Helping Writers Become Authors

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Ep. 624: Tips on Hiring and Working with a Book Cover Designer (And New Cover Reveal for Dreamlander!) May 08, 2023

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Step-by-step guide to finding the right book cover designer, preparing for the design process, and achieving an effective collaboration.

Ep. 623: The Backstory Drip (Backstory Techniques, Pt. 3 of 3) May 01, 2023

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Discover the versatile and effective technique of the backstory drip by learning four techniques for revealing backstory in your story.

Ep. 622: Backstory-as-Story vs. Alternating Timelines (Backstory Techniques, Pt. 2 of 3) Apr 24, 2023

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Backstory techniques are crucial to the success of any story. Backstory-as-story and alternating timelines are two possible approaches.

Ep. 621: Prologues vs. Flashbacks (Backstory Techniques, Pt. 1 of 3) Apr 17, 2023

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Learn how to use four specific backstory techniques to share character histories with your audience, starting with prologues and flashbacks.

Ep. 620: How Archetypes Changed My Life and My Writing Mar 27, 2023

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When "good writing" strikes its steel upon the flint of archetypes, there is a sudden unity of truth between author and reader.

Ep. 619: Here Are Two Ways to Write Organic Themes Mar 20, 2023

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Learn how organic themes arise from plot (and vice versa) and specifically how to recognize five important elements of an organic theme.

Ep. 618: Genre Tips: How to Write Literary Fiction Mar 06, 2023

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Learning how to write literary fiction can be helpful not only in writing the genre itself, but in raising the vibration on any type of story.

Ep. 617: Genre Tips: How to Write Mystery Feb 27, 2023

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Learning how to write mystery stories involves the most impressive trick of all: outsmarting readers while still playing fair with the clues.

Ep. 616: Genre Tips: How to Write Historical Fiction Feb 20, 2023

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Learning how to write historical fiction requires the skills to a well-drawn story, with the added responsibility of evoking times gone by.

Ep. 615: Genre Tips: How to Write Romance Feb 13, 2023

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Learning how to write romance requires both strong technique and the courage to write vulnerably about this integral part of life.