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Episode 6: The Tenets of Fiction Writing …with Alan Heathcock

Alan Heathcock, award winning author of VOLT Alan Heathcock, award-winning author of VOLT, discusses some of his “27 Tenets of Fiction Writing.” Alan Heathcock is a Chicago boy who eventually made his...

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Episode 7: Loose Ends… and Unreliable Narrators

Answering questions and addressing comments from our first 6 episodes as well as a discussion of unreliable narrators. We discuss getting the most out of the writing perspectives of writers and...

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Episode 8: Recognizing and Writing “Glimmers”…with Pam Houston

Pam Houston, Photo by Adam Karsten. We’re talking about glimmers—what they are and how they can fuel our writing—with the wonderfully talented Pam Houston! LINKS: - Pam on Twitter: @Pam_Houston - Pam...

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Episode 9: Defamiliarization

Duchamp’s “Fountain”: an example of defamiliarization What is “defamiliarization?”  How does it function in our writing?  Can it be applied to “big picture” elements like plot and theme?  How can we...

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Episode 10: The Snowflake Method of Novel Design …with Randy Ingermanson

Randy Ingermanson Randy Ingermanson is a theoretical physicist turned writer and writing teacher.  He is the author of the best-selling book in the Fiction Writing Reference category on Amazon, Fiction...

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Episode 11: To Adverb or Not to Adverb?

Adverbs. What are they, what do they do, and why are some writers so passionate about banishing them? Brad uses the analogy of adverbs as being like adjusting a carburetor on a 1963 Volkswagen Bug....

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Episode 12: Techniques for Writing Dialogue

What is the secret to great dialogue?  Brad Reed offers three techniques for helping you figure it out. Show Notes: And we’re back, with apologies for missing last week’s episode.  Unfortunately, a...

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Episode 13: Story Structure and the Inciting Event

What do Claymation and writing fiction have in common?  Structure!  That’s what we’re talking about on today’s show, as well as one of the most important element of structure–the Inciting Event. Brad...

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Episode 5: Mise-en-scène—A Film Technique That Can Improve Our Fiction

Mise-en-scène is a fundamental technique of film-making that, when we adapt it to our writing, will help our descriptions and settings resonate more deeply with our theme, more fully develop our...

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Episode 14: Somebody Wanted But So

It’s a simple technique used by readers to discover the plot of a story. But, when used intentionally by a writer, “Somebody-Wanted-But-So” can deepen your characters, improve your plot, and get your...

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