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Episode 35 - A close look at scene structure, and avoiding mushy sentences.

Episode 35 - A close look at scene structure, and avoiding mushy sentences.

FromEssential Guide to Writing a Novel


Episode 35 - A close look at scene structure, and avoiding mushy sentences.

FromEssential Guide to Writing a Novel

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Length:
23 minutes
Released:
Oct 21, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Scene structure is an art hidden from the reader but critical for the success of a scene.  We'll talk about structure in this episode.  Also, here is one of the best ways to avoid mushy, colorless sentences that don't grip the reader.
Released:
Oct 21, 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.