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EPISODE · Mar 20, 2026 · 27 MIN

Episode 209 - Avoiding blunders in our story.

from Essential Guide to Writing a Novel · host James Thayer

How and why should  we avoid our character traveling?  And how does Orson Scott Card not make blunders in his novels?  Here is his tool for having a mistake-free novel.  Also: here is why our scenes--almost all scenes--should have some action, and how to write that action.Support the showBuy the master class.

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