#33: Three Ways to Avoid Melodrama
There's a delicate balance between bringing a scene to the dramatic brim, and spilling over the top into melodrama. On today's episode of Writer Unleashed, I'll share 3 techniques for avoiding melodr...
27 Jan 202113min
#32: Five Ways to Avoid the Stock Villain
How do you avoid writing the stock villain? How do you move beyond the cliche to create a bad guy that surprises us? That goes against the status quo? On today’s episode of Writer Unleashed, we’ll e...
20 Jan 202111min
#31: What Most Writers Get Wrong About Point of View
Of all the things I see tripping writers up, point of view is the most common and persistent. It's one of the most misunderstood elements of writing. It's also one of the most essential things to ge...
13 Jan 202114min
#30: How to Stop Dreaming and Write for Real in 2021
97% of writers never finish their book. And out of that 3% who do finish their books, only 1 to 2 percent of them ever publish. On today’s episode of Writer Unleashed, we'll break down some of the m...
6 Jan 202119min
#29: How to Re-Ignite Your Motivation to Write
Some days you're on fire. Other days, you feel like a dried up spec of dust. With no soul. You’ve lost motivation and may even have stopped writing altogether. So how do you get your mojo back so yo...
30 Dec 202021min
#28: You Already Know How to Write Atmosphere
How do we create atmosphere in story in a way that evokes mood, and simultaneously reveals the inner life of your character? Well, you already know how to do this. On today’s episode of Writer Unl...
23 Dec 202015min
#27: Writer Rejected: How to Bounce Back Fast
You’ve spent months, maybe years writing your story. So you finally get the courage to send it out into the world - to an agent, a literary magazine, a publisher, or your writer’s group. And then you...
16 Dec 202012min
#26: Writing About Someone You Know - Is Your Story Worth It?
You can change a character's hair color, geography, age, or gender, but often what inhibits our voice is a concern that we'll offend someone we know. A parent. A sibling. A school mate. So, what d...
9 Dec 202015min
