Helping Writers Become Authors

601 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 785 ratings

Helping Writers Become Authors provides writers help in summoning inspiration, crafting solid characters, outlining and structuring novels, and polishing prose. Learn how to write a book and edit it into a story agents will buy and readers will love. (Music intro by Kevin MacLeod.)

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Episodes

The Two Conflict-Creating Needs of Every Character

June 03, 2012 05:00 - 7 minutes - 6.85 MB

How Routines Save (and Ruin) Your Writing

May 27, 2012 05:00 - 9 minutes - 8.43 MB

Why Self-Conscious Writers Are Doomed

May 20, 2012 05:00 - 6 minutes - 5.75 MB

The Secrets of Story Structure, Pt. 12: Your Questions Answered

May 13, 2012 05:00 - 10 minutes - 9.87 MB

The Secrets of Story Structure, Pt. 11: The Resolution

May 06, 2012 05:00 - 12 minutes - 11.6 MB

The Secrets of Story Structure, Pt. 10: The Climax

April 29, 2012 05:00 - 10 minutes - 9.71 MB

The Secrets of Story Structure, Pt. 9: The Third Act

April 22, 2012 05:00 - 11 minutes - 10.7 MB

The Secrets of Story Structure, Pt. 8: The Second Half of the Second Act

April 15, 2012 05:00 - 10 minutes - 9.2 MB

The Secrets of Story Structure, Pt. 7: The Midpoint

April 08, 2012 05:00 - 10 minutes - 9.38 MB

The Secrets of Story Structure, Pt. 6: The First Half of the Second Act

April 01, 2012 05:00 - 9 minutes - 8.35 MB

The Secrets of Story Structure, Pt. 5: The Inciting Event and the Key Event

March 25, 2012 05:00 - 9 minutes - 9 MB

The Secrets of Story Structure, Pt. 4: The First Plot Point

March 18, 2012 05:00 - 9 minutes - 8.97 MB

The Secrets of Story Structure, Pt. 3: The First Act

March 11, 2012 05:00 - 9 minutes - 8.61 MB

The Secrets of Story Structure, Pt. 2: The Hook

March 04, 2012 05:00 - 8 minutes - 8.04 MB

The Secrets of Story Structure, Pt. 1: Why Should Authors Care?

February 26, 2012 05:00 - 6 minutes - 5.96 MB

A Wordplayer's Manifesto

February 19, 2012 05:00 - 4 minutes - 4.27 MB

The Writer's Guide to Punctuation

February 12, 2012 05:00 - 7 minutes - 6.75 MB

The Case of the Vanishing Setting

February 05, 2012 05:00 - 7 minutes - 6.7 MB

Why I Hate Grammar Nazis - And Why Am One

January 29, 2012 05:00 - 6 minutes - 5.68 MB

Don't Let Multiple-Character Scenes Run Away With You

January 22, 2012 05:00 - 5 minutes - 5.14 MB

How I Learned to Write - And How You Can Too

January 15, 2012 05:00 - 7 minutes - 6.47 MB

Don't Drown Your Readers in Explanations

January 08, 2012 05:00 - 5 minutes - 4.66 MB

12 Writing Resolutions for the 12 Months of 2012

January 01, 2012 05:00 - 6 minutes - 6.05 MB

The Christmas Gifts I'm Most Thankful For This Year

December 25, 2011 05:00 - 4 minutes - 4.17 MB

How Do You Decide Which Story You Should Write?

December 18, 2011 05:00 - 5 minutes - 4.99 MB

25 "Under $25" Christmas Gifts for Writers

December 11, 2011 05:00 - 2 minutes - 2.72 MB

Are Your Flashbacks Flashy or Flabby?

December 04, 2011 05:00 - 7 minutes - 6.49 MB

Action/Reaction - The Pistons Powering Your Story

November 27, 2011 05:00 - 5 minutes - 4.72 MB

4 Reasons to Mimic the Masters - and 4 Reasons Not to

November 20, 2011 05:00 - 6 minutes - 5.56 MB

How Do You Know Which Rules to Break?

November 13, 2011 05:00 - 5 minutes - 4.79 MB

Do Readers See Your Characters the Way You Want Them To?

November 06, 2011 05:00 - 6 minutes - 5.56 MB

10 Fear Busters for Writers

October 30, 2011 05:00 - 6 minutes - 6.26 MB

5 Elements of a Resonant Closing Line

October 23, 2011 05:00 - 8 minutes - 7.63 MB

5 Fun and Easy Ways to Lengthen Your Word Count

October 16, 2011 05:00 - 5 minutes - 5.28 MB

The Dangers of Character Overload

October 02, 2011 05:00 - 5 minutes - 5.36 MB

What Elements Make a Good Book?

September 25, 2011 05:00 - 4 minutes - 4.28 MB

5 Elements of a Riveting First Line

September 18, 2011 05:00 - 8 minutes - 7.42 MB

Why Your Hero Absolutely Must Pet a Dog

September 11, 2011 05:00 - 5 minutes - 5.25 MB

Most Common Mistakes Series: Is Nothin' Happening in Your Scene?

September 04, 2011 05:00 - 7 minutes - 6.46 MB

Why Your Protagonist and Antagonist Should Be Stuck Like Glue

August 28, 2011 05:00 - 5 minutes - 5.06 MB

Captain America's 10-Step Guide to the Likable Hero

August 21, 2011 05:00 - 8 minutes - 7.51 MB

10 Stylistic Mistakes Sabotaging Your Story

August 14, 2011 05:00 - 4 minutes - 3.82 MB

7 Ways to Make Family and Pets Respect Your Writing Time

August 07, 2011 05:00 - 6 minutes - 5.92 MB

Why You Should Kick Your Story Aside and Write a Different One

July 31, 2011 05:00 - 5 minutes - 4.71 MB

What The Story Knows Best Really Means

July 24, 2011 05:00 - 5 minutes - 4.74 MB

Deus Ex Machina: Latin for Don't Do This in Your Story

July 17, 2011 05:00 - 6 minutes - 5.49 MB

The Fast and Easy Guide to Writing Characters of the Opposite Gender

July 10, 2011 05:00 - 5 minutes - 5.43 MB

Is Your Opening Line Lying to Your Readers?

July 03, 2011 05:00 - 5 minutes - 5.04 MB

Why There's No Such Thing as a Writing Expert - And Why That's a Good Thing

June 26, 2011 05:00 - 5 minutes - 5.21 MB

Save Your Readers From Boredom: Five Fool-Proof Preventatives

June 19, 2011 05:00 - 5 minutes - 4.94 MB