Essential Guide to Writing a Novel

163 Episodes

1. Episode 103 - The joy of creating something out of nothing. And, is our new plot point a strong one?

   Published: 3/8/2024
2. Episode 102 - Lovely sentence-by-sentence writing, and pumping up our creativity.

   Published: 3/1/2024
3. Episode 101 - The phrases notebook, and avoiding our plot bogging down.

   Published: 2/23/2024
4. Episode 100 - Getting into the flow, and the power of fiction.

   Published: 2/16/2024
5. Episode 99 - Traps when writing character-driven stories.

   Published: 2/9/2024
6. Episode 98 - Counterintuitive techniques that new writers might resist.

   Published: 2/2/2024
7. Episode 97 - Clothing our characters. Also, how to end a scene.

   Published: 1/26/2024
8. Episode 96 - How to create emotions in our characters and readers.

   Published: 1/19/2024
9. Episode 95 - More strong dialogue techniques.

   Published: 1/12/2024
10. Episode 94 - Seven big dialogue writing techniques.

    Published: 1/5/2024
11. Episode 93 - Can we avoid stupid writing?

    Published: 12/29/2023
12. Episode 92 - Fourteen scene mistakes and how to avoid them.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    Published: 10/27/2023