Episode 11 - Creating the individual character (part 1)
In the last episode we looked at character integrity and how this is founded on...
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This episode introduces the core requirements for good character development: character integrity...
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Episode 9 - Get Active! Using the right verbs and the right voice to energise your story
In this episode I cover two issues, using precise and powerful verbs, and also using the active...
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Episode 8 - 'Just in time' storytelling
Grabbing the reader's attention immediately is a vital part of storytelling. Often writers will...
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Episode 7 - What the rejection letter doesn't tell you
In this podcast I explore some of the mistakes that editors look out for. Here are ten things to...
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Episode 6 - The serious business of writing something funny
This is the last of the five techniques for showing not telling - and arguably it's the hardest...
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Episode 4 - The zest of the orange the icy tingle of the stream in winter
In this episode I will explain how you can use sensory language to show rather than tell your story
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Episode 3 - Sparse and Specific Description
How to use a small number of very specific descriptive cues to show your reader both scene and...
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Practical, accessible advice on using dialogue in your creative writing to develop character,...
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Episode 42 - Exploiting the Crisis stage of your story
In this episode we look at stage four of the six stage story process, the Crisis. There is no...
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Episode 43 - Judgement Day! How to get the best out of the climax stage of your story
In this episode we look at stage five of the six stage story process - the climax stage. We are...
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Episode 44 - Finish with Style! The Resolution stage of your story
Finishing your story takes as much skill and wisdom as telling it, and there's more to a good...
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Episode 45 - Interview with editor and agent Julie Crisp
This episode is an interview with the freelance editor, script doctor, and literary agent Julie...
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Episode 46 - The Essence of character
What is the essence of a character? Why is the creation and presentation of that essence the most...
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Jeanne Cavelos, the Director of the Odyssey Writing Workshop says that the number one piece of...
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Episode 48 - The blade in the mind. Exploiting the interior life of your characters
What is the interior life of the character, and what sort of interior life should we be showing...
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Episode 49 Tailored for a perfect fit. The perfect characteristics for your cast
Sometimes it's just one or two well placed,well fitting characteristics that make a character. In...
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Episode 50 - Interview with Nancy Kress
For the fiftieth episode I'm delighted to present an interview with Nebula and Hugo award winning...
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Episode 51 - True to the End. The keys to developing your protagonist's character arc
Nothing holds the reader in your story like a compelling, authentic character, and an essential...
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Episode 52 - Christmas 2015: Superfood for the writer's brain
In this episode, released on Christmas Day 2015, we take time out from the usual teaching and...
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