Episode 313: Cutting Clutter Behold, an introduction, a beginning if you will, and we shall, heretofore, lay out the topic. February 7, 2021September 28, 2021 by Ariel Anderson, Wes Matlock, Chris Winkle, and Svend Phillips
Episode 311: Delivering Information in Stories Readers need to know things to understand your story. January 24, 2021August 26, 2021 by Oren Ashkenazi, Chris Winkle, and Wes Matlock
Episode 310: Productivity in Writing How to put words on paper? January 17, 2021August 26, 2021 by Oren Ashkenazi, Chris Winkle, and Wes Matlock
Narration Makeover: Creating Tension Tense scenes make for tense stories. December 18, 2020June 14, 2021 by Chris Winkle in Storytelling, Writing
Nine Ways to Describe Your Viewpoint Character It can be difficult to integrate self-description without sounding forced. November 20, 2020June 14, 2021 by Chris Winkle in Writing
Lessons From the Tense Writing of Winter World Winter World's opening establishes tension but lacks novelty, attachment, or satisfaction. November 13, 2020September 22, 2021 by Chris Winkle in Writing
Breaking Your Prose in the Right Places Where we break our prose at any level affects how it feels. November 6, 2020June 16, 2021 by Chris Winkle in Writing
Lessons From the Exposition of Crescent City Confusing info dumps and lack of plot focus make this a disorienting opening. October 16, 2020June 16, 2021 by Chris Winkle in Writing
Episode 292- Killing Your Darlings September 13, 2020August 26, 2021 by Oren Ashkenazi, Chris Winkle, and Wes Matlock
Q&A: How Do I Portray a Woman Who Invests in Her Appearance? Answered by Chris Winkle September 7, 2020August 26, 2021 in Social Justice, Storytelling, Writing
Six Common Misconceptions Among New Writers The structures in place to teach storytelling are woefully inadequate. August 29, 2020June 28, 2021 by Oren Ashkenazi in Inspiration, Writing
Q&A: How Can I Depict Lipreading Respectfully Without Making Dialogue Tedious? Answered by Chris Winkle and Fay Onyx August 17, 2020August 26, 2021 in Commentary, Social Justice, Writing
Episode 288: Melodrama Behold, a podcast with emotions so deep you can feel them in your bones! August 16, 2020August 26, 2021 by Oren Ashkenazi, Chris Winkle, and Wes Matlock
Five Common Problems With Metaphors Boring or inconsistent metaphors can drag your story to a halt. August 14, 2020June 28, 2021 by Chris Winkle in Writing
Q&A: How Do I Write Like an Adult? Answered by Chris Winkle August 10, 2020August 26, 2021 in Writing
Description Makeover: Creating Magical Atmosphere It takes practice to figure out how to create a strong impression and make every word count. July 31, 2020June 28, 2021 by Chris Winkle in Writing
Q&A: How Can I Get the Same Obsession I Had With a Previous Story? Answered by Chris Winkle July 6, 2020August 26, 2021 in Writing
Lessons From the Terrible Writing of Eragon’s Sequel Give your character agency and consistency... or die. July 3, 2020December 3, 2021 by Chris Winkle in Writing
Q&A: How Do I Describe Fat Characters Respectfully? Answered by Fay Onyx June 15, 2020August 26, 2021 in Writing
Judging What Backstory to Keep and What to Let Go If you include too much history, your story will be an overburdened mess. June 12, 2020November 23, 2022 by Chris Winkle in Storytelling, Writing
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