Improve Your Fiction Writing.
7 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 2 years ago -Learn how to self-edit your manuscript into a breakout novel, a self-published masterpiece, or a story sure to slide off the slush pile.
Join Griffin and Audrey as they break down the fiction craft with humor, tips, and techniques to make you a better fiction writer.
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Strengthening your prose: Manner adverbs, naming emotions, filler words, and weasel words.
October 31, 2021 18:00 - 30 minutes - 27.5 MBManner adverbs are a quick-fix solution for when you can’t quite find the right verb. Instead, seek out that perfect verb which will make your writing more dynamic. Find out more about Griffin and Audrey: https://storytellerbooksllc.com/ Support our Podcast: https://www.patreon.com/fictionediting
World Building Part 2: Creating a magic system and Brandon Sanderson’s three laws of magic.
October 24, 2021 18:00 - 49 minutes - 44.9 MBWorldbuilding is one of the trickiest elements to get right when writing fiction. Typically we think of sci-fi, fantasy, and other speculative genres like dystopian, but all fiction requires worldbuilding, even historic or contemporary fiction. Find out more about Griffin and Audrey: https://storytellerbooksllc.com/ Support our Podcast: https://www.patreon.com/fictionediting
Part 1 on Worldbuilding. 11 Tips on how to build a fictional universe.
October 16, 2021 00:10 - 46 minutes - 42.4 MBFind out more about Griffin and Audrey: https://storytellerbooksllc.com/ Support our Podcast: https://www.patreon.com/fictionediting
Stop trying to Sound Smart. $5 words, fancy dialogue tags, and over-Capitalizing.
October 09, 2021 19:43 - 38 minutes - 35.4 MBToday is episode 4. We’re talking about how fiction is not the same as academic writing. Quote of the week: “Don’t use a five-dollar word when a fifty-cent word will do.” —Mark Twain Daniel Wrinn, Our first VIP Gold listener. Daniel Wrinn is the author of War Heroes, the first book in his John Archer series, a WW2 historic fiction, action-adventure series. Find him here: https://www.amazon.com/-/e/B00GJ31QYG Visit us at: https://storytellerbooksllc.com/ Become a Patron: https://www.patreo...
Point of View. How to keep a consistent POV and NOT be a head hopper.
October 03, 2021 13:39 - 39 minutes - 35.9 MBThe main reason you don’t want to head-hop is that it confuses the reader. Head hopping damages your story by making the writing feel choppy. It makes it harder for the reader to identify with and care about what’s happening to a key character, and if they don’t care, they won’t continue to read. Readers need to connect emotionally with the characters. When readers need to pause, even slightly, to figure out who they’re supposed to identify with—they’re left disconnected from the story. Ev...
How to Write Gritty and Entertaining Fight Scenes
September 29, 2021 22:36 - 28 minutes - 26.2 MBMotivate your characters. Are they in it for survival or revenge or honor or something else? G: A small disclaimer here, not an expert in fighting itself. I’m not a warrior. I’m sure a real warrior can easily beat the crap out of me. Q: So why are you qualified to talk about fight scenes? As an editor, many of the writers I collaborate with struggle to write fight scenes. Q: When you are planning on writing a fight scene, what are something things you should consider? There are two ty...
Protagonists. How to establish a bond between the reader and the protagonist from the get go.
September 27, 2021 20:45 - 39 minutes - 36.4 MBThey’re people of action who speak their minds, kick ass, and take names, and, most important, who act when in real life we’d be cowering. —Jessica Morrell, Thanks But This Isn’t for Us I’ll usually see an interesting or innovative plot, but it’ll be stocked with cardboard story people—characters just stuck on the page because the author put them there. After you conceive a compelling main character, you must go a step further and figure out how to create an emotional bond with your ...