The Shit No One Tells You About Writing
A podcast by Bianca Marais, Carly Watters and CeCe Lyra - Thursdays

309 Episodes
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The Process When Publishers Acquire a Novel & How to Make Yourself More Marketable
Published: 13/10/2022 -
Fleshing Out All of Your Characters, Including the Antagonists
Published: 6/10/2022 -
Including Diversity in Your Writing & Always Thinking About Your Reader
Published: 29/09/2022 -
How to Know if You're the Right Person to Tell a Story
Published: 22/09/2022 -
Bonus Episode: We Answer Your Questions and Give You Comps
Published: 19/09/2022 -
How to Stop Talking to Ourselves and Start Talking to Our Readers
Published: 15/09/2022 -
Tearing a Story Apart Until the Puzzle Pieces Fit Perfectly
Published: 8/09/2022 -
Writing a Successful Book Proposal
Published: 1/09/2022 -
How Classic Literature Can Inform Your Own Work
Published: 25/08/2022 -
Balancing Character Development, Curiosity Seeds and Plot
Published: 18/08/2022 -
Letting the Story Be Bigger Than You
Published: 11/08/2022 -
Maximizing the Benefit of Working with a Freelance Editor
Published: 4/08/2022 -
From the Archives: Dealing with Rejection
Published: 28/07/2022 -
From the Archives: How to Create and Maintain Suspense
Published: 21/07/2022 -
From the Archives: Learning Your Craft
Published: 14/07/2022 -
From the Archives: Coming Up with A High Concept Premise
Published: 7/07/2022 -
Writing Scenes Involving Multiple Characters, Understanding Writing Theory & We Answer Your Questions
Published: 4/07/2022 -
Tess Gerritsen's Advice to Writers
Published: 30/06/2022 -
Writing Memoir, Planting Curiosity Seeds & Choosing Inciting Incidents
Published: 27/06/2022 -
Using a Pen Name & Advice for Showing vs Telling - Riley Sager
Published: 23/06/2022
This is a podcast for emerging writers who want to improve the quality of their work and learn more about the publishing industry. Your one host, Bianca Marais (the bestselling author of 'The Witches of Moonshyne Manor') interviews authors, agents, editors and just about anyone and everyone who's involved in bringing a book to market. She's joined by her cohosts, literary agents Carly Watters and CeCe Lyra from P.S. Literary Agency, who read and critique query letters as well as opening pages in their Books with Hooks segment. Expect good advice, honest insights, and a few laughs along the way.