#49: The Quickest Way to Engage Your Reader
The way to engage your readers and keep them absorbed sentence by sentence is to draw them into the tactile world of your story and evoke their sensations. Not the fact that it's raining, as E.L. Do...
19 Maj 202114min
#48: Does Your Story Need An Antagonist?
Does your story need an antagonist? The short answer is yes. But to avoid the formulaic good vs. bad story, there are deeper questions to unwrap. In today's episode of Writer Unleashed, we'll exp...
12 Maj 202110min
#47: Even Minor Characters Play a Major Role
Every character you include, no matter how minor, or however brief their appearance, must serve the story you're telling. Nobody should be in a scene for mere decoration or as a prop. There are no ...
5 Maj 202111min
#46: What's the Theme of Your Story? And Why Does It Matter?
What is theme? And why does it matter to your story? In today’s episode of Writer Unleashed, we’ll talk about what theme is, what it isn’t, and how to arrive at yours. We'll explore: The commo...
28 Apr 202112min
#45: How to Hook Readers in Your First Sentence
If your first sentence is a dud, chances are readers won't give you a second chance. In today's episode of Writer Unleashed, we'll explore 5 elements that will hook your readers from the get-go and ...
21 Apr 202115min
#44: How to Fix a Broken Plot
Is your plot broken? First, what is a broken plot? It's when you start out with one conflict but lose confidence in your ability to move that conflict forward through a series of actions. So you sh...
14 Apr 202111min
#43: Five Ways to Transform Real People into Fascinating Fictional Characters
Just because you're basing characters on real people doesn't make them believable or interesting. It's far more important for your story to work than it is for it to be true. And even when people ar...
7 Apr 202120min
#42: What Kind of Writer Are You?
Are you a memoir writer? Or a fiction writer? A novelist? Or short story writer? Lots of people have a story to tell. But some are still flying blind after years, even decades of trying to nail down...
31 Mars 202120min
