Essential Guide to Writing a Novel
James Thayer
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Episode 4: Pace, the first sentence, back-story, over-description
Essential Guide to Writing a Novel
03/09/22 • 25 min
We'll talk about how to keep the reader involved in the story, how to move a plot forward. And we'll discuss one of my favorite topics: the novel's first sentence.
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Episode 6: Villains and sidekicks.
Essential Guide to Writing a Novel
03/23/22 • 24 min
How can we create compelling villains and lovable and maybe eccentric sidekicks? How many characters should we put in a scene? How about basing a character on a friend or relative? And are there tips for naming our characters? Learn these techniques and more ini this episode.
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Episode 5: How to develop appealing characters
Essential Guide to Writing a Novel
03/10/22 • 24 min
Heroes in our novel reading appear to be wildly different. But almost all successful novel protagonists have several common aspects to their personalities, and in this podcast we'll talk about them. We'll focus on creating a character the reader loves, and so the reader will intensely dislike coming to the end of the story when the reader must leave the beloved character behind.
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Episode 2: Getting ready to start writing a novel.
Essential Guide to Writing a Novel
03/02/22 • 26 min
Getting ready to start a novel. Drafting a a plan (timetable). An outline (pros and cons). Other useful pre-writing and during-the-writing documents. Recommendations for a novel's length.
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Episode 8 - Scene and summary
Essential Guide to Writing a Novel
04/04/22 • 24 min
We'll discuss the difference between summary and scene., and why writing scenes rather than summaries is so important. Point of view will also be briefly touch on, along with techniques on how to end a scene Rhythmic placement of scenes is also a topic in this episode.
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Episode 1: Learning and getting better at the craft of writing.
Essential Guide to Writing a Novel
03/02/22 • 28 min
Follow the rules. Go with what works to increase our chances of getting published. Writing can be learned. And if we know how to write, we can get better. A critical ingredient: persistence. One negative thing about learning to write. Leaning to concentrate. And a technique about weeping.
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Episode 7 - Crafting a scene
Essential Guide to Writing a Novel
03/27/22 • 22 min
Good scenes have a certain form. This episode is about how to craft a compelling scene, including the need to begin a scene late in the chronology and end it early.
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Episode 3: Finding a fresh plot.
Essential Guide to Writing a Novel
03/03/22 • 26 min
Is there an idea dump where we can go to find a fresh plot for our novel or a strong plot point for the next chapter of our novel? No, but good methods exist to develop plots, and that's the topic of this episode.
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Episode 50 - The right kind of surprise ending, and wonderful character descriptions.
Essential Guide to Writing a Novel
03/03/23 • 27 min
The ending of our novel should be a surprise but not a complete surprise. Here are techniques for crafting that balance. And famous character descriptions can inspire us to create our own fascinating character portraits.
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Episode 30 - Plotting and the power struggle.
Essential Guide to Writing a Novel
09/16/22 • 25 min
Plotting our story is so important that we return to it here. How can we know what works and doesn't work in a story? We'll talk about plotting techniques including good advice from a Pulitzer Prize winner.
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How many episodes does Essential Guide to Writing a Novel have?
Essential Guide to Writing a Novel currently has 163 episodes available.
What topics does Essential Guide to Writing a Novel cover?
The podcast is about Fiction, Podcasts and Education.
What is the most popular episode on Essential Guide to Writing a Novel?
The episode title 'Episode 6: Villains and sidekicks.' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on Essential Guide to Writing a Novel?
The average episode length on Essential Guide to Writing a Novel is 26 minutes.
How often are episodes of Essential Guide to Writing a Novel released?
Episodes of Essential Guide to Writing a Novel are typically released every 7 days.
When was the first episode of Essential Guide to Writing a Novel?
The first episode of Essential Guide to Writing a Novel was released on Mar 2, 2022.
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