness of Humankind

Published: Oct. 11, 2021, 8 a.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 59 seconds

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Ep. 566: Archetypal Antagonists for the Crone Arc: Death Blight and Tempter

Published: Oct. 4, 2021, 8 a.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 21 seconds

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Ep. 565: Archetypal Antagonists for the King Arc: Cataclysm and Rebel

Published: Sept. 27, 2021, 8 a.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 44 seconds

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Ep. 564: Archetypal Antagonists for the Queen Arc: Invader and Empty Throne

Published: Sept. 20, 2021, 8 a.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 22 seconds

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Ep. 563: Archetypal Antagonists for the Hero Arc: Dragon and Sick King

Published: Sept. 13, 2021, 8 a.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 59 seconds

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Ep. 562: Archetypal Antagonists for the Maiden Arc: Authority and Predator

Published: Sept. 6, 2021, 8 a.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 52 seconds

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Ep. 561: Archetypal Antagonists for Each of the Six Archetypal Character Arcs

Published: Aug. 30, 2021, 8 a.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 53 seconds

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Ep. 560: The Main Reason Your Story's Premise Is Important

Published: Aug. 23, 2021, 8 a.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 6 seconds

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Ep. 559: 3 Things to Know About the Ending of a Story

Published: Aug. 9, 2021, 8 a.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 49 seconds

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Ep. 558: How the Antagonist Functions in Different Types of Character Arcs

Published: Aug. 2, 2021, 8 a.m.
Duration: 19 minutes 39 seconds

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Ep. 557: Should You Edit As You Go?

Published: July 26, 2021, 8 a.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 7 seconds

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Ep. 556: Why Everyone Should Write (Even if You Think You Stink)

Published: July 19, 2021, 8 a.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 28 seconds

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Ep. 555: Archetypal Character Arcs, Pt. 22: How to Use Archetypal Character Arcs in Your Stories

Published: July 5, 2021, 8 a.m.
Duration: 19 minutes 56 seconds

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Ep. 554: Archetypal Character Arcs, Pt. 21: The Flat Archetype of the Mentor

Published: June 28, 2021, 8 a.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 38 seconds

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Ep. 553: Archetypal Character Arcs, Pt. 20: The Flat Archetype of the Elder

Published: June 21, 2021, 8 a.m.
Duration: 18 minutes 50 seconds

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Ep. 552: Archetypal Character Arcs, Pt. 19: The Flat Archetype of the Ruler

Published: June 13, 2021, 7:38 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 37 seconds

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Ep. 551: Archetypal Character Arcs, Pt. 18: The Flat Archetype of the Parent

Published: June 7, 2021, 8 a.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 59 seconds

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Ep. 550: Archetypal Character Arcs, Pt. 17: The Flat Archetype of the Lover

Published: May 31, 2021, 8 a.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 46 seconds

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Ep. 549: Archetypal Character Arcs, Pt. 16: The Flat Archetype of the Child

Published: May 24, 2021, 8 a.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 16 seconds

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Ep. 548: Archetypal Character Arcs, Pt. 15: Introduction to the 6 Flat Archetypes

Published: May 17, 2021, 8 a.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 43 seconds

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Ep. 547: Archetypal Character Arcs, Pt. 14: The Mages Shadow Archetypes

Published: May 10, 2021, 8 a.m.
Duration: 19 minutes 25 seconds

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Ep. 546: Archetypal Character Arcs, Pt. 13: The Crones Shadow Archetypes

Published: May 3, 2021, 8 a.m.
Duration: 18 minutes 47 seconds

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Ep. 545: Archetypal Character Arcs, Pt. 12: The Kings Shadow Archetypes

Published: April 26, 2021, 2 p.m.
Duration: 20 minutes 50 seconds

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Ep. 544: Archetypal Character Arcs, Pt. 11: The Queens Shadow Archetypes

Published: April 19, 2021, 8 a.m.
Duration: 19 minutes 40 seconds

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Ep. 543: Archetypal Character Arcs, Pt. 10: The Heros Shadow Archetypes

Published: April 12, 2021, 8 a.m.
Duration: 20 minutes 13 seconds

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Ep. 542: Archetypal Character Arcs, Pt. 9: The Maidens Shadow Archetypes

Published: April 5, 2021, 8 a.m.
Duration: 21 minutes 4 seconds

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Ep. 541: Archetypal Character Arcs, Pt. 8: Introduction to the 12 Shadow Archetypes

Published: March 29, 2021, 8 a.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 22 seconds

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Ep. 540: Archetypal Character Arcs, Pt. 7: The Mage Arc

Published: March 22, 2021, 8 a.m.
Duration: 23 minutes 57 seconds

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Ep. 539: Archetypal Character Arcs, Pt. 6: The Crone Arc

Published: March 15, 2021, 8 a.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 44 seconds

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Ep. 538: Archetypal Character Arcs, Pt. 5: The King Arc

Published: March 8, 2021, 9 a.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 45 seconds

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Ep. 537: Archetypal Character Arcs, Pt. 4: The Queen Arc

Published: March 1, 2021, 9 a.m.
Duration: 24 minutes 21 seconds

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Ep. 536: Archetypal Character Arcs, Pt. 3: The Hero Arc

Published: Feb. 21, 2021, 10:49 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 23 seconds

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Ep. 535: Archetypal Character Arcs, Pt. 2: The Maiden Arc

Published: Feb. 15, 2021, 9 a.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 32 seconds

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Ep. 534: Archetypal Character Arcs, Pt. 1: A New Series

Published: Feb. 8, 2021, 9 a.m.
Duration: 20 minutes 34 seconds

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Ep. 533: An Introduction to Archetypal Stories

Published: Feb. 1, 2021, 9 a.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 39 seconds

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Ep. 532: Story Theory and the Quest for Meaning

Published: Jan. 25, 2021, 9 a.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 52 seconds

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Ep. 531: 3 Character Arcs in the Karpman Drama Triangle

Published: Jan. 18, 2021, 9 a.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 44 seconds

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Ep. 530: 7 Writing Lessons Learned in 2020

Published: Jan. 4, 2021, 9 a.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 20 seconds

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Ep. 529: What Is Dreamzoning? (7 Steps to Finding New Story Ideas)

Published: Nov. 29, 2020, 9:46 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 25 seconds

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Ep. 528: 7 Steps to Stop Overthinking Your Writing

Published: Nov. 23, 2020, 9 a.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 7 seconds

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Ep. 527: 5 Questions About Scene Sequences

Published: Nov. 16, 2020, 9 a.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 17 seconds

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Ep. 526: Are You Growing as a Writer? (Here's the Only Way to Tell)

Published: Nov. 9, 2020, 9 a.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 39 seconds

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Ep. 525: The Power of Chiastic Story Structure (Especially in a Series)

Published: Nov. 2, 2020, 9 a.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 26 seconds

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Ep. 524: The Midpoint as the Swivel Point of Your Story's Linked Structure

Published: Oct. 26, 2020, 8 a.m.
Duration: 18 minutes 44 seconds

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Ep. 523: The Link Between Your Story's Pinch Points

Published: Oct. 12, 2020, 8 a.m.
Duration: 20 minutes 43 seconds

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Ep. 522: The Link Between Your Story's First Plot Point and Third Plot Point

Published: Oct. 5, 2020, 8 a.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 36 seconds

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Ep. 521: The Link Between Your Story's Hook and Resolution

Published: Sept. 28, 2020, 8 a.m.
Duration: 19 minutes 4 seconds

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Ep. 520: The Crucial Link Between Your Story's Inciting Event and Climactic Moment

Published: Sept. 14, 2020, 8 a.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 49 seconds

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Episode #519: 15 Steps to Self-Publish Your Book

Published: Sept. 7, 2020, 8 a.m.
Duration: 19 minutes 29 seconds

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Episode #518: 7 Considerations for Your Antagonist's Motivations (Which Will Save You SOOO Much Trouble)

Published: Aug. 31, 2020, 8 a.m.
Duration: 19 minutes 6 seconds

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Ep. 517: Afraid to Let Anyone Read Your Writing? 5 Steps to Move Past Fears

Published: Aug. 24, 2020, 8 a.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 25 seconds

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Ep. 516: 5 Exercises for Honing Your Story Instincts

Published: Aug. 17, 2020, 8 a.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 11 seconds

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Ep. 515: Critique: 4 Ways to Write Sequel Scenes That Grip Readers

Published: Aug. 10, 2020, 8 a.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 49 seconds

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Ep. 514: 5 Ways to Help Writers During the Pandemic (+Giveaways to Get You Started)

Published: Aug. 2, 2020, 9:21 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 38 seconds

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Ep. 513: 7 Misconceptions About Being a Writer

Published: July 26, 2020, 5:19 p.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 5 seconds

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Ep. 512: 4 Questions to Prevent Plot Holes

Published: July 20, 2020, 8 a.m.
Duration: 18 minutes 15 seconds

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Ep. 511: How to Get Stuff Done as a Writer (or How This INTJ Leverages Her Te)

Published: July 5, 2020, 9:44 p.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 47 seconds

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Ep. 510: The 3 Acts of a Writer's Life--Or How Your Age Affects Your Writing

Published: June 29, 2020, 9 a.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 43 seconds

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Ep. 509: Using All Four Cognitive Functions as a Writer

Published: June 22, 2020, 8 a.m.
Duration: 18 minutes 48 seconds

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Ep. 508: 11 Exercises to Enhance Your Visual Thinking

Published: June 1, 2020, 6 a.m.
Duration: 18 minutes 10 seconds

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Ep. 507: Editing Your Novel Q&A

Published: May 24, 2020, 5:19 p.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 40 seconds

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Ep. 506: Creativity vs. Distraction: 13 Tips for Writers in the Age of the Internet

Published: May 18, 2020, 6 a.m.
Duration: 21 minutes 28 seconds

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Ep. 505: 7 Possible Hooks for Your Opening Chapter

Published: May 11, 2020, 12:07 a.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 24 seconds

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Ep. 505: 15 Productive Tasks You Can Still Do Even When You Don't Feel Like Writing

