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Episode 103 - The joy of creating something out of nothing.  And, is our new plot point a strong one?

Episode 103 - The joy of creating something out of nothing. And, is our new plot point a strong one?

FromEssential Guide to Writing a Novel


Episode 103 - The joy of creating something out of nothing. And, is our new plot point a strong one?

FromEssential Guide to Writing a Novel

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Length:
26 minutes
Released:
Mar 8, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

We writers get to experience the joy of creating something--a character, a setting, an event--out of nothing.  And, how can we tell if the new plot point we've come up with is any good?  Are there questions we can ask ourselves to test our new plot point?  Also: who are the most memorable villains in fiction?  Here is Stephen King's list.  And here is something technical; how to paragraph dialogue.Support the show
Released:
Mar 8, 2024
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.