The Shit No One Tells You About Writing

A podcast by Bianca Marais, Carly Watters and CeCe Lyra - Thursdays

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309 Episodes

  1. The Process When Publishers Acquire a Novel & How to Make Yourself More Marketable

    Published: 13/10/2022
  2. Fleshing Out All of Your Characters, Including the Antagonists

    Published: 6/10/2022
  3. Including Diversity in Your Writing & Always Thinking About Your Reader

    Published: 29/09/2022
  4. How to Know if You're the Right Person to Tell a Story

    Published: 22/09/2022
  5. Bonus Episode: We Answer Your Questions and Give You Comps

    Published: 19/09/2022
  6. How to Stop Talking to Ourselves and Start Talking to Our Readers

    Published: 15/09/2022
  7. Tearing a Story Apart Until the Puzzle Pieces Fit Perfectly

    Published: 8/09/2022
  8. Writing a Successful Book Proposal

    Published: 1/09/2022
  9. How Classic Literature Can Inform Your Own Work

    Published: 25/08/2022
  10. Balancing Character Development, Curiosity Seeds and Plot

    Published: 18/08/2022
  11. Letting the Story Be Bigger Than You

    Published: 11/08/2022
  12. Maximizing the Benefit of Working with a Freelance Editor

    Published: 4/08/2022
  13. From the Archives: Dealing with Rejection

    Published: 28/07/2022
  14. From the Archives: How to Create and Maintain Suspense

    Published: 21/07/2022
  15. From the Archives: Learning Your Craft

    Published: 14/07/2022
  16. From the Archives: Coming Up with A High Concept Premise

    Published: 7/07/2022
  17. Writing Scenes Involving Multiple Characters, Understanding Writing Theory & We Answer Your Questions

    Published: 4/07/2022
  18. Tess Gerritsen's Advice to Writers

    Published: 30/06/2022
  19. Writing Memoir, Planting Curiosity Seeds & Choosing Inciting Incidents

    Published: 27/06/2022
  20. Using a Pen Name & Advice for Showing vs Telling - Riley Sager

    Published: 23/06/2022

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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.

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