Published: April 27, 2020, midnight
Duration: 17 minutes 23 seconds

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Ep. 503: 4 Ways Writing Improves Your Relationship With Yourself

Published: April 20, 2020, 1:17 a.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 14 seconds

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Ep. 502: How to Get Some Writing Done: Discipline vs. Enthusiasm

Published: April 13, 2020, 6 a.m.
Duration: 21 minutes 6 seconds

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Ep. 501: 7 Ways Writing Saves Us When Life Is Hard

Published: April 6, 2020, 7 a.m.
Duration: 18 minutes 43 seconds

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Ep. 500: 8 Challenges (and Solutions) When Writing From Home

Published: March 30, 2020, 12:39 a.m.
Duration: 20 minutes 36 seconds

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Ep. 499: The Power of Hopeful Stories in a Stressful Time

Published: March 22, 2020, 9:37 p.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 50 seconds

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Ep. 498: 5 Questions About How to Balance Multiple POVs in Your Story

Published: March 15, 2020, 10:07 p.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 53 seconds

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Ep. #497: Critique: 6 Tips for Introducing Characters

Published: March 8, 2020, 9:43 p.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 44 seconds

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Ep. 496: Creativity vs. the Ego (Or, the Value of Unpublishable Stories)

Published: March 1, 2020, 10:56 p.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 42 seconds

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Ep. 495: The Professional Writing Resources I Use for All Parts of the Writing and Publishing Processes

Published: Feb. 23, 2020, 5:38 p.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 3 seconds

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Ep. 494: Thoughts on How to Be Critical of Stories in a Way That Makes a Difference

Published: Feb. 17, 2020, 1:19 a.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 23 seconds

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Ep. 493: 6 Steps to Create Realistic (and Powerful) Scene Dilemmas

Published: Feb. 4, 2020, 9:55 p.m.
Duration: 16 minutes

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Ep. 492: 2 Different Types of the Lie Your Character Believes

Published: Jan. 20, 2020, 4 a.m.
Duration: 18 minutes 2 seconds

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Ep. 491: 3 Life-Changing Rules for Finding More Writing Inspiration This Year

Published: Jan. 13, 2020, 4 a.m.
Duration: 23 minutes 15 seconds

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Ep. 490: My Top Books of 2019

Published: Jan. 6, 2020, 4 a.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 28 seconds

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Ep. 489: Critique: Supporting Characters and Theme: 6 Important Questions to Ask About Your Story

Published: Dec. 16, 2019, 4 a.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 35 seconds

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Ep. 488: Critique: 10 Ways to Write a Better First Chapter Using Specific Word Choices

Published: Dec. 9, 2019, 4 a.m.
Duration: 18 minutes 38 seconds

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Ep. 487: How to Choose the Right Antagonist for Any Type of Story

Published: Nov. 25, 2019, 4 a.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 45 seconds

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Ep. 486: How to Overcome Fear as a Writer and Embrace Your Profound Courage

Published: Nov. 18, 2019, 4 a.m.
Duration: 19 minutes 36 seconds

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Ep. 485: 23 Tips for a Zero Waste Home Office

Published: Nov. 4, 2019, 4 a.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 33 seconds

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Ep. 484: How to Know Which Parts of Your Story Readers Will Like Best

Published: Oct. 28, 2019, 4 a.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 17 seconds

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Ep. 483: A Writer's Guide to Understanding People

Published: Oct. 21, 2019, 4 a.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 54 seconds

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Ep. 482: This Is How to Transform Info Dumps Into Exciting Plot Reveals

Published: Oct. 14, 2019, 4 a.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 28 seconds

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Ep. 481: A Challenge to Write Life-Changing Fiction

Published: Oct. 7, 2019, 4 a.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 15 seconds

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Ep. 480: 5 Questions for Choosing a Protagonist Who Represents Theme

Published: Sept. 30, 2019, 4 a.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 32 seconds

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Ep. 479: Are You Struggling to Be Creative? This Might Be Why

Published: Sept. 23, 2019, 4 a.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 58 seconds

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Ep. 478: Critique: 10 Ways to Write Excellent Dialogue

Published: Sept. 16, 2019, 4 a.m.
Duration: 18 minutes 44 seconds

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Ep. 477: Creating Your Character's Inner Conflict: Want vs. Need

Published: Sept. 2, 2019, 4 a.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 45 seconds

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Ep. 476: How to Use a Truth Chart to Figure Out Character Arc

Published: Aug. 26, 2019, 4 a.m.
Duration: 22 minutes 22 seconds

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Ep. 475: How to Tell if Your Story Has Too Much Plot, Not Enough Character

Published: Aug. 19, 2019, 4 a.m.
Duration: 19 minutes 58 seconds

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Ep. 474: Learn 5 Types of Character Arc at a Glance, Pt. 2: The 3 Negative Arcs

Published: Aug. 5, 2019, 4 a.m.
Duration: 19 minutes 51 seconds

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Ep. 473: Learn 5 Types of Character Arc at a Glance, Pt. 1: The 2 Heroic Arcs

Published: July 29, 2019, 4 a.m.
Duration: 18 minutes 43 seconds

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Ep. 472: How to Make Your Plot a Powerful Thematic Metaphor

Published: July 22, 2019, 4 a.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 28 seconds

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Ep. 471: Taking Your Writing to the Next Level: Whole-Life Art

Published: July 1, 2019, 4 a.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 7 seconds

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Ep. 470: Critique: 4 Ways to Write Gripping Internal Narrative

Published: June 24, 2019, 4 a.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 20 seconds

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Ep. 469: 5 Ways to Earn Audience Loyalty

Published: June 17, 2019, 4 a.m.
Duration: 21 minutes 42 seconds

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Ep. 468: 6 Requirements for Writing Better Character Goals

Published: June 10, 2019, 4 a.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 52 seconds

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Ep. 467: How to Write Interesting Scenes

Published: June 3, 2019, 4 a.m.
Duration: 18 minutes 31 seconds

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Ep. 466: 4 Challenges of Writing for a Modern Audience

Published: May 27, 2019, 4 a.m.
Duration: 18 minutes 11 seconds

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Ep. 465: Helping Authors Become Artists

Published: April 22, 2019, 4 a.m.
Duration: 18 minutes 14 seconds

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Ep. 464: How to Use Your Outline When Writing Your First Draft

Published: April 15, 2019, 4 a.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 29 seconds

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Ep. 463: What Is the Relationship Between Plot and Theme?

Published: April 8, 2019, 4 a.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 56 seconds

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Ep. 462: 5 Ways to Use Theme to Create Character Arc (and Vice Versa)

Published: April 1, 2019, 4 a.m.
Duration: 18 minutes 6 seconds

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Ep. 461: 4 Pacing Tricks to Keep Readers' Attention

Published: March 25, 2019, 4 a.m.
Duration: 18 minutes 10 seconds

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Ep. 460: How to Find Your Thematic Principle

Published: March 18, 2019, 4 a.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 35 seconds

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Ep. 459: Plot, Character, and Theme: The Greatest Love Triangle in Fiction

Published: March 11, 2019, 4 a.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 11 seconds

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Ep. 458: 7 Things to Try When Writing Is Hard

Published: Feb. 25, 2019, 4 a.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 8 seconds

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Ep. 457: How to Use Paragraph Breaks to Guide the Reading Experience

Published: Feb. 11, 2019, 4 a.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 19 seconds

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Ep. 456: 10 Advantages of Writing a Single-POV Story

Published: Feb. 4, 2019, 4 a.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 11 seconds

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Ep. 455: My 9 Writing Goals for the New Year

Published: Jan. 28, 2019, 4 a.m.
Duration: 19 minutes 9 seconds

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Ep. 454: How to Create the Perfect Writing Process for You

Published: Jan. 21, 2019, 4 a.m.
Duration: 18 minutes 52 seconds

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Ep. 453: My Top Books of 2018

Published: Dec. 17, 2018, 4 a.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 21 seconds

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Ep. 452: The 10-Step Checklist to Writing an Above-Average Novel

Published: Dec. 10, 2018, 4 a.m.
Duration: 19 minutes 55 seconds

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Ep. 451: The 10 Rules of Writing Large Casts of Characters

Published: Dec. 3, 2018, 4 a.m.
Duration: 18 minutes 16 seconds

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Ep. 450: How to Choose Your Story's Plot Points

Published: Nov. 19, 2018, 4 a.m.
Duration: 19 minutes 52 seconds

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Ep. 449: 5 Ways to Successfully Start a Book With a Dream

Published: Nov. 12, 2018, 4 a.m.
Duration: 21 minutes 44 seconds

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Ep. 448: When Writing, How Do You Know When Enough Is Enough?

