#190: How To Create Page-Turning Tension
How do you create tension in your story that makes it impossible for readers to put it down? By placing your characters in some kind of danger, even if it's subtle. Danger can be as harrowing as a pla...
4 Juni 202431min
Rewind: How Much Backstory Does Your Reader Really Need to Know?
How much backstory does your story need? And how much backstory does your reader need? In this reprise episode from the deep in the vault, learn what backstory is important for you to know as the aut...
28 Maj 202414min
#189: 5 Ways To Create A More Captivating Antagonist
Often writers create antagonists who do bad, immoral, sometimes evil things. They might be abusive or neglectful parents. An enemy. Or an otherworldly foe. But when you're writing about your most t...
21 Maj 202420min
#188: How to Prioritize Writing When You Have A Career And Family
How do you make writing a priority when other commitments compete? When you have a full time career and family? We all know writing a book is a colossal commitment. And it's so easy to get off trac...
14 Maj 202422min
#187: 3 Ways To Write With More Confidence
Struggling with confidence when it comes to writing your story? Maybe you swing from excitement to self-doubt. Or you worry that no one will care to read it. Maybe you lack enough confidence to even ...
7 Maj 202413min
#186: Plotting The Character-Driven Story
What do you do when your novel or memoir doesn’t follow the typical plot structure? What if there’s no crime to be solved, tsunami to survive, or evil wizard to slay? What if your character’s only...
30 Apr 202431min
#185: Your Opening Scenes: What To Reveal, What to Withhold
We can all agree that your opening scenes are your only chance to capture your reader's attention. It's what hooks them into the story. Your first scene and several scenes that follow are your story...
23 Apr 202425min
#184: 5 Questions To Help Focus Your Story Idea
Our stories can become so overrun with ideas, they run away from us. Each idea leads to another and another until you’re lost in the vortex. There are stories within stories. Endless possibilities. S...
16 Apr 202416min
