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    Episode 71 - Using the critical tool of contrast. And writing vivid character descriptions.

    Episode 71 - Using the critical tool of contrast. And writing vivid character descriptions.

    FromEssential Guide to Writing a Novel

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    Episode 71 - Using the critical tool of contrast. And writing vivid character descriptions.

    FromEssential Guide to Writing a Novel

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    Length:
    27 minutes
    Released:
    Jul 28, 2023
    Format:
    Podcast episode

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    Blue is bluer when placed next to yellow.  Here are techniques on the use of contrast to make our scenes and characters more vivid.  Also, we can learn how to describe characters--and we can be inspired--by reading how the masters create their characters.Support the show
    Released:
    Jul 28, 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.