PODCAST
Essential Guide to Writing a Novel
Hosted by James Thayer, the podcast is a practical, step-by-step manual on how to craft a novel. It presents a set of tools for large issues such as story development and scene construction (Kirkus Reviews said Thayer"s novels are "superbly crafted") and it also examines techniques that will make your sentence-by-sentence writing shine. The New York Times Book Review has said Thayer"s "writing is smooth and clear. it wastes no words, and it has a rhythm only confident stylists achieve.
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Episode 91 - The benefits of a buddy, and Willa...
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2023/12/15
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Episode 90 - Techniques for creating riveting settings.
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2023/12/08
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Episode 89 - Avoiding the biggest mistakes before we...
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2023/12/01
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Episode 87 - How to write a fabulous first sentence.
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2023/11/17
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Episode 86 - The importance of a tie-up later list. ...
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2023/11/10
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Episode 85 - Dialogue's three most important techniques.
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2023/11/03
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Episode 84 - Why we should create a funny character,...
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2023/10/27
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Episode 83 - How to show our character's thoughts to...
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2023/10/20
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Episode 82 - Finding the courage to write, and...
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2023/10/13
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Episode 81 - The top ten fiction writing techniques.
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2023/10/06
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Episode 80 - Maybe we are writing magic, and strong...
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2023/09/29
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Episode 79 - Tips for writing YA fiction. Also:...
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2023/09/22
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Episode 78 - Developing a distinctive voice, and...
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2023/09/15
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Episode 77 - Eleven techniques for writing strong...
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2023/09/08
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Episode 76 - Writing our synopsis, and avoiding filters.
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2023/09/01
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Episode 75 - The magical difference between scene and...
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2023/08/25
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Episode 74 - How to describe our villainous villain,...
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2023/08/18
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Episode 73 - How to make settings work for our story,...
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2023/08/11
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Episode 72 - Finding an agent, and writing a query.
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2023/08/04
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