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Episode 70 - Writing a story in the first-person.

Episode 70 - Writing a story in the first-person.

FromEssential Guide to Writing a Novel


Episode 70 - Writing a story in the first-person.

FromEssential Guide to Writing a Novel

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Length:
24 minutes
Released:
Jul 21, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Here are some thoughts about how we can write our story in the first-person, some techniques that will capture the reader.   Also, usually the fewer the adverbs and adjectives, the stronger the writing.  Here's how we can reduce the number of modifiers in our fiction.  And here's a list of the six funniest novels of all time.Support the show
Released:
Jul 21, 2023
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.