Voice vs. Style vs. Tone vs. Mood
Welcome to Season 10 of Writing Break! This season is all about voice, which is the thing literary agents, publishers, and readers fall in love with. In this premiere, we're setting up our makeshift O...
6 Aug 12min
New Literary Agent Rules to Know Before You Query
Season 10 is on hold because the rules for literary agents just changed, and not necessarily in the author's favor. This episode tells you exactly what questions to ask before you sign (or pay for) an...
30 Jul 12min
Goodbye to Genres: Parting Words for Writers (Clip Show #17)
We're closing the book on genre, two seasons, dozens of subgenres, and a lot of overthinking later. This week we revisit some highlights: novel architecture and the dreaded middle-of-the-book slump, w...
23 Jul 13min
How Genres Change Over Time: From Castle Walls to Femgore
Genres and subgenres are ever-evolving. This week, we trace one horror lineage from a crumbling 1764 castle all the way to today's femgore boom, dig into a detective fiction metamorphosis that spans t...
16 Jul 16min
The Two-Minute Wait: Time Management and Storytelling Around the World
How much can you really accomplish in two minutes?This week on Writing Break, I share a simple exercise I call The Two-Minute Wait, which can help you better understand your relationship with time and...
9 Jul 16min
The Kitchen Table Test: What Writers Can Learn from Film, Theatre, and Video Games
Everyone in your life thinks your book would make a great movie, play, or video game. But adaptation isn't a copy-paste job because every medium solves storytelling problems differently. This week, we...
2 Jul 24min
Who Owns the Story? AI, Copyright, and Authors
AI continues reshaping publishing, and writers cannot afford to ignore what's happening. In this week's news episode, we explore the growing legal, ethical, and professional questions surrounding AI, ...
25 Jun 27min
Writing What You Want vs. Writing What Sells
Should you write what you love or write what sells? Is it possible to do both?In this episode of Writing Break, we explore how writers can stop chasing trends and, instead, find the overlap between pe...
18 Jun 10min
