Essential Guide to Writing a Novel

163 Episodes

1. Episode 143 - The three most important sentences when writing a scene.

   Published: 12/13/2024
2. Episode 142 - A big technique for literary writing.

   Published: 12/6/2024
3. Episode 141 - How to begin and end scenes.

   Published: 11/29/2024
4. Episode 140 - Tips from Stephen King on writing dialogue.

   Published: 11/22/2024
5. Episode 139 - Writing in the first person.

   Published: 11/15/2024
6. Episode 138 - How to live a writer's life.

   Published: 11/8/2024
7. Episode 137 - Twenty-one rules of writing.

   Published: 11/1/2024
8. Episode 136 - Benefits of a character's otherness.

   Published: 10/25/2024
9. Episode 135 - Maybe the strongest writing tool - contrast.

   Published: 10/18/2024
10. Episode 134 - A stong technique for describing a character's personality.

    Published: 10/11/2024
11. Episode 133 - In our plot what should we save for a sequel?

    Published: 10/4/2024
12. Episode 132 - How to avoid the main reason readers stop reading a novel.

    Published: 9/27/2024
13. Episode 131 - A review of the ten strongest writing techniques.

    Published: 9/20/2024
14. Episode 130 - Kurt Vonnegut's rules of writing, and powerful character descriptioins.

    Published: 9/13/2024
15. Episode 129 - A scene with too many mistakes. Can we spot them?

    Published: 9/6/2024
16. Episode 128 - Should we be afraid our plot has been done before?

    Published: 8/30/2024
17. Episode 127 - Go big or go home plotting.

    Published: 8/23/2024
18. Episode 126 - Should we hire a book coach?

    Published: 8/16/2024
19. Episode 125 - When to avoid the proven writing technique.

    Published: 8/9/2024
20. Episode 124 - Save the cat plotting.

    Published: 8/2/2024