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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32:52
Episode 72 - Finding an agent, and writing a query.
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2023/08/04
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Episode 71 - Using the critical tool of contrast. ...
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2023/07/28
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Episode 70 - Writing a story in the first-person.
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2023/07/21
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Episode 69 - Learning character and setting...
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2023/07/14
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Episode 68 - Do we have an idea or a plot? Also: how...
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2023/07/07
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Episode 67 - Lighting the writing fuse, and showing...
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2023/06/30
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Episode 66 - Creating characters readers love. Also;...
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2023/06/23
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Episode 65 - A writer's thoughts on ChatGPT. And the...
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2023/06/16
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Episode 64 - How to get started writing, and tips on...
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2023/06/09
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Episode 63 - How to bring our settings to life, and...
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2023/06/02
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Episode 62 - A technique for bringing our characters...
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2023/05/26
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Episode 61 - How to detect and fix a sloppy scene. ...
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2023/05/19
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Episode 60 - Fabulous sentences of fiction, font...
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2023/05/12
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Episode 59 - Plotting with a spreadsheet. And the...
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2023/05/05
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Episode 58 - Making writing less daunting, and some...
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2023/04/28
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Episode 57 - An important tool, the timeline. Also,...
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2023/04/23
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Episode 56 - How many characters are too many? And...
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2023/04/14
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Episode 55 - How many words should we write a day? ...
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2023/04/07
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Episode 54 - Fear of failure, author photos, and the...
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2023/03/31
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Episode 53 - Embarrassing stuff, and the middle of...
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2023/03/24
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