Essential Guide to Writing a Novel

135 Episodes

1. Episode 75 - The magical difference between scene and summary.

   Published: 25/08/2023
2. Episode 74 - How to describe our villainous villain, and how to get unstuck.

   Published: 18/08/2023
3. Episode 73 - How to make settings work for our story, and how writers get to work each day.

   Published: 11/08/2023
4. Episode 72 - Finding an agent, and writing a query.

   Published: 4/08/2023
5. Episode 71 - Using the critical tool of contrast. And writing vivid character descriptions.

   Published: 28/07/2023
6. Episode 70 - Writing a story in the first-person.

   Published: 21/07/2023
7. Episode 69 - Learning character and setting descriptions from the masters.

   Published: 14/07/2023
8. Episode 68 - Do we have an idea or a plot? Also: how to write joyful dialogue.

   Published: 7/07/2023
9. Episode 67 - Lighting the writing fuse, and showing rather than telling about the setting.

   Published: 30/06/2023
10. Episode 66 - Creating characters readers love. Also; techniques for writing sad dialogue.

    Published: 23/06/2023
11. Episode 65 - A writer's thoughts on ChatGPT. And the benefits of identifying our genre.

    Published: 16/06/2023
12. Episode 64 - How to get started writing, and tips on romantic and angry dialogue.

    Published: 9/06/2023
13. Episode 63 - How to bring our settings to life, and writing the romantic scene.

    Published: 2/06/2023
14. Episode 62 - A technique for bringing our characters to life, and writing the action scene.

    Published: 26/05/2023
15. Episode 61 - How to detect and fix a sloppy scene. Also: how to unleash story ideas.

    Published: 19/05/2023
16. Episode 60 - Fabulous sentences of fiction, font fiddling, and slow motion.

    Published: 12/05/2023
17. Episode 59 - Plotting with a spreadsheet. And the unreliable narrator. Also, fiddling with the flow of time.

    Published: 5/05/2023
18. Episode 58 - Making writing less daunting, and some techniques to avoid weak sentences.

    Published: 28/04/2023
19. Episode 57 - An important tool, the timeline. Also, authorial distance.

    Published: 23/04/2023
20. Episode 56 - How many characters are too many? And he wore his guilt like a harness.

    Published: 14/04/2023