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Writing Podcasts

Making Cliches Work for You: Cliches need not be dreaded bogeymen who haunt our work, but rather exciting and multi-faceted challenges that we can make work for us in many ways.
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Don't Let the Big Words Die: How authors can encourage the growth of vocabulary and use it to enhance their writing.
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Details: Bringing Fiction to Life: Learn why the details of an author's prose decide whether a story will be the entertainment of an hour or a lasting piece of literature.
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Eliciting Emotion: Discovering what drives emotion in fiction and how to elicit it in readers.
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Sticking With a Story: If you are willing to stick with a story and resist the urge to let go when the going gets tough, you are likely to discover one of the most important traits of any artist: perseverance.
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Branded: Negotiating Consumerism in Fiction: Two reasons to avoid specifying common and popular consumer names in your fiction.
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Choosing Your Character's Career With Care: What your character does for a living, even if it doesn't feature prominently in your story, will profoundly affect who he is and how he responds to the world around him.
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Characters: Likability Is Overrated: Learn why readers connection with imperfection in characters, more than perfection.
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5 Ways to Pace Your Story: Pacing is like a dam. It allows the writer to control just how fast or how slow his plot flows through the riverbed of his story. Understanding how to operate that dam is one of the most important tasks an author has to learn.
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Why Genre Writing Could Kill Your Career: Genres too often lead to cliched storylines, sub-par writing, and, in the long run, a less discerning and demanding reading public.
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Angst, Mental Illness, and Creativity by Carolyn Kaufman: Is angst a necessary ingredient for creativity?
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Should You Write for a Specific Audience?: Writing for an audience, instead of merely to an audience means you're molding your artistic vision to please the whims of the public.
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How You Can Take Advantage of Art's Subjectivity: For better or worse, art (like life) is subjective. Not one of us looks at a story, a painting, a movie, or a concert in the same way.
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Are You Called to Be a Writer?: Is our writing just a fun pastime - or is it a calling?
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Why You Should Be Writing Scared: A little dryness of mouth, a little dampness of face, a little quiver in the abdominal region - these are the symptoms of sheer, unadulterated panic. These are the symptoms of a good writer.
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Backstory: The Importance of What Isn't Told: Particularly during this modern trend of beginning stories in medias res (in the middle of things), a deep and full-bodied backstory is every whit as important as the story itself.
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9 Ways to Strengthen Your Beginnings: Nine traits of a good beginning.
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It's What Your Characters Do That Defines Them: Characters need to do something to prove themselves worth defining.
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Top 7 Reasons Readers Stop Reading: This week, I decided to take a highly unscientific poll in an effort to discover the most common reasons a reader stops reading.
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Good Writers Are So Lazy, They Make Readers Do All the Work! by Jason Black: By letting the reader imagine all the filler details, the stuff that's not actually important to the plot, readers create for themselves a scene that is both vivid and completely believable.
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Emotional Connection: Punch Your Readers in the Gut!: So how do you go about creating emotionally resonant stories? It's simple: You create stories with which you resonate.
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6 Reasons Not to Listen to Your Critique Partner: How do you know when to heed criticism? How do you know what's worth listening to? You can start by asking yourself the following six questions.
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Should You Outline Backwards?: Often, it's easier and more productive to start with the last scene in a series and work your way backwards.
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10 Habits of Successful Authors: If, by the end of the year, you can cross the following habits of successful authors off your checklist, you'll be a force to reckon with in the literary world!
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How Music Will Make You a Better Writer: Why not tap into the power of music when you need the inspiration most: while you're writing.
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Why You Should Write More Than One Genre: The better the artist, the more varied his work.
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4 Reasons I Quit Writing Exercises: I argue that keeping a writing-exercise journal is an ineffective, inefficient, and occasionally even detrimental habit.
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11 Dichotomous Characters - And Why They Work: Take a look at the following list of classic characters and the dichotomies that made them so memorable.
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How to Kill a Character - And Avoid Hate Mail: When your story demands you kill a prominent character, how do you tap into the power and pathos without infuriating your readers?
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Are Your Characters Talking Heads?: When planning your scenes, even scenes where what's said is what's important, give your characters something to do.
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11 Killer Chapter Breaks: Chapter breaks are do-or-die territory for novelists.
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Are You Using Setting to Deepen Your Characters?: In the best of stories, setting is an inherent key in bringing to life not just the scenery but the characters themselves.
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Why Word Count Goals Can Be Destructive: For some writers, word counts can prove more problematic than they're worth.
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Embrace Your Internal Editor: We've transformed the internal editor into a monster of epic proportions, but only because we haven't learned to utilize him.
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Plot vs. Character: Which Is More Important?: The simple fact is that fiction requires both plot and character to achieve its full potential.
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Writing Podcasts

Making Cliches Work for You: Cliches need not be dreaded bogeymen who haunt our work, but rather exciting and multi-faceted challenges that we can make work for us in many ways.

