Episode 347: Narrative Premise Telling a story is one thing, but how you tell it is another. October 3, 2021October 2, 2021 by Oren Ashkenazi, Chris Winkle, Wes Matlock, and Juan Pistis
Which Descriptive Details Are Excessive to Readers? Don't describe scenes as though you're taking a photograph. September 10, 2021May 24, 2022 by Chris Winkle in Writing
How Can Writers Make Description Evocative? The best description conveys the right tone, is easy to imagine, and makes the world feel alive. September 3, 2021September 3, 2021 by Chris Winkle in Writing
Q&A: Should I Use a Single POV in a Story About Two Siblings? Answered by Chris Winkle August 23, 2021August 26, 2021 in Writing
What Do Writers Need to Describe? If you don't describe the right things in right order, it can break immersion and jar readers. August 20, 2021August 19, 2021 by Chris Winkle in Writing
Episode 339: Elements of Good Description Hot take: words are made up, don't use them. August 8, 2021September 30, 2021 by Oren Ashkenazi, Wes Matlock, and Chris Winkle
Lessons From the Edgy Writing of Blindsight Author Peter Watts has an engaging voice and a reckless disregard for accuracy. July 30, 2021September 15, 2021 by Chris Winkle and Fay Onyx in Commentary, Social Justice, Writing
Five Simple Ways to Make Your Prose Easier to Read What to do when your wordcraft is dooming your story's chances. July 9, 2021July 8, 2021 by Chris Winkle in Writing
Q&A: Can I Conceal Information in a First-Person Viewpoint? Answered by Oren Ashkenazi July 5, 2021August 26, 2021 in Writing
Lessons From Three Bad Fight Scenes For instance, you shouldn't need vague and unexplained magic to justify why people are fighting. June 26, 2021June 25, 2021 by Oren Ashkenazi in Analysis, Writing
Episode 329: Writers in Stories Why are writers so bad at writing about writing? May 30, 2021September 4, 2021 by Oren Ashkenazi, Chris Winkle, and Wes Matlock
Narration Makeover: Giving Action More Immediacy The last thing you want is prose that makes action feel like a slog. May 21, 2021June 14, 2021 by Chris Winkle in Writing
Episode 325: Ending Lines What is that last line even for? May 2, 2021September 29, 2021 by Oren Ashkenazi, Wes Matlock, Chris Winkle, and Svend Phillips
Episode 324: Opening Lines Due to the linear nature of spacetime, stories have to start somewhere. April 25, 2021September 4, 2021 by Oren Ashkenazi, Chris Winkle, and Wes Matlock
How to Teach World Terms Without Confusing Readers Confusing new terms can make readers feel jarred and overwhelmed. April 16, 2021May 24, 2022 by Chris Winkle in Worldbuilding, Writing
Seven Prologues and the Problems They Cause Prologues are almost always meaningless and disconnected mistakes. April 3, 2021June 14, 2021 by Oren Ashkenazi in Analysis, Writing
I Tried to Praise The Eye of Argon and Ended Up With These Lousy Writing Lessons The worst story ever written... or is it? February 26, 2021June 14, 2021 by Chris Winkle in Storytelling, Writing
Episode 314: Levels of Editing Most writers will seek out editing at some point, but what kind of editing should you get? February 14, 2021June 20, 2022 by Chris Winkle, Wes Matlock, Ariel Anderson, and Svend Phillips
Five Bad Habits Writers Learn From Movies and TV Some storytelling habits don't translate from the screen to the page. February 13, 2021June 14, 2021 by Oren Ashkenazi in Writing
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