Published: Nov. 5, 2018, 4 a.m.
Duration: 19 minutes 15 seconds

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Ep. 447: 5 Lessons From a Lost Novel

Published: Oct. 29, 2018, 4 a.m.
Duration: 21 minutes 7 seconds

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Ep. 446: Words Are Radical! (or, How to Cherish Language)

Published: Oct. 15, 2018, 4 a.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 35 seconds

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Ep. 445: Story Structure Q and A: 6 Outstanding Questions About Structure

Published: Oct. 1, 2018, 4 a.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 35 seconds

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Ep. 444: 3 Tips for Improving Show, Don't Tell

Published: Sept. 24, 2018, 4 a.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 12 seconds

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Ep. 443: Do You Have Sloppy Writing Habits? (And 4 Things to Do About It)

Published: Sept. 3, 2018, 4 a.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 9 seconds

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Ep. 442: 5 Ways to Use the Enneagram to Write Better Characters

Published: Aug. 27, 2018, 4 a.m.
Duration: 19 minutes 30 seconds

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Ep. 441: Writer's Envy--And 3 Thoughts on What to Do About It

Published: Aug. 20, 2018, 4 a.m.
Duration: 12 minutes 52 seconds

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Ep. 440: How to Market Your Book When You Hate Marketing

Published: Aug. 13, 2018, 4 a.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 42 seconds

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Ep. 439: 4 Ways to Choose a Better Theme for Your Book

Published: Aug. 6, 2018, 4 a.m.
Duration: 20 minutes 49 seconds

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Ep. 438: 4 Steps for How to Turn an Idea Into a Story That Rocks

Published: July 23, 2018, 4 a.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 2 seconds

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Ep. 437: How to Write Unique Themes

Published: July 16, 2018, 4 a.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 34 seconds

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Ep. 436: Never Let Anybody Tell You How to Write: 8 Tips for Learning Responsibly

Published: July 9, 2018, 4 a.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 9 seconds

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Ep. 435: Judge Yourself Less, Trust Yourself More, and Write Better Stories

Published: July 2, 2018, 4 a.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 17 seconds

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Ep. 434: Writing as the Art of Thinking Clearly: 6 Steps

Published: June 25, 2018, 4 a.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 14 seconds

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Ep. 433: How to Intertwine Plot, Character, and Theme in Every Scene

Published: June 18, 2018, 4 a.m.
Duration: 18 minutes

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Ep. 432: 5 Steps to Writing Great Character Chemistry

Published: June 11, 2018, 4 a.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 49 seconds

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Ep. 431: 4 Ways to Write a Better Antagonist

Published: June 4, 2018, 4 a.m.
Duration: 21 minutes 17 seconds

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Ep. 430: How the Truth Your Character Believes Defines Your Theme

Published: May 28, 2018, 4 a.m.
Duration: 22 minutes

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Ep. 429: How to Grow as a Writer: 5 Logical Steps

Published: May 21, 2018, 4 a.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 45 seconds

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Ep. 428: 5 Lies Writers Believe That Are Holding Them Back

Published: May 14, 2018, 4 a.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 38 seconds

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Ep. 427: Most Common Writing Mistakes, Pt. 64: POV Problems

Published: May 7, 2018, 4 a.m.
Duration: 18 minutes 41 seconds

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What Should Your Characters Talk About?

Published: April 30, 2018, 4 a.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 28 seconds

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Your Ultimate First Chapter Checklist, Pt. 3: Introducing the Story

Published: April 23, 2018, 4 a.m.
Duration: 19 minutes 50 seconds

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Your Ultimate First Chapter Checklist, Pt. 2: Writing the Opening Chapter

Published: April 16, 2018, 4 a.m.
Duration: 18 minutes 5 seconds

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Your Ultimate First Chapter Checklist, Pt. 1: Hooking Readers

Published: April 9, 2018, 4 a.m.
Duration: 12 minutes 41 seconds

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How to Decide Between Plain Prose and Beautiful Prose

Published: April 2, 2018, 4 a.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 38 seconds

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Learn 5 Ways to Take Risks With Your Writing

Published: March 19, 2018, 4 a.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 30 seconds

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How to Spot and Avoid Self-Indulgent Writing

Published: March 12, 2018, 4 a.m.
Duration: 18 minutes 12 seconds

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Don't Write Scenes--Write Images

Published: Feb. 26, 2018, 4 a.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 18 seconds

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Cohesion and Resonance! Cohesion and Resonance! Cohesion and Resonance!

Published: Feb. 12, 2018, 4 a.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 38 seconds

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4 Tips for Writing to the Right Audience

Published: Feb. 5, 2018, 4 a.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 15 seconds

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4 Ways for Writers to Become Better Readers

Published: Jan. 29, 2018, 4 a.m.
Duration: 12 minutes 45 seconds

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The Words That Changed Your Life: Discovering What Made You a Writer

Published: Jan. 22, 2018, 4 a.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 26 seconds

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4 (Possible) Reasons Why We Write

Published: Jan. 15, 2018, 4 a.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 12 seconds

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The 5 Secrets of Good Storytelling (That Writers Forget All the Time)

Published: Jan. 8, 2018, 4 a.m.
Duration: 18 minutes 13 seconds

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4 Life-Changing New Year's Lessons for Writers

Published: Jan. 1, 2018, 4 a.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 33 seconds

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My Top Books of 2017

Published: Dec. 11, 2017, 4 a.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 52 seconds

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How to Write Funny

Published: Nov. 27, 2017, 4 a.m.
Duration: 19 minutes 14 seconds

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Tips for How to Choose the Right Sentences

Published: Nov. 20, 2017, 4 a.m.
Duration: 19 minutes 7 seconds

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5 (Not-So-Little) Additions to the Great Novel-Writing Checklist

Published: Nov. 13, 2017, 4 a.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 24 seconds

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Most Common Writing Mistakes, Pt. 63: Purple Prose

Published: Nov. 6, 2017, 4 a.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 2 seconds

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The Great Novel-Writing Checklist

Published: Oct. 30, 2017, 4 a.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 52 seconds

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4 Ways to Prevent Formulaic Story Structure

Published: Oct. 23, 2017, 4 a.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 56 seconds

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The Only Good Reason to Write

Published: Oct. 16, 2017, 4 a.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 19 seconds

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4 Reasons You're Confused About Scene Structure (With Examples)

Published: Oct. 9, 2017, 4 a.m.
Duration: 12 minutes 21 seconds

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6 Lifestyle Changes You Can Make to Protect Creativity

Published: Sept. 25, 2017, 8 a.m.
Duration: 21 minutes 9 seconds

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5 Tips for Organizing Subplots

Published: Sept. 18, 2017, 4 a.m.
Duration: 18 minutes 10 seconds

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Most Common Writing Mistakes, Pt. 62: Head-Hopping POV

Published: Sept. 4, 2017, 4 a.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 26 seconds

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7 Ways to Write Thematically-Pertinent Antagonists

Published: Aug. 28, 2017, 4 a.m.
Duration: 20 minutes 44 seconds

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4 Questions You Should Never Ask About Your Book

Published: Aug. 21, 2017, 4 a.m.
Duration: 14 minutes

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4 Ways to Write a Thought-Provoking Mentor Character

Published: Aug. 14, 2017, 4 a.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 57 seconds

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Most Common Writing Mistakes, Pt. 61: 5 Types of Clunky Dialogue

Published: Aug. 7, 2017, 4 a.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 36 seconds

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5 Tips for Writing a Likable "Righteous" Character

Published: July 31, 2017, 4 a.m.
Duration: 19 minutes 33 seconds

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16 Ways to Make Your Setting a Character in Its Own Right

Published: July 24, 2017, 4 a.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 8 seconds

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Writing Voice: 6 Things You Need to Know to Improve It

Published: July 17, 2017, 4 a.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 12 seconds

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How to Ace the First Act in Your Sequel

Published: July 10, 2017, 4 a.m.
Duration: 18 minutes 46 seconds

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Most Common Writing Mistakes, Pt. 60: Flat Plots

Published: July 3, 2017, 4 a.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 37 seconds

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How to Calculate Your Book's Length Before Writing

Published: June 26, 2017, 4 a.m.
Duration: 18 minutes 1 second

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Learn How to Make the Most of the 5 Stages of the Writing Process

Published: June 19, 2017, 4 a.m.
Duration: 20 minutes 9 seconds

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5 Ways to Write a Perfect First Draft (or Nearly)

Published: June 12, 2017, 4 a.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 33 seconds

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Are You a Writer or a Storyteller?

Published: June 5, 2017, 4 a.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 51 seconds

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5 Misconceptions About Writing That I Used to Believe

Published: May 22, 2017, 4 a.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 36 seconds

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When Does Writing Get Easier? The 4 Steps to Mastery

Published: May 15, 2017, 4 a.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 14 seconds

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Most Common Writing Mistakes, Pt. 59: Overly Complex Plots

Published: May 1, 2017, 4 a.m.
Duration: 16 minutes

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3 Ways to Make Your Writing More Visual

Published: April 24, 2017, 4 a.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 47 seconds

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3 Ways to Test Your Story's Emotional Stakes

Published: April 17, 2017, 4 a.m.
Duration: 18 minutes 20 seconds

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How to Benefit From the Biggest Reason for Storytelling

Published: April 10, 2017, 4 a.m.
Duration: 12 minutes 39 seconds

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Most Common Writing Mistakes, Pt. 58: Too Much Description

Published: April 3, 2017, 4 a.m.
Duration: 20 minutes 8 seconds

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The 7 Stages of Being a Writer (How Many Have You Experienced?)

Published: March 27, 2017, 4 a.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 23 seconds

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9 Tips for How to Write Opening and Closing Lines Readers Will Love to Quote

Published: March 20, 2017, 4 a.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 46 seconds

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5 Rules for How to Write a Sequel to Your Book

Published: March 13, 2017, 4 a.m.
Duration: 18 minutes 43 seconds

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Most Common Writing Mistakes, Pt. 57: Dead-End Relationships

Published: March 6, 2017, 4 a.m.
Duration: 18 minutes 15 seconds

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The Lazy Author's 6-Question Guide to Writing an Original Book

Published: Feb. 27, 2017, 4 a.m.
Duration: 18 minutes 33 seconds

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Learn How to Pace Your Story (and Mind-Control Your Readers) in Just 8 Steps

Published: Feb. 20, 2017, 4 a.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 23 seconds

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8 Ways to Troubleshoot a Scene--and 5 Ways Make It Fabulous

Published: Feb. 13, 2017, 4 a.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 46 seconds

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Most Common Writing Mistakes, Pt. 56: Unfulfilled Foreshadowing

Published: Feb. 6, 2017, 4 a.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 37 seconds

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How to Find Exactly the Right Story Hook

Published: Jan. 30, 2017, 4 a.m.
Duration: 19 minutes 6 seconds

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How to Outline a Series of Bestselling Books

Published: Jan. 16, 2017, 4 a.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 51 seconds

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Top 10 Ways to Rivet Readers with Plot Reveals

Published: Jan. 9, 2017, 4 a.m.
Duration: 19 minutes 58 seconds

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Most Common Writing Mistakes, Pt. 55: Beginning Your Story Too Late

Published: Jan. 2, 2017, 4 a.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 46 seconds

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Deepen Your Story With Character Misdirection

Published: Dec. 26, 2016, 4 a.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 25 seconds

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The #1 Way to Write Intense Story Conflict

Published: Dec. 19, 2016, 4 a.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 56 seconds

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A New Way to Think About Scene Structure

Published: Dec. 12, 2016, 4 a.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 18 seconds

