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

A Surefire Sign You're Over-Explaining

June 02, 2013 05:00 - 5 minutes - 5.27 MB

What if Your Antagonist Isn't a Person?

May 26, 2013 05:00 - 6 minutes - 6.36 MB

5 Reasons You Should Stop Writing

May 19, 2013 05:00 - 7 minutes - 7.01 MB

17 Steps to a Reader-Grabbing Title

May 12, 2013 05:00 - 9 minutes - 8.33 MB

The Do's and Don'ts of Dialect

May 05, 2013 05:00 - 9 minutes - 8.5 MB

How to Use Foreshadowing

April 28, 2013 05:00 - 8 minutes - 7.68 MB

Be a Better Writer: Get Organized

April 21, 2013 05:00 - 7 minutes - 6.55 MB

Why "Suddenly" Is a Four-Letter Word

April 07, 2013 05:00 - 6 minutes - 5.95 MB

Why You Need to Be Excited About Every Single Thing You Write

March 31, 2013 05:00 - 6 minutes - 6.34 MB

Why the Reader Is Your Co-Writer

March 24, 2013 05:00 - 6 minutes - 6.34 MB

Top 10 Sentence Slip-Ups

March 17, 2013 05:00 - 10 minutes - 9.26 MB

Motivation-Reaction Units: Cracking the Code of Good Writing

March 10, 2013 05:00 - 9 minutes - 8.23 MB

Incidents and Happenings: Scenes That Aren't Actually Scenes

March 03, 2013 05:00 - 6 minutes - 6.25 MB

Frequently Asked Questions About Scene Structure

February 24, 2013 05:00 - 7 minutes - 6.45 MB

Variations on the Sequel

February 17, 2013 05:00 - 9 minutes - 8.61 MB

Options for Decisions in a Sequel

February 10, 2013 05:00 - 11 minutes - 10.2 MB

Options for Dilemmas in a Sequel

February 03, 2013 05:00 - 10 minutes - 9.99 MB

Options for Reactions in a Sequel

January 27, 2013 05:00 - 11 minutes - 10.9 MB

The Three Building Blocks of the Sequel

January 20, 2013 05:00 - 10 minutes - 9.62 MB

Variations on the Scene

January 13, 2013 05:00 - 10 minutes - 9.55 MB

Options for Disasters in a Scene

January 06, 2013 05:00 - 11 minutes - 10.9 MB

Options for Conflict in a Scene

December 30, 2012 05:00 - 11 minutes - 10.2 MB

Options for Goals in a Scene

December 23, 2012 05:00 - 11 minutes - 10.3 MB

The Three Building Blocks of the Scene

December 16, 2012 05:00 - 9 minutes - 8.8 MB

Mastering the Two Different Types of Scene

December 09, 2012 05:00 - 6 minutes - 5.69 MB

6 Types of Courageous Characters

November 25, 2012 05:00 - 8 minutes - 8.06 MB

Why Non-Writers Give the Best Critiques

November 18, 2012 05:00 - 7 minutes - 7.03 MB

Why Writers Should Never Hit Delete

November 11, 2012 05:00 - 6 minutes - 5.89 MB

Your Must-Have Book Checklist: From Idea to Publication

November 04, 2012 05:00 - 10 minutes - 9.63 MB

10 Stories With (Brilliant) Loose Ends

October 28, 2012 05:00 - 6 minutes - 6.35 MB

How to Tell if Your Book Is a Success

October 21, 2012 05:00 - 7 minutes - 6.94 MB

What's Your Writing Personality?

October 14, 2012 05:00 - 12 minutes - 11.3 MB

Are You Skipping the Best Parts?

October 07, 2012 05:00 - 6 minutes - 6.28 MB

Professional Resources for Writers

September 30, 2012 05:00 - 5 minutes - 5.26 MB

Why Story Beginnings and Endings Must Be Linked

September 23, 2012 05:00 - 6 minutes - 5.49 MB

Why Your Story's Conflict Isn't Working

September 16, 2012 05:00 - 6 minutes - 5.78 MB

10 Excuses for Not Writing - and How to Smash Them

September 09, 2012 05:00 - 8 minutes - 8.05 MB

Most Common Mistakes Series: Does Your Character Lack Purpose?

September 02, 2012 05:00 - 5 minutes - 5.43 MB

5 Ways You're Preventing Readers From Suspending Disbelief

August 26, 2012 05:00 - 7 minutes - 6.52 MB

Add Muscle to Your Fiction With Unity and Contrast

August 19, 2012 05:00 - 6 minutes - 5.61 MB

6 Ways to Pull off Dual Timelines in Your Novel

August 12, 2012 05:00 - 6 minutes - 6.01 MB

How You May Be Killing Your Story's Tension

August 05, 2012 05:00 - 6 minutes - 6.06 MB

5 Reasons to Write Your Scenes in Order (and 3 Not to)

July 29, 2012 05:00 - 7 minutes - 6.53 MB

What's the Purpose of Your Scene?

July 22, 2012 05:00 - 6 minutes - 5.89 MB

10 Questions Your Readers Shouldn't Have to Ask

July 15, 2012 05:00 - 6 minutes - 5.66 MB

Talent vs. Learning: Do You Have to Be Born a Writer?

July 08, 2012 05:00 - 5 minutes - 5.08 MB

Why Do Bad Books Get Published?

July 01, 2012 05:00 - 7 minutes - 7.07 MB

Are You Writing Your Novel Too Fast?

June 24, 2012 05:00 - 7 minutes - 6.68 MB

The Top 25 Ways to Blow a Book

June 17, 2012 05:00 - 5 minutes - 4.96 MB

How to Spot and Fix Non-Reactive and Over-Reactive Characters

June 10, 2012 05:00 - 7 minutes - 6.62 MB