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    Episode 16: Theme, odd questions, more on conflict, and vivid writing.

    Episode 16: Theme, odd questions, more on conflict, and vivid writing.

    FromEssential Guide to Writing a Novel

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    Episode 16: Theme, odd questions, more on conflict, and vivid writing.

    FromEssential Guide to Writing a Novel

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    Length:
    27 minutes
    Released:
    May 21, 2022
    Format:
    Podcast episode

    Description

    As writers, should we be concerned with a themes for our stories?   And a critical question: are writers allowed to be weird?  We'll also return to the need for early conflict in our stories, and then go on to discuss vivid writing.
    Released:
    May 21, 2022
    Format:
    Podcast episode

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    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.