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Most Common Writing Mistakes, Pt. 54: Story Events That Don't Move the Plot

Published: Dec. 5, 2016, 4 a.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 57 seconds

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How to Write a Scene Outline You Can Use (How to Outline for NaNoWriMo, Pt. 9)

Published: Nov. 28, 2016, 4 a.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 36 seconds

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Making the Most of Character Interviews (How to Outline for NaNoWriMo, Pt. 8)

Published: Nov. 21, 2016, 4 a.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 41 seconds

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How to Structure Your Story's Outline (How to Outline for NaNoWriMo, Pt. 7)

Published: Nov. 14, 2016, 4 a.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 50 seconds

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3 Tips for Weaving Together Your Story's Pieces (How to Outline for NaNoWriMo, Pt. 6)

Published: Nov. 7, 2016, 4 a.m.
Duration: 12 minutes 54 seconds

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4 Ways to Write Backstory That Matters (How to Outline for NaNoWriMo, Pt. 5)

Published: Oct. 31, 2016, 4 a.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 19 seconds

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How to Find and Fill All Your Plot Holes (How to Outline for NaNoWriMo, Pt. 4)

Published: Oct. 24, 2016, 4 a.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 56 seconds

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3 Steps to Find the Heart of Your Story (How to Outline for NaNoWriMo, Pt. 3)

Published: Oct. 17, 2016, 4 a.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 22 seconds

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Start Your Outline With These 4 Questions (How to Outline for NaNoWriMo, Pt. 2)

Published: Oct. 10, 2016, 4 a.m.
Duration: 20 minutes 15 seconds

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How to Outline for NaNoWriMo: Should You Outline Your Novel?

Published: Oct. 3, 2016, 4 a.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 4 seconds

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7 Questions You Have About Scenes vs. Chapters

Published: Sept. 26, 2016, 4 a.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 59 seconds

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The Secret to Writing Dynamic Characters: It's Always Their Fault

Published: Sept. 19, 2016, 4 a.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 54 seconds

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The Only 5 Ingredients You Need for Story Subtext

Published: Sept. 12, 2016, 4 a.m.
Duration: 21 minutes 29 seconds

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Most Common Writing Mistakes, Pt. 53: No Contractions in Dialogue

Published: Sept. 5, 2016, 4 a.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 2 seconds

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6 Reasons You Need to Make Way More Writing Mistakes

Published: Aug. 29, 2016, 4 a.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 28 seconds

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How to Find the Right Critique Partner: The 6-Step Checklist

Published: Aug. 15, 2016, 4 a.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 45 seconds

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15 More Reasons Writing Is Important (in Your Own Words)

Published: Aug. 8, 2016, 4 a.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 12 seconds

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How to Use Scrivener to Edit Your Novels

Published: Aug. 1, 2016, 4 a.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 2 seconds

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5 Reasons Writing Is Important to the World

Published: July 25, 2016, 4 a.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 17 seconds

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4 Ways to Verify Your Story Concept Is Strong Enough

Published: July 18, 2016, 4 a.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 42 seconds

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7 Reasons You Need Story Theory

Published: July 11, 2016, 4 a.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 46 seconds

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Most Common Writing Mistakes, Pt. 52: Stagnant Story Conflict

Published: July 4, 2016, 4 a.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 59 seconds

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5 Secrets of Complex Supporting Characters

Published: June 27, 2016, 4 a.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 13 seconds

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How to Plot a Book: Start With the Antagonist

Published: June 20, 2016, 4 a.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 3 seconds

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Most Common Writing Mistakes, Pt. 51: One-Dimensional Characters

Published: June 13, 2016, 4 a.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 12 seconds

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6 Tips for How to Organize Your Novel's Edits

Published: May 29, 2016, 5 p.m.
Duration: 12 minutes 2 seconds

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How to Write Faster (and Why Maybe You Shouldn't)

Published: May 15, 2016, 5 p.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 8 seconds

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Planning Your Story: What George Lucas Can Teach You (Not) to Do

Published: May 8, 2016, 5 p.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 37 seconds

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6 Tips to Help You Finish Your Book

Published: May 1, 2016, 5 p.m.
Duration: 19 minutes 45 seconds

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Do You Have a Writing Superpower? (And Why You Shouldn't)

Published: April 24, 2016, 5 p.m.
Duration: 12 minutes 25 seconds

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Everything You Need to Know About Writing a 3rd-Person POV

Published: April 17, 2016, 5 p.m.
Duration: 18 minutes 47 seconds

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Novel Research: 12 Ways to Ace Your Book

Published: April 10, 2016, 5 p.m.
Duration: 18 minutes 41 seconds

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Most Common Writing Mistakes, Pt. 50: Info Dumps

Published: April 3, 2016, 5 p.m.
Duration: 18 minutes 53 seconds

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How to Know When to Write The End

Published: March 27, 2016, 5 p.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 40 seconds

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5 (More) Ways to Trim Your Book's Word Count, Pt. 2 of 2

Published: March 20, 2016, 5 p.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 26 seconds

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5 Ways to Trim Your Book's Word Count, Pt. 1 of 2

Published: March 14, 2016, 4 a.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 35 seconds

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Most Common Writing Mistakes, Pt. 49: Weak Conjunctions

Published: March 7, 2016, 4 a.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 54 seconds

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How to Create Awesome Scene Arcs That Surprise Readers

Published: Feb. 28, 2016, 5 p.m.
Duration: 12 minutes 40 seconds

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5 Important Ways Storytelling Is Different in Books vs. Movies

Published: Feb. 15, 2016, 4 a.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 33 seconds

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How Being an OCD Writer Nearly Killed My Career

Published: Feb. 8, 2016, 4 a.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 33 seconds

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The 4 Tweaks to Writing Truly Original Stories and Characters

Published: Feb. 1, 2016, 5 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 18 seconds

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Most Common Writing Mistakes, Pt. 48: No Conflict Between Characters

Published: Feb. 1, 2016, 4 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 37 seconds

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Your NaNo Novel Is a Hot Mess! How to Edit Your Book

Published: Jan. 25, 2016, 4 a.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 30 seconds

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The Re-Readability Factor: Does Your Book Have It? 5 Ways to Make It Happen

Published: Jan. 11, 2016, 4 a.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 21 seconds

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Most Common Mistakes Series, Pt. 47: Ineffective Setting Descriptions

Published: Jan. 4, 2016, 4 a.m.
Duration: 10 minutes 42 seconds

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How to Study Plot and Character in Your Favorite Stories: 5 Easy Steps

Published: Dec. 28, 2015, 4 a.m.
Duration: 12 minutes 18 seconds

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Coincidences in Fiction: What You're Doing Wrong

Published: Dec. 21, 2015, 4 a.m.
Duration: 13 minutes

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Not Feeling Creative? 4 Ways to Reignite the "Wonder" in Your Writing

Published: Dec. 14, 2015, 4 a.m.
Duration: 12 minutes 34 seconds

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Most Common Writing Mistakes, Pt. 46: Anticlimactic Endings

Published: Dec. 7, 2015, 4 a.m.
Duration: 12 minutes 39 seconds

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How to Choose the Right POV (What I Learned Writing Storming)

Published: Nov. 30, 2015, 4 a.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 6 seconds

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How to Write Multiple Antagonists (What I Learned Writing Storming)

Published: Nov. 23, 2015, 4 a.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 12 seconds

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How to Write Can't-Look-Away Chapter Breaks (What I Learned Writing Storming)

Published: Nov. 16, 2015, 4 a.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 12 seconds

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6 Steps to Create a Fantastic Narrative Voice (What I Learned Writing Storming)

Published: Nov. 9, 2015, 4 a.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 32 seconds

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Most Common Writing Mistakes, Pt. 45: Avoiding "Said"

Published: Nov. 2, 2015, 4 a.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 43 seconds

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How to Win NaNo Using Totally Doable Daily and Weekly Writing Goals

Published: Oct. 26, 2015, 4 a.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 29 seconds

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7 Ways to Keep Writing During NaNo When You Only Want to Watch Football

Published: Oct. 19, 2015, 4 a.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 59 seconds

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6 Tasks You'll Love Yourself for Checking Off Your NaNo Pre-Writing List

Published: Oct. 12, 2015, 4 a.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 22 seconds

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7 Ways to Use NaNoWriMo to Make You a Better Writer All Year Long

Published: Oct. 5, 2015, 4 a.m.
Duration: 14 minutes

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Your Fiction May Be Failing for One Simple Reason: You're Not Being Honest

Published: Sept. 28, 2015, 4 a.m.
Duration: 10 minutes 52 seconds

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How to Edit Fiction: Watch Me Correct My Own Story in Real Time

Published: Sept. 21, 2015, 4 a.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 37 seconds

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8 Paragraph Mistakes You Don't Know You're Making

Published: Sept. 14, 2015, 4 a.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 22 seconds

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Most Common Writing Mistakes, Pt. 44: Too Many Participle Phrases

Published: Sept. 7, 2015, 4 a.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 44 seconds

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How to Write a Sequel That's BETTER Than the First Book

Published: Aug. 31, 2015, 4 a.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 10 seconds

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Protagonist and Main Character- Same Person? The Answer May Transform Your Story!

Published: Aug. 24, 2015, 4 a.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 55 seconds

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New Story Ideas Distracting You From Your Book? Find Out What You Should Do

Published: Aug. 17, 2015, 4 a.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 24 seconds

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4 Methods to Invigorate Your Prose With Surprising Sentences

Published: Aug. 9, 2015, 4 a.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 48 seconds

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Most Common Writing Mistakes, Pt. 43: Too Many Exclamation Points!

Published: Aug. 2, 2015, 4 a.m.
Duration: 10 minutes 9 seconds

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4 Ways to Write a Likable Protagonist at the Start of His Character Arc

Published: July 26, 2015, 4 a.m.
Duration: 12 minutes 27 seconds

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Whom Should You Be Writing For? Yourself or Your Readers?

Published: July 19, 2015, 4 a.m.
Duration: 12 minutes 24 seconds

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The Hardest Part of Writing Good Character Arcs-and How You Can Make It Look Easy!

