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How to Write Good — 231 episodes · page 1 of 3
Steal Shakespeare's Strategy
Your Storytelling Goals Will Direct Your Writing
Doing Weird Stuff in Your Writing
Words You Don't Know
Using Words You Don't Like
Making Your Writing Easy to Read
The Reader Will Fill in the Gaps
The Place Artists Take In Society
Six Month Projects
Words on the Tip of Your Tongue
Should you stick to one genre?
Follow Your Own Writing Rules
How the Publishing Industry Should Work
Write for Non-Writers
The Goal of Writing
The Importance of Self-Forgetfulness when Writing
Fantasy is Another World
Politics in Fiction
Music Follows Language
The Through-Line of a Story
Internet Addiction
Daily Minimums
The Compost of Imagination
Should you write what you know?
Start with the Bad Idea
Working in Layers as You Write
Don't Worry About Being Original
Writing Follows the Sound of Language
Using Memory and Writing the Little Details
Will Quantity Make Up For Quality?
From Where Does Art Originate?
Is Writing Just about what to Omit?
Setting Aside Time to Write
Building Yourself Up to the Writing Process
Write Even What You Won't Use
Should we Work in Short Chapters?
Is Writing Anything Better than Writing Nothing?
Should You Kill Your Darlings?
Another Strategy for Writing Dialogue
Should You Omit Unneeded Words?
Three Strategies for Writing Characters
How to Start Tension in Your Story
1st vs 3rd Person
Fall In Love with Learning
Why Writing Frustrates You
Should you use tropes?
Invisible Writing
Writing for the Sake of Writing
There Is No Muse
Teasing Out Your Story
Why do people read books?
Directing the Plot of Your Story
Four Practices to Better Writing
You Write Alone
The Value of Bad Art
How is Writing Different than Speaking
Luck Doesn't Make a Good Book
Publish Early; Publish Often
Should I be a Writer?
Fiction