Don't Let the Big Words Die: How authors can encourage the growth of vocabulary and use it to enhance their writing.

Details: Bringing Fiction to Life: Learn why the details of an author's prose decide whether a story will be the entertainment of an hour or a lasting piece of literature.

Eliciting Emotion: Discovering what drives emotion in fiction and how to elicit it in readers.

Sticking With a Story: If you are willing to stick with a story and resist the urge to let go when the going gets tough, you are likely to discover one of the most important traits of any artist: perseverance.

Branded: Negotiating Consumerism in Fiction: Two reasons to avoid specifying common and popular consumer names in your fiction.

Choosing Your Character's Career With Care: What your character does for a living, even if it doesn't feature prominently in your story, will profoundly affect who he is and how he responds to the world around him.

Characters: Likability Is Overrated: Learn why readers connection with imperfection in characters, more than perfection.

5 Ways to Pace Your Story: Pacing is like a dam. It allows the writer to control just how fast or how slow his plot flows through the riverbed of his story. Understanding how to operate that dam is one of the most important tasks an author has to learn.

Why Genre Writing Could Kill Your Career: Genres too often lead to cliched storylines, sub-par writing, and, in the long run, a less discerning and demanding reading public.

Angst, Mental Illness, and Creativity by Carolyn Kaufman: Is angst a necessary ingredient for creativity?

Should You Write for a Specific Audience?: Writing for an audience, instead of merely to an audience means you're molding your artistic vision to please the whims of the public.

How You Can Take Advantage of Art's Subjectivity: For better or worse, art (like life) is subjective. Not one of us looks at a story, a painting, a movie, or a concert in the same way.

Are You Called to Be a Writer?: Is our writing just a fun pastime - or is it a calling?

Why You Should Be Writing Scared: A little dryness of mouth, a little dampness of face, a little quiver in the abdominal region - these are the symptoms of sheer, unadulterated panic. These are the symptoms of a good writer.

Backstory: The Importance of What Isn't Told: Particularly during this modern trend of beginning stories in medias res (in the middle of things), a deep and full-bodied backstory is every whit as important as the story itself.

9 Ways to Strengthen Your Beginnings: Nine traits of a good beginning.

It's What Your Characters Do That Defines Them: Characters need to do something to prove themselves worth defining.

Top 7 Reasons Readers Stop Reading: This week, I decided to take a highly unscientific poll in an effort to discover the most common reasons a reader stops reading.

Good Writers Are So Lazy, They Make Readers Do All the Work! by Jason Black: By letting the reader imagine all the filler details, the stuff that's not actually important to the plot, readers create for themselves a scene that is both vivid and completely believable.

Emotional Connection: Punch Your Readers in the Gut!: So how do you go about creating emotionally resonant stories? It's simple: You create stories with which you resonate.

6 Reasons Not to Listen to Your Critique Partner: How do you know when to heed criticism? How do you know what's worth listening to? You can start by asking yourself the following six questions.

Should You Outline Backwards?: Often, it's easier and more productive to start with the last scene in a series and work your way backwards.

10 Habits of Successful Authors: If, by the end of the year, you can cross the following habits of successful authors off your checklist, you'll be a force to reckon with in the literary world!

How Music Will Make You a Better Writer: Why not tap into the power of music when you need the inspiration most: while you're writing.

Why You Should Write More Than One Genre: The better the artist, the more varied his work.

4 Reasons I Quit Writing Exercises: I argue that keeping a writing-exercise journal is an ineffective, inefficient, and occasionally even detrimental habit.

11 Dichotomous Characters - And Why They Work: Take a look at the following list of classic characters and the dichotomies that made them so memorable.

How to Kill a Character - And Avoid Hate Mail: When your story demands you kill a prominent character, how do you tap into the power and pathos without infuriating your readers?

Are Your Characters Talking Heads?: When planning your scenes, even scenes where what's said is what's important, give your characters something to do.

11 Killer Chapter Breaks: Chapter breaks are do-or-die territory for novelists.

Are You Using Setting to Deepen Your Characters?: In the best of stories, setting is an inherent key in bringing to life not just the scenery but the characters themselves.

Why Word Count Goals Can Be Destructive: For some writers, word counts can prove more problematic than they're worth.

Embrace Your Internal Editor: We've transformed the internal editor into a monster of epic proportions, but only because we haven't learned to utilize him.

Plot vs. Character: Which Is More Important?: The simple fact is that fiction requires both plot and character to achieve its full potential.