Published: July 12, 2015, 4 a.m.
Duration: 12 minutes 38 seconds

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Most Common Writing Mistakes, Pt. 42: When Your Story Stakes Aren't High Enough

Published: July 5, 2015, 4 a.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 3 seconds

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3 Ways to Make Writing Your Novel Easier

Published: June 28, 2015, 4 a.m.
Duration: 12 minutes 17 seconds

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Ep. 266: What Every Writer Ought to Know About the Omniscient POV

Published: June 21, 2015, 8:22 p.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 15 seconds

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Ep. 255: Never Confuse the Key Event and the First Plot Point in Your Book Again!

Published: June 14, 2015, 8:20 p.m.
Duration: 10 minutes 30 seconds

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Ep. 254: Most Common Writing Mistakes, Pt. 41: Inferring Non-POV Characters' Thoughts

Published: June 7, 2015, 8:17 p.m.
Duration: 10 minutes 16 seconds

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Ep. 256: A Reactive Protagonist Doesn't Have to Be a Passive Protagonist! Discover the Difference

Published: May 31, 2015, 8:08 p.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 29 seconds

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Ep. 255: Stories That Matter: 5 Necessary Factors for Weighty Fiction

Published: May 24, 2015, 7:58 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 48 seconds

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Ep. 254: How the Perfect Midpoint Moves Your Protagonist From Reaction to Action

Published: May 17, 2015, 8:05 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 53 seconds

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Ep. 253: Most Common Writing Mistakes, Pt. 40: Unnecessary Scenes

Published: May 3, 2015, 7:51 p.m.
Duration: 12 minutes 33 seconds

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Ep. 252: Find Out if Your Prologue Is Destroying Your Storys Subtext

Published: April 26, 2015, 11:08 p.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 34 seconds

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Ep. 251: My Writing Process, Pt. 2 of 2: How I Use Scrivener to Write My First Drafts

Published: April 19, 2015, 10:54 p.m.
Duration: 10 minutes 58 seconds

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Ep. 250: My Writing Process, Pt. 1 of 2: How I Use Scrivener to Outline My Novels

Published: April 12, 2015, 7:33 p.m.
Duration: 12 minutes 33 seconds

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Want Readers to Adore Your Book? Learn How to Ace Your Climactic Moment

Published: April 5, 2015, 7:27 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 50 seconds

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Ep. 248: What Are Pinch Points? And How Can They Make Your Book Easier to Write?

Published: March 29, 2015, 8:02 p.m.
Duration: 12 minutes 23 seconds

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Ep. 247: Your Books Inciting Event: Its Not What You Think It Is

Published: March 22, 2015, 7:53 p.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 9 seconds

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Ep. 246: Want to Know More About the Structure of Your Favorite Books and Movies? Announcing the Story Structure Database!

Published: March 15, 2015, 7:36 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 41 seconds

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Ep. 245: For Writers on the Verge of Writing Spectacularly Complex Characters

Published: March 8, 2015, 7:28 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 52 seconds

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Ep. 244: Most Common Writing Mistakes, Pt. 39: Referencing Characters by Title Rather Than Name

Published: March 1, 2015, 7:20 p.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 55 seconds

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Ep. 243: Do You Know the 6 Must-Have Elements of a "Wow" Story Premise?

Published: Feb. 22, 2015, 8:14 p.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 25 seconds

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Ep. 242: The Crucial Way to Figure Out How Much Time Your Story Should Cover

Published: Feb. 15, 2015, 8:05 p.m.
Duration: 10 minutes 27 seconds

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Ep. 241: The 5 Secrets of Choosing the Right Setting for Your Story's Climax

Published: Feb. 8, 2015, 7:56 p.m.
Duration: 10 minutes 34 seconds

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Ep. 240: Most Common Writing Mistakes, Pt. 38: Irrelevant Book Endings

Published: Feb. 1, 2015, 7:51 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 27 seconds

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Ep. 239: The Lazy Author's Way to Identify and Overcome Writing Weaknesses

Published: Jan. 25, 2015, 7:33 p.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 11 seconds

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Ep. 238: Get Rid of On-the-Nose Dialogue Once and For All

Published: Jan. 18, 2015, 7:30 p.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 30 seconds

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Ep. 273: Most Common Writing Mistakes, Pt. 37: Unnecessary Filler

Published: Jan. 4, 2015, 7:22 p.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 46 seconds

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Ep. 275: How to Pitch Your Novel: What's the Difference Between Your Story's Hook and Your Story's Heart?

Published: Dec. 28, 2014, 7:36 p.m.
Duration: 12 minutes 7 seconds

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A Quick Guide to Beta Reader Etiquette

Published: Dec. 21, 2014, 4 a.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 4 seconds

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What's the Difference Between Your Story's Theme and Its Message?

Published: Dec. 14, 2014, 5 a.m.
Duration: 10 minutes 14 seconds

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Most Common Writing Mistakes, Pt. 36: Too Much Introspection, Not Enough Interaction

Published: Dec. 7, 2014, 5 a.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 15 seconds

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Want a Powerful Theme for Your Novel? Play Devil's Advocate!

Published: Nov. 23, 2014, 5 a.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 56 seconds

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What Is the Role of Theme in a Story's Climax?

Published: Nov. 23, 2014, 5 a.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 44 seconds

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Don't Know Your Story's Theme? Take a Look at Your Character's Arc

Published: Nov. 16, 2014, 5 a.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 5 seconds

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How Much Realism Does Your Novel REALLY Need?

Published: Nov. 9, 2014, 5 a.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 55 seconds

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Most Common Writing Mistakes, Pt. 35: Random Story Elements

Published: Nov. 2, 2014, 5 a.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 15 seconds

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Why Your Character's Goal Needs to Be 1 of These 5 Things

Published: Oct. 26, 2014, 5 a.m.
Duration: 11 minutes

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Story Concept and Story Premise: Do You Know the Crucial Difference?

Published: Oct. 19, 2014, 5 a.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 56 seconds

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FAQ: How to Write Character Arcs in a Series

Published: Oct. 12, 2014, 5 a.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 30 seconds

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Most Common Writing Mistakes, Pt. 34: Repetitive Dialogue

Published: Oct. 5, 2014, 5 a.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 30 seconds

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What if Your Story Has No Character Arc?

Published: Sept. 28, 2014, 5 a.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 33 seconds

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You've Been Writing Sentences Wrong All Your Life! Find Out Why

Published: Sept. 21, 2014, 5 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 11 seconds

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How to Use Rewards and Punishments to Get Your Character to Change

Published: Sept. 14, 2014, 5 a.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 30 seconds

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Most Common Writing Mistakes, Pt. 33: Telling Important Scenes, Instead of Showing

Published: Sept. 7, 2014, 5 a.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 48 seconds

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Should All Your Minor Characters Have Arcs?

Published: Aug. 31, 2014, 5 a.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 2 seconds

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The Impact Character: Why Every Character Arc Needs One

Published: Aug. 24, 2014, 5 a.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 5 seconds

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Can a Character's Arc Be a Subplot?

Published: Aug. 17, 2014, 5 a.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 7 seconds

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How to Figure Out WHAT Your Character's Arc Should Be

Published: Aug. 10, 2014, 5 a.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 50 seconds

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Most Common Writing Mistakes, Pt. 32: Boring Opening Lines

Published: Aug. 3, 2014, 5 a.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 5 seconds

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How to Write a Negative Character Arc, Pt. 3: The Third Act

Published: July 27, 2014, 5 a.m.
Duration: 21 minutes 11 seconds

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How to Write a Negative Character Arc, Pt. 2: The Second Act

Published: July 20, 2014, 5 a.m.
Duration: 18 minutes 21 seconds

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How to Write a Negative Character Arc, Pt. 1: The First Act

Published: July 13, 2014, 5 a.m.
Duration: 22 minutes 46 seconds

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Most Common Writing Mistakes, Pt. 31: One-Dimensional Conflict

Published: July 6, 2014, 5 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 7 seconds

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Why Every Story You Write Is a Guaranteed Failure

Published: June 29, 2014, 5 a.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 15 seconds

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How to Write a Flat Character Arc, Pt. 3: The Third Act

Published: June 22, 2014, 5 a.m.
Duration: 21 minutes 2 seconds

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How to Write a Flat Character Arc, Pt. 2: The Second Act

Published: June 15, 2014, 5 a.m.
Duration: 20 minutes 32 seconds

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How to Write a Flat Character Arc, Pt. 1: The First Act

Published: June 8, 2014, 5 a.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 35 seconds

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Most Common Writing Mistakes, Pt. 30: Describing Character Movements

Published: June 1, 2014, 5 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 10 seconds

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Crafting Stunning Character Arcs, Pt. 15: The Resolution

Published: May 25, 2014, 5 a.m.
Duration: 12 minutes 30 seconds

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Crafting Stunning Character Arcs, Pt. 14: The Climax

Published: May 18, 2014, 5 a.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 26 seconds

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Crafting Character Arcs, Pt. 13: The Third Act

Published: May 11, 2014, 5 a.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 28 seconds

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Crafting Stunning Character Arcs, Pt. 12: The Third Plot Point

Published: May 4, 2014, 5 a.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 7 seconds

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Crafting Stunning Character Arcs, Pt. 11: The Second Half of the Second Act

Published: April 27, 2014, 5 a.m.
Duration: 19 minutes 38 seconds

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Crafting Stunning Character Arcs, Pt. 10: The Midpoint

Published: April 20, 2014, 5 a.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 18 seconds

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Crafting Stunning Character Arcs, Pt. 9: The First Half of the Second Act

Published: April 13, 2014, 5 a.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 47 seconds

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Crafting Stunning Character Arcs, Pt. 8: The First Plot Point

Published: March 30, 2014, 5 a.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 41 seconds

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Crafting Stunning Character Arcs, Pt. 7: The First Act

Published: March 23, 2014, 5 a.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 11 seconds

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Crafting Stunning Character Arcs, Pt. 6: The Normal World

Published: March 16, 2014, 5 a.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 3 seconds

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Crafting Stunning Character Arcs, Pt. 5: The Characteristic Moment

Published: March 9, 2014, 5 a.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 29 seconds

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Crafting Stunning Character Arcs, Pt. 4: Your Character's Ghost

Published: March 2, 2014, 5 a.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 3 seconds

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Crafting Stunning Character Arcs, Pt. 3: The Thing Your Character Wants vs. The Thing Your Character Needs

Published: Feb. 23, 2014, 5 a.m.
Duration: 12 minutes 14 seconds

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Crafting Stunning Character Arcs, Pt. 2: The Lie Your Character Believes

Published: Feb. 16, 2014, 5 a.m.
Duration: 10 minutes 37 seconds

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Crafting Stunning Character Arcs, Pt. 1: Can You Structure Character?

Published: Feb. 9, 2014, 5 a.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 47 seconds

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Most Common Writing Mistakes: Stories That Begin Too Early

Published: Feb. 2, 2014, 5 a.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 31 seconds

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Warning Signs! Your Character Is Acting Out of Character

Published: Jan. 26, 2014, 5 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 16 seconds

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How Minor Characters Help You Discover Theme

Published: Jan. 19, 2014, 5 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 54 seconds

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How to Successfully Kill a Character: The Checklist

Published: Jan. 12, 2014, 5 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 31 seconds

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Eight and a Half Character Archetypes You Should Be Writing

Published: Dec. 22, 2013, 5 a.m.
Duration: 12 minutes 39 seconds

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How the Antagonist Affects Character Arc

Published: Dec. 15, 2013, 5 a.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 50 seconds

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Most Common Writing Mistakes: Weak Character Voice

Published: Dec. 1, 2013, 5 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 36 seconds

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How to Double Your Story's Conflict in Seconds

Published: Nov. 24, 2013, 5 a.m.
Duration: 5 minutes 48 seconds

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Top 25 Ways to Write an Awesome Book

Published: Nov. 17, 2013, 5 a.m.
Duration: 4 minutes 59 seconds

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7 Ways to Decide Which Story Idea You Should Write Next

Published: Nov. 10, 2013, 5 a.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 47 seconds

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Most Common Mistakes: Under-Explaining

Published: Nov. 3, 2013, 5 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 17 seconds

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3 Signs You Should Give Up on Your Story

Published: Oct. 27, 2013, 5 a.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 44 seconds

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5 Signs You're Hiding Behind Your Writing - and 5 Ways to Use It as a Mirror Instead

Published: Oct. 20, 2013, 5 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 40 seconds

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Most Common Mistakes: Characters Who Lack Solid Story Goals

Published: Oct. 6, 2013, 5 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 57 seconds

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The Evolution of a Scene: From Outline to First Draft

Published: Sept. 29, 2013, 5 a.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 47 seconds

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10 Ways to Make Readers Loathe Your Antagonist

Published: Sept. 22, 2013, 5 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 29 seconds

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How Not to Be a Writer: 15 Signs You're Doing It Wrong

Published: Sept. 15, 2013, 5 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 57 seconds

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Most Common Mistakes: Animate Body Parts

Published: Sept. 8, 2013, 5 a.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 28 seconds

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Have You Chosen the Wrong Tone for Your Story?

Published: Aug. 25, 2013, 5 a.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 47 seconds

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6 Must-Know Tricks for Getting to Know Your Characters

Published: Aug. 18, 2013, 5 a.m.
Duration: 10 minutes 3 seconds

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Is Your Prose Too Complex?

Published: Aug. 4, 2013, 5 a.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 30 seconds

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5 Ways to Write a Killer Plot Twist

Published: July 28, 2013, 5 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 1 second

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How Story Cartel Gave Me 50-Plus Honest Reviews

Published: July 21, 2013, 5 a.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 40 seconds

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Crowdsourced Editing: The Future of Self-Publishing?

Published: July 14, 2013, 5 a.m.
Duration: 11 minutes

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When Your Scene Focuses on What Isn't Happening

Published: July 7, 2013, 5 a.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 22 seconds

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8 Promises You're Making to Readers - and Then Breaking

Published: June 30, 2013, 5 a.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 55 seconds

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Exclusive Dialogue: When Readers Don't Know What Your Characters Are Talking About

Published: June 23, 2013, 5 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 21 seconds

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Are You Over-Thinking Your First Draft?

Published: June 16, 2013, 5 a.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 20 seconds

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How I Self-Edit My Novels: 15 Steps From First Draft to Publication

Published: June 9, 2013, 5 a.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 24 seconds

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A Surefire Sign You're Over-Explaining

Published: June 2, 2013, 5 a.m.
Duration: 5 minutes 46 seconds

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What if Your Antagonist Isn't a Person?

Published: May 26, 2013, 5 a.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 57 seconds

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5 Reasons You Should Stop Writing

Published: May 19, 2013, 5 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 40 seconds

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17 Steps to a Reader-Grabbing Title

Published: May 12, 2013, 5 a.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 7 seconds

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The Do's and Don'ts of Dialect

Published: May 5, 2013, 5 a.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 17 seconds

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How to Use Foreshadowing

Published: April 28, 2013, 5 a.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 24 seconds

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Be a Better Writer: Get Organized

Published: April 21, 2013, 5 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 10 seconds

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Why "Suddenly" Is a Four-Letter Word

Published: April 7, 2013, 5 a.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 31 seconds

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Why You Need to Be Excited About Every Single Thing You Write

Published: March 31, 2013, 5 a.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 56 seconds

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Why the Reader Is Your Co-Writer

Published: March 24, 2013, 5 a.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 56 seconds

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Top 10 Sentence Slip-Ups

Published: March 17, 2013, 5 a.m.
Duration: 10 minutes 8 seconds

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Motivation-Reaction Units: Cracking the Code of Good Writing

Published: March 10, 2013, 5 a.m.
Duration: 9 minutes

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Incidents and Happenings: Scenes That Aren't Actually Scenes

Published: March 3, 2013, 5 a.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 50 seconds

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Frequently Asked Questions About Scene Structure

Published: Feb. 24, 2013, 5 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 3 seconds

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Variations on the Sequel

Published: Feb. 17, 2013, 5 a.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 25 seconds

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Options for Decisions in a Sequel

Published: Feb. 10, 2013, 5 a.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 11 seconds

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Options for Dilemmas in a Sequel

Published: Feb. 3, 2013, 5 a.m.
Duration: 10 minutes 55 seconds

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Options for Reactions in a Sequel

Published: Jan. 27, 2013, 5 a.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 52 seconds

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The Three Building Blocks of the Sequel

Published: Jan. 20, 2013, 5 a.m.
Duration: 10 minutes 31 seconds

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Variations on the Scene

Published: Jan. 13, 2013, 5 a.m.
Duration: 10 minutes 26 seconds

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Options for Disasters in a Scene

Published: Jan. 6, 2013, 5 a.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 54 seconds

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Options for Conflict in a Scene

Published: Dec. 30, 2012, 5 a.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 8 seconds

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Options for Goals in a Scene

Published: Dec. 23, 2012, 5 a.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 14 seconds

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The Three Building Blocks of the Scene

Published: Dec. 16, 2012, 5 a.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 38 seconds

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Mastering the Two Different Types of Scene

Published: Dec. 9, 2012, 5 a.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 14 seconds

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6 Types of Courageous Characters

Published: Nov. 25, 2012, 5 a.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 49 seconds

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Why Non-Writers Give the Best Critiques

Published: Nov. 18, 2012, 5 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 41 seconds

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Why Writers Should Never Hit Delete

Published: Nov. 11, 2012, 5 a.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 26 seconds

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Your Must-Have Book Checklist: From Idea to Publication

Published: Nov. 4, 2012, 5 a.m.
Duration: 10 minutes 32 seconds

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10 Stories With (Brilliant) Loose Ends

Published: Oct. 28, 2012, 5 a.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 57 seconds

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How to Tell if Your Book Is a Success

Published: Oct. 21, 2012, 5 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 35 seconds

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What's Your Writing Personality?

Published: Oct. 14, 2012, 5 a.m.
Duration: 12 minutes 22 seconds

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Are You Skipping the Best Parts?

Published: Oct. 7, 2012, 5 a.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 52 seconds

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Professional Resources for Writers

Published: Sept. 30, 2012, 5 a.m.
Duration: 5 minutes 45 seconds

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Why Story Beginnings and Endings Must Be Linked

Published: Sept. 23, 2012, 5 a.m.
Duration: 6 minutes

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Why Your Story's Conflict Isn't Working

Published: Sept. 16, 2012, 5 a.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 19 seconds

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10 Excuses for Not Writing - and How to Smash Them

Published: Sept. 9, 2012, 5 a.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 48 seconds

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Most Common Mistakes Series: Does Your Character Lack Purpose?

Published: Sept. 2, 2012, 5 a.m.
Duration: 5 minutes 56 seconds

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5 Ways You're Preventing Readers From Suspending Disbelief

Published: Aug. 26, 2012, 5 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 8 seconds

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Add Muscle to Your Fiction With Unity and Contrast

Published: Aug. 19, 2012, 5 a.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 8 seconds

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6 Ways to Pull off Dual Timelines in Your Novel

Published: Aug. 12, 2012, 5 a.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 35 seconds

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How You May Be Killing Your Story's Tension

Published: Aug. 5, 2012, 5 a.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 38 seconds

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5 Reasons to Write Your Scenes in Order (and 3 Not to)

Published: July 29, 2012, 5 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 9 seconds

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What's the Purpose of Your Scene?

Published: July 22, 2012, 5 a.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 26 seconds

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10 Questions Your Readers Shouldn't Have to Ask

Published: July 15, 2012, 5 a.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 11 seconds

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Talent vs. Learning: Do You Have to Be Born a Writer?

Published: July 8, 2012, 5 a.m.
Duration: 5 minutes 33 seconds

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Why Do Bad Books Get Published?

Published: July 1, 2012, 5 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 44 seconds

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Are You Writing Your Novel Too Fast?

Published: June 24, 2012, 5 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 18 seconds

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The Top 25 Ways to Blow a Book

Published: June 17, 2012, 5 a.m.
Duration: 5 minutes 26 seconds

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How to Spot and Fix Non-Reactive and Over-Reactive Characters

Published: June 10, 2012, 5 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 14 seconds

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The Two Conflict-Creating Needs of Every Character

Published: June 3, 2012, 5 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 30 seconds

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How Routines Save (and Ruin) Your Writing

Published: May 27, 2012, 5 a.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 13 seconds

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Why Self-Conscious Writers Are Doomed

Published: May 20, 2012, 5 a.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 17 seconds

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The Secrets of Story Structure, Pt. 12: Your Questions Answered

Published: May 13, 2012, 5 a.m.
Duration: 10 minutes 47 seconds

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The Secrets of Story Structure, Pt. 11: The Resolution

Published: May 6, 2012, 5 a.m.
Duration: 12 minutes 43 seconds

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The Secrets of Story Structure, Pt. 10: The Climax

Published: April 29, 2012, 5 a.m.
Duration: 10 minutes 37 seconds

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The Secrets of Story Structure, Pt. 9: The Third Act

Published: April 22, 2012, 5 a.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 39 seconds

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The Secrets of Story Structure, Pt. 8: The Second Half of the Second Act

Published: April 15, 2012, 5 a.m.
Duration: 10 minutes 3 seconds

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The Secrets of Story Structure, Pt. 7: The Midpoint

Published: April 8, 2012, 5 a.m.
Duration: 10 minutes 16 seconds

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The Secrets of Story Structure, Pt. 6: The First Half of the Second Act

Published: April 1, 2012, 5 a.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 8 seconds

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The Secrets of Story Structure, Pt. 5: The Inciting Event and the Key Event

Published: March 25, 2012, 5 a.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 50 seconds

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The Secrets of Story Structure, Pt. 4: The First Plot Point

Published: March 18, 2012, 5 a.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 48 seconds

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The Secrets of Story Structure, Pt. 3: The First Act

Published: March 11, 2012, 5 a.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 25 seconds

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The Secrets of Story Structure, Pt. 2: The Hook

Published: March 4, 2012, 5 a.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 47 seconds

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The Secrets of Story Structure, Pt. 1: Why Should Authors Care?

Published: Feb. 26, 2012, 5 a.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 31 seconds

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A Wordplayer's Manifesto

Published: Feb. 19, 2012, 5 a.m.
Duration: 4 minutes 40 seconds

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The Writer's Guide to Punctuation

Published: Feb. 12, 2012, 5 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 23 seconds

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The Case of the Vanishing Setting

Published: Feb. 5, 2012, 5 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 19 seconds

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Why I Hate Grammar Nazis - And Why Am One

Published: Jan. 29, 2012, 5 a.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 13 seconds

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Don't Let Multiple-Character Scenes Run Away With You

Published: Jan. 22, 2012, 5 a.m.
Duration: 5 minutes 37 seconds

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How I Learned to Write - And How You Can Too

Published: Jan. 15, 2012, 5 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 5 seconds

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Don't Drown Your Readers in Explanations

Published: Jan. 8, 2012, 5 a.m.
Duration: 5 minutes 6 seconds

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12 Writing Resolutions for the 12 Months of 2012

Published: Jan. 1, 2012, 5 a.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 37 seconds

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The Christmas Gifts I'm Most Thankful For This Year

Published: Dec. 25, 2011, 5 a.m.
Duration: 4 minutes 34 seconds

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How Do You Decide Which Story You Should Write?

Published: Dec. 18, 2011, 5 a.m.
Duration: 5 minutes 27 seconds

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25 "Under $25" Christmas Gifts for Writers

Published: Dec. 11, 2011, 5 a.m.
Duration: 2 minutes 58 seconds

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Are Your Flashbacks Flashy or Flabby?

Published: Dec. 4, 2011, 5 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 6 seconds

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Action/Reaction - The Pistons Powering Your Story

Published: Nov. 27, 2011, 5 a.m.
Duration: 5 minutes 10 seconds

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4 Reasons to Mimic the Masters - and 4 Reasons Not to

Published: Nov. 20, 2011, 5 a.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 5 seconds

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How Do You Know Which Rules to Break?

Published: Nov. 13, 2011, 5 a.m.
Duration: 5 minutes 14 seconds

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Do Readers See Your Characters the Way You Want Them To?

Published: Nov. 6, 2011, 5 a.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 5 seconds

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10 Fear Busters for Writers

Published: Oct. 30, 2011, 5 a.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 51 seconds

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5 Elements of a Resonant Closing Line

Published: Oct. 23, 2011, 5 a.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 21 seconds

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5 Fun and Easy Ways to Lengthen Your Word Count

Published: Oct. 16, 2011, 5 a.m.
Duration: 5 minutes 46 seconds

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The Dangers of Character Overload

Published: Oct. 2, 2011, 5 a.m.
Duration: 5 minutes 51 seconds

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What Elements Make a Good Book?

Published: Sept. 25, 2011, 5 a.m.
Duration: 4 minutes 41 seconds

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5 Elements of a Riveting First Line

Published: Sept. 18, 2011, 5 a.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 7 seconds

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Why Your Hero Absolutely Must Pet a Dog

Published: Sept. 11, 2011, 5 a.m.
Duration: 5 minutes 45 seconds

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Most Common Mistakes Series: Is Nothin' Happening in Your Scene?

Published: Sept. 4, 2011, 5 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 4 seconds

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Why Your Protagonist and Antagonist Should Be Stuck Like Glue

Published: Aug. 28, 2011, 5 a.m.
Duration: 5 minutes 32 seconds

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Captain America's 10-Step Guide to the Likable Hero

Published: Aug. 21, 2011, 5 a.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 12 seconds

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10 Stylistic Mistakes Sabotaging Your Story

Published: Aug. 14, 2011, 5 a.m.
Duration: 4 minutes 11 seconds

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7 Ways to Make Family and Pets Respect Your Writing Time

Published: Aug. 7, 2011, 5 a.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 29 seconds

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Why You Should Kick Your Story Aside and Write a Different One

Published: July 31, 2011, 5 a.m.
Duration: 5 minutes 9 seconds

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What The Story Knows Best Really Means

Published: July 24, 2011, 5 a.m.
Duration: 5 minutes 11 seconds

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Deus Ex Machina: Latin for Don't Do This in Your Story

Published: July 17, 2011, 5 a.m.
Duration: 6 minutes

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The Fast and Easy Guide to Writing Characters of the Opposite Gender

Published: July 10, 2011, 5 a.m.
Duration: 5 minutes 57 seconds

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Is Your Opening Line Lying to Your Readers?

Published: July 3, 2011, 5 a.m.
Duration: 5 minutes 31 seconds

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Why There's No Such Thing as a Writing Expert - And Why That's a Good Thing

Published: June 26, 2011, 5 a.m.
Duration: 5 minutes 42 seconds

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Save Your Readers From Boredom: Five Fool-Proof Preventatives

Published: June 19, 2011, 5 a.m.
Duration: 5 minutes 24 seconds

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4 Tricks for Picking the Perfect Word

Published: June 12, 2011, 5 a.m.
Duration: 5 minutes 24 seconds

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Is Your First-Person Narrator Overpowering Your Story?

Published: June 5, 2011, 5 a.m.
Duration: 5 minutes 50 seconds

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Are Happy Endings a Must?

Published: May 29, 2011, 5 a.m.
Duration: 5 minutes 57 seconds

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The Kung Fu Panda Guide to Writing Action Scenes

Published: May 22, 2011, 5 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 41 seconds

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The Secret Ingredient of Original Stories

Published: May 15, 2011, 5 a.m.
Duration: 5 minutes 12 seconds

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Ideas for Constructing Your Own Writing Routine

Published: May 8, 2011, 5 a.m.
Duration: 4 minutes 49 seconds

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Understanding - and Accepting - the Reasons You Write

Published: May 1, 2011, 5 a.m.
Duration: 5 minutes 1 second

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What Is a 50-Page Edit... and Why Will It Rock Your Story?

Published: April 24, 2011, 5 a.m.
Duration: 5 minutes 16 seconds

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How Not to Use Speaker Tags and Action Beats

Published: April 17, 2011, 5 a.m.
Duration: 5 minutes 36 seconds

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3 Traits Your Hero and Villain Should Share

Published: April 10, 2011, 5 a.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 12 seconds

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4 Ways to Avoid the Pitfalls of a Writer's Solitude

Published: April 3, 2011, 5 a.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 44 seconds

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Why Writers Should Take Their Own Advice

Published: March 27, 2011, 5 a.m.
Duration: 5 minutes 32 seconds

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Why Vague Writing Is Weak Writing

Published: March 20, 2011, 5 a.m.
Duration: 5 minutes 18 seconds

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Are You Asking These Important Questions About Your Fantasy Setting?

Published: March 13, 2011, 5 a.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 3 seconds

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What I Love Lucy Can Teach You About Writing Tics

Published: March 6, 2011, 5 a.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 30 seconds

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8 Signs Your Writing Is Stuck in a Rut - And Why You Should Care

Published: Feb. 13, 2011, 5 a.m.
Duration: 5 minutes 37 seconds

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Are You Confusing Readers With Poor Cause and Effect?

Published: Feb. 6, 2011, 5 a.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 29 seconds

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The Good News? Writing Never Gets Any Easier

Published: Jan. 23, 2011, 5 a.m.
Duration: 5 minutes 53 seconds

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Why You Should Read the Type of Stories You Write

Published: Jan. 23, 2011, 5 a.m.
Duration: 4 minutes 51 seconds

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10 Steps for Getting Past the "This Stinks" Blues

Published: Jan. 16, 2011, 5 a.m.
Duration: 5 minutes 38 seconds

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Are You Using "There" as a Crutch?

Published: Jan. 9, 2011, 5 a.m.
Duration: 4 minutes 39 seconds

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10 Writing Resolutions You Can Fulfill

Published: Jan. 2, 2011, 5 a.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 2 seconds

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7 Reasons Weather Is a Writer's Friend

Published: Dec. 26, 2010, 5 a.m.
Duration: 5 minutes 15 seconds

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Are Your Verbs Showing or Telling?

Published: Dec. 19, 2010, 5 a.m.
Duration: 5 minutes 8 seconds

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8 Reasons to Let Your Story Ripen

Published: Dec. 12, 2010, 5 a.m.
Duration: 5 minutes 26 seconds

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What Kind of Writer Are You?

Published: Dec. 5, 2010, 5 a.m.
Duration: 5 minutes 29 seconds

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Description: Friend or Foe?

Published: Nov. 28, 2010, 5 a.m.
Duration: 5 minutes 41 seconds

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Why Are You Writing This Story?

Published: Nov. 14, 2010, 5 a.m.
Duration: 5 minutes 9 seconds

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Are You Dating Your Fiction?

Published: Nov. 7, 2010, 5 a.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 11 seconds

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Juxtaposition: The Power of the Unexpected in Fiction

Published: Oct. 31, 2010, 5 a.m.
Duration: 5 minutes 26 seconds

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Use Motion to Spice up Your Scenes

Published: Oct. 24, 2010, 5 a.m.
Duration: 5 minutes 32 seconds

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Love Your Characters - Or Else!

Published: Oct. 17, 2010, 5 a.m.
Duration: 5 minutes 52 seconds

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Is Your Dialogue Pulling Its Weight?

Published: Oct. 10, 2010, 5 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 21 seconds

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The Worst Writing Advice

Published: Oct. 3, 2010, 5 a.m.
Duration: 5 minutes 29 seconds

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The Best Writing Advice

Published: Sept. 26, 2010, 5 a.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 17 seconds

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Are You a Writer?

Published: Sept. 19, 2010, 5 a.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 36 seconds

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Research: When in Doubt, Make It Up

Published: Sept. 12, 2010, 5 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 10 seconds

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Is Your Story Mysterious Enough?

Published: Sept. 5, 2010, 5 a.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 17 seconds

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Should You Edit As You Go?

Published: Aug. 29, 2010, 5 a.m.
Duration: 5 minutes 59 seconds

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Are You Benefiting From the Intimacy of Pronouns?

Published: Aug. 15, 2010, 5 a.m.
Duration: 4 minutes 52 seconds

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5 Steps to Dazzling Minor Characters

Published: Aug. 8, 2010, 5 a.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 4 seconds

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Whap! Pow! Zing! - How Can You Tell if Your Story Has Emotional Resonance?

Published: July 25, 2010, 5 a.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 2 seconds

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Why Your Character's Motive Matters

Published: July 18, 2010, 5 a.m.
Duration: 5 minutes 23 seconds

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6 Reasons a Premise Sentence Strengthens Your Story

Published: July 11, 2010, 5 a.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 36 seconds

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Is the Thesaurus Your Friend?

Published: July 4, 2010, 5 a.m.
Duration: 4 minutes 38 seconds

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Should Stories Be Soapboxes?

Published: June 27, 2010, 5 a.m.
Duration: 5 minutes 9 seconds

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Why No Writer Knows What He's Doing

Published: June 20, 2010, 5 a.m.
Duration: 4 minutes 39 seconds

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Change is the Key to Powerful Character Arcs

Published: June 13, 2010, 5 a.m.
Duration: 4 minutes 29 seconds

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Maximize Your Story's Inciting Event

Published: June 6, 2010, 5 a.m.
Duration: 5 minutes 9 seconds

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8 Ways Writing Longhand Frees Your Muse

Published: May 30, 2010, 5 a.m.
Duration: 5 minutes 43 seconds

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Generality Is the Death of the Novel

Published: May 23, 2010, 5 a.m.
Duration: 5 minutes 12 seconds

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Creating a Functional Writing Station

Published: May 16, 2010, 5 a.m.
Duration: 2 minutes 36 seconds

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Improve Yourself, Improve Your Writing

Published: May 9, 2010, 5 a.m.
Duration: 4 minutes 34 seconds

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When Your Story Doesn't Turn Out Like You Planned

Published: May 2, 2010, 5 a.m.
Duration: 4 minutes 47 seconds

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10 Ways to Write Skinny Sentences

Published: April 25, 2010, 5 a.m.
Duration: 5 minutes 31 seconds

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Why Character Stereotypes Are a Good Thing

Published: April 18, 2010, 5 a.m.
Duration: 5 minutes 14 seconds

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Daydream or Die!

Published: April 11, 2010, 5 a.m.
Duration: 5 minutes 3 seconds

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Are You Using Too Many Settings?

Published: April 4, 2010, 5 a.m.
Duration: 5 minutes 6 seconds

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Does Your Story Have the Extraordinary Factor?

Published: March 28, 2010, 5 a.m.
Duration: 4 minutes 38 seconds

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What a Mouse Can Teach You About Story Arc

Published: March 22, 2010, 5 a.m.
Duration: 5 minutes 24 seconds

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Rewriting Made Easy

Published: March 14, 2010, 5 a.m.
Duration: 5 minutes 23 seconds

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15 Lessons From the Masters

Published: March 7, 2010, 5 a.m.
Duration: 5 minutes 17 seconds

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Three Words That Kill Writing Procrastination

Published: Feb. 28, 2010, 5 a.m.
Duration: 4 minutes 44 seconds

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Why You Should Steal From Other Authors

Published: Feb. 21, 2010, 5 a.m.
Duration: 4 minutes 31 seconds

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Strengthen Your Story by Writing the Perfect Review

Published: Feb. 14, 2010, 5 a.m.
Duration: 4 minutes 14 seconds

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Plot vs. Character: Which Is More Important?

Published: Feb. 7, 2010, 5 a.m.
Duration: 5 minutes 35 seconds

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Are You Using Setting to Deepen Your Characters?

Published: Jan. 31, 2010, 5 a.m.
Duration: 5 minutes 28 seconds

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Embrace Your Internal Editor

Published: Jan. 24, 2010, 5 a.m.
Duration: 4 minutes 52 seconds

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Are You Called to Be a Writer?

Published: Jan. 17, 2010, 5 a.m.
Duration: 4 minutes 12 seconds

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Why Word Count Goals Can Be Destructive

Published: Jan. 10, 2010, 5 a.m.
Duration: 4 minutes 31 seconds

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10 Habits of Successful Authors

Published: Jan. 3, 2010, 5 a.m.
Duration: 5 minutes 18 seconds

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11 Killer Chapter Breaks

Published: Dec. 27, 2009, 5 a.m.
Duration: 5 minutes 20 seconds

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Are Your Characters Talking Heads?

Published: Dec. 20, 2009, 5 a.m.
Duration: 4 minutes 15 seconds

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How Music Will Make You a Better Writer

Published: Dec. 13, 2009, 5 a.m.
Duration: 5 minutes 28 seconds

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Why You Should Write More Than One Genre

Published: Dec. 6, 2009, 5 a.m.
Duration: 4 minutes 35 seconds

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4 Reasons I Quit Writing Exercises

Published: Nov. 29, 2009, 5 a.m.
Duration: 5 minutes 29 seconds

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How to Kill a Character - And Avoid Hate Mail

Published: Nov. 22, 2009, 5 a.m.
Duration: 5 minutes 39 seconds

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Top 7 Reasons Readers Stop Reading

Published: Nov. 15, 2009, 5 a.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 22 seconds

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6 Reasons Not to Listen to Your Critique Partner

Published: Nov. 8, 2009, 5 a.m.
Duration: 5 minutes 11 seconds

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11 Dichotomous Characters - And Why They Work

Published: Nov. 1, 2009, 5 a.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 51 seconds

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Emotional Connection: Punch Your Readers in the Gut!

Published: Oct. 25, 2009, 5 a.m.
Duration: 5 minutes 6 seconds

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Should You Outline Backwards?

Published: Oct. 18, 2009, 5 a.m.
Duration: 4 minutes 34 seconds

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Why You Should Be Writing Scared

Published: Oct. 11, 2009, 5 a.m.
Duration: 5 minutes 9 seconds

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Good Writers Are So Lazy, They Make Readers Do All the Work! by Jason Black

Published: Oct. 4, 2009, 5 a.m.
Duration: 4 minutes 42 seconds

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How You Can Take Advantage of Art's Subjectivity

Published: Sept. 27, 2009, 5 a.m.
Duration: 5 minutes 36 seconds

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Should You Write for a Specific Audience?

Published: Sept. 20, 2009, 5 a.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 16 seconds

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9 Ways to Strengthen Your Beginnings

Published: Sept. 13, 2009, 5 a.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 24 seconds

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Angst, Mental Illness, and Creativity by Carolyn Kaufman

Published: Sept. 6, 2009, 5 a.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 50 seconds

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It's What Your Characters Do That Defines Them

Published: Aug. 30, 2009, 5 a.m.
Duration: 5 minutes 35 seconds

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Why Genre Writing Could Kill Your Career

Published: Aug. 23, 2009, 5 a.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 2 seconds

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Backstory: The Importance of What Isn't Told

Published: Aug. 16, 2009, 5 a.m.
Duration: 5 minutes 32 seconds

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Choosing Your Character's Career With Care

Published: Aug. 9, 2009, 5 a.m.
Duration: 5 minutes 29 seconds

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Sticking With a Story

Published: Aug. 2, 2009, 5 a.m.
Duration: 5 minutes 49 seconds

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yWriter Software Tutorial

Published: July 26, 2009, 5 a.m.
Duration: 4 minutes 45 seconds

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Making Cliches Work for You

Published: July 19, 2009, 5 a.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 50 seconds

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5 Ways to Pace Your Story

Published: July 12, 2009, 5 a.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 33 seconds

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Details: Bringing Fiction to Life

Published: July 5, 2009, 5 a.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 35 seconds

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Characters: Likability Is Overrated

Published: June 28, 2009, 5 a.m.
Duration: 4 minutes 54 seconds

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Don't Let the Big Words Die

Published: June 21, 2009, 7 p.m.
Duration: 5 minutes 49 seconds

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Eliciting Emotion

Published: June 14, 2009, 7 p.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 42 seconds

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Branded: Negotiating Consumerism in Fiction

Published: June 7, 2009, 7 p.m.
Duration: 5 minutes 39 seconds

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