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Episode 27 - The importance of genres and formulas.  And thoughts about titles.

Episode 27 - The importance of genres and formulas. And thoughts about titles.

FromEssential Guide to Writing a Novel


Episode 27 - The importance of genres and formulas. And thoughts about titles.

FromEssential Guide to Writing a Novel

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Length:
25 minutes
Released:
Aug 26, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Formulas became formulas because they work.  Our genre will offer guidelines (formulas) for our plots.  And: titles are fun to think about but it's sometimes hard to invent a good one.  Here are some thoughts about coming up with a good title.
Released:
Aug 26, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

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.