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Episode 101 - The phrases notebook, and avoiding our plot bogging down.

Episode 101 - The phrases notebook, and avoiding our plot bogging down.

FromEssential Guide to Writing a Novel


Episode 101 - The phrases notebook, and avoiding our plot bogging down.

FromEssential Guide to Writing a Novel

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Length:
26 minutes
Released:
Feb 23, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

A phrases notebook is a remarkably useful tool for writers.  Here's how to create one.  Also, sometimes while writing we might get the feeling that our plot is becoming aimless and that it is bogging down.  We'll list questions we can ask ourselves to determine if it's true, and how to fix the problem.Support the show
Released:
Feb 23, 2024
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.