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 59 - Plotting with a spreadsheet. And the...
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2023/05/05
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27:46
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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Episode 52 - Making our sentences more lively, and...
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2023/03/17
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Episode 50 - The right kind of surprise ending, and...
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2023/03/03
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Episode 49 - Avoiding the biggest mistake, and...
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2023/02/24
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Episode 48 - Writing strong dialogue, and Ray...
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2023/02/17
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Episode 47 - A strong plotting technique, and leeches.
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2023/02/10
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25:54
Episode 46 - What if no one comes to our book...
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2023/01/06
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Episode 45 - Techniques to make our dialogue riveting.
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2022/12/30
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Episode 44 - How to avoid another prospect-killing...
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2022/12/23
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Episode 43 - Dialogue should do double duty. Here's...
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2022/12/16
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Episode 42 - The single most important writing...
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2022/12/09
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Episode 41 - How can we know if we have the talent to...
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2022/12/02
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