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Episode 88 - Writing the fight scene.

Episode 88 - Writing the fight scene.

FromEssential Guide to Writing a Novel


Episode 88 - Writing the fight scene.

FromEssential Guide to Writing a Novel

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Length:
29 minutes
Released:
Nov 24, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Action is the most interesting element in most novels, and a fight is action.   Here are some techniques for writing a fight scene.   Also, here's an almost sure-fire way to prime the pump of our plotting, a way to invent more plot for our story.   And: thoughts about naming our characters.Support the show
Released:
Nov 24, 2023
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.