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Today, I have the pleasure of interviewing Steven James. We\\u2019ll be talking about his multifaceted storytelling framework, and his book The Art of the Tale.

Steven James is the bestselling, critically acclaimed author of eighteen novels that have won or been shortlisted for more than a dozen national and international awards. His thrillers have been praised by Suspense Magazine, Booklist, and the New York Journal of Books and received starred reviews from both Library Journal and Publishers Weekly, who called his work \\u201cthought-provoking\\u201d and \\u201criveting.\\u201d He has also written two award-winning books on the craft of writing, Story Trumps Structure and Troubleshooting Your Novel. When he\\u2019s not writing, he teaches storytelling at events around the globe and hosts the weekly podcast, The Story Blender.

You can find him on his website or follow him on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

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In this episode Steven James and I discuss:

• The importance of what is, not what appears to be.

• Giving readers what they don\\u2019t know they want.

• How plot isn\\u2019t about events, but about the collision of desires.

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Plus, his #1 tip for writers.

For more info and show notes: diymfa.com/452