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

7 Reasons You Need Story Theory

July 11, 2016 04:00 - 15 minutes - 14.4 MB

Most Common Writing Mistakes, Pt. 52: Stagnant Story Conflict

July 04, 2016 04:00 - 11 minutes - 11 MB

5 Secrets of Complex Supporting Characters

June 27, 2016 04:00 - 13 minutes - 30.2 MB

How to Plot a Book: Start With the Antagonist

June 20, 2016 04:00 - 17 minutes - 39 MB

Most Common Writing Mistakes, Pt. 51: One-Dimensional Characters

June 13, 2016 04:00 - 15 minutes - 13.9 MB

6 Tips for How to Organize Your Novel's Edits

May 29, 2016 17:00 - 12 minutes - 27.5 MB

How to Write Faster (and Why Maybe You Shouldn't)

May 15, 2016 17:00 - 16 minutes - 14.8 MB

Planning Your Story: What George Lucas Can Teach You (Not) to Do

May 08, 2016 17:00 - 16 minutes - 15.2 MB

6 Tips to Help You Finish Your Book

May 01, 2016 17:00 - 19 minutes - 18.1 MB

Do You Have a Writing Superpower? (And Why You Shouldn't)

April 24, 2016 17:00 - 12 minutes - 11.4 MB

Everything You Need to Know About Writing a 3rd-Person POV

April 17, 2016 17:00 - 18 minutes - 17.2 MB

Novel Research: 12 Ways to Ace Your Book

April 10, 2016 17:00 - 18 minutes - 17.1 MB

Most Common Writing Mistakes, Pt. 50: Info Dumps

April 03, 2016 17:00 - 18 minutes - 17.3 MB

How to Know When to Write The End

March 27, 2016 17:00 - 11 minutes - 10.7 MB

5 (More) Ways to Trim Your Book's Word Count, Pt. 2 of 2

March 20, 2016 17:00 - 11 minutes - 10.5 MB

5 Ways to Trim Your Book's Word Count, Pt. 1 of 2

March 14, 2016 04:00 - 9 minutes - 8.77 MB

Most Common Writing Mistakes, Pt. 49: Weak Conjunctions

March 07, 2016 04:00 - 9 minutes - 9.05 MB

How to Create Awesome Scene Arcs That Surprise Readers

February 28, 2016 17:00 - 12 minutes - 11.6 MB

5 Important Ways Storytelling Is Different in Books vs. Movies

February 15, 2016 04:00 - 16 minutes - 15.1 MB

How Being an OCD Writer Nearly Killed My Career

February 08, 2016 04:00 - 14 minutes - 13.3 MB

The 4 Tweaks to Writing Truly Original Stories and Characters

February 01, 2016 17:00 - 14 minutes - 13.1 MB

Most Common Writing Mistakes, Pt. 48: No Conflict Between Characters

February 01, 2016 04:00 - 7 minutes - 6.96 MB

Your NaNo Novel Is a Hot Mess! How to Edit Your Book

January 25, 2016 04:00 - 15 minutes - 14.2 MB

The Re-Readability Factor: Does Your Book Have It? 5 Ways to Make It Happen

January 11, 2016 04:00 - 13 minutes - 12.2 MB

Most Common Mistakes Series, Pt. 47: Ineffective Setting Descriptions

January 04, 2016 04:00 - 10 minutes - 9.79 MB

How to Study Plot and Character in Your Favorite Stories: 5 Easy Steps

December 28, 2015 04:00 - 12 minutes - 11.3 MB

Coincidences in Fiction: What You're Doing Wrong

December 21, 2015 04:00 - 13 minutes - 11.9 MB

Not Feeling Creative? 4 Ways to Reignite the "Wonder" in Your Writing

December 14, 2015 04:00 - 12 minutes - 11.5 MB

Most Common Writing Mistakes, Pt. 46: Anticlimactic Endings

December 07, 2015 04:00 - 12 minutes - 11.6 MB

How to Choose the Right POV (What I Learned Writing Storming)

November 30, 2015 04:00 - 15 minutes - 13.8 MB

How to Write Multiple Antagonists (What I Learned Writing Storming)

November 23, 2015 04:00 - 13 minutes - 12.1 MB

How to Write Can't-Look-Away Chapter Breaks (What I Learned Writing Storming)

November 16, 2015 04:00 - 15 minutes - 13.9 MB

6 Steps to Create a Fantastic Narrative Voice (What I Learned Writing Storming)

November 09, 2015 04:00 - 14 minutes - 13.3 MB

Most Common Writing Mistakes, Pt. 45: Avoiding "Said"

November 02, 2015 04:00 - 9 minutes - 8.89 MB

How to Win NaNo Using Totally Doable Daily and Weekly Writing Goals

October 26, 2015 04:00 - 14 minutes - 13.3 MB

7 Ways to Keep Writing During NaNo When You Only Want to Watch Football

October 19, 2015 04:00 - 13 minutes - 12.8 MB

6 Tasks You'll Love Yourself for Checking Off Your NaNo Pre-Writing List

October 12, 2015 04:00 - 17 minutes - 15.9 MB

7 Ways to Use NaNoWriMo to Make You a Better Writer All Year Long

October 05, 2015 04:00 - 14 minutes - 12.8 MB

Your Fiction May Be Failing for One Simple Reason: You're Not Being Honest

September 28, 2015 04:00 - 10 minutes - 9.94 MB

How to Edit Fiction: Watch Me Correct My Own Story in Real Time

September 21, 2015 04:00 - 15 minutes - 14.3 MB

8 Paragraph Mistakes You Don't Know You're Making

September 14, 2015 04:00 - 9 minutes - 8.56 MB

Most Common Writing Mistakes, Pt. 44: Too Many Participle Phrases

September 07, 2015 04:00 - 9 minutes - 8.9 MB

How to Write a Sequel That's BETTER Than the First Book

August 31, 2015 04:00 - 14 minutes - 13 MB

Protagonist and Main Character- Same Person? The Answer May Transform Your Story!

August 24, 2015 04:00 - 11 minutes - 10.9 MB

New Story Ideas Distracting You From Your Book? Find Out What You Should Do

August 17, 2015 04:00 - 14 minutes - 13.2 MB

4 Methods to Invigorate Your Prose With Surprising Sentences

August 09, 2015 04:00 - 9 minutes - 8.97 MB

Most Common Writing Mistakes, Pt. 43: Too Many Exclamation Points!

August 02, 2015 04:00 - 10 minutes - 9.28 MB

4 Ways to Write a Likable Protagonist at the Start of His Character Arc

July 26, 2015 04:00 - 12 minutes - 11.4 MB

Whom Should You Be Writing For? Yourself or Your Readers?

July 19, 2015 04:00 - 12 minutes - 11.4 MB

The Hardest Part of Writing Good Character Arcs-and How You Can Make It Look Easy!

July 12, 2015 04:00 - 12 minutes - 11.6 MB