A New Way to Look at Action
When you write anything, you usually decide on how to write that thing based on how it feels in the world. What is the emotional connection? Does this...
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The writing podcast that isn't about how to write. Looking at writing, creativity, and other artforms through a philosophical and lighthearted lens.
Each Paragraph is a Thought
When I first started to write in school, I was taught that each sentence forms a complete thought. This is probably true. When linguists look at talki...
Character Motivation
Character motivation and character goals are not the same thing. If you haven't check out my episode on why that is the case, you should check it out....
Creating Tension in Your Story
Tension is something within writing that I do not think exists on its face. I think writing requires an audience. A person needs to understand and con...
Invisible Transitions
One of the things I learned about in school was the necessity of having transitions in my writing. If I did not have transitions, my writing would not...
The Necessary Space Between the Writing
Writing only consists of what is on the page, but it doesn't, but it does, but it doesn't. If you have ever thought about what writing is, you probabl...
An Easy Way to Plot Your Book
Something things in writing are boring. I find copy-editing boring. Formatting is not that fun either. Neither is sending out queries to agents. Some ...
A New Way to Understand Hooks
What is a hook? It is a thing at the beginning of a book that grabs the readers attention and makes him want to read more. A hook can be dropping the ...
Should You Outline Your Book?
There are two types of writers. We call these two different groups of writers "pantsers" and "plotters" (You may call these something else, but we all...
Five Tips When Writing Characters
I cannot say this enough: your main character is at the core of your story. The main character is what the reader experiences your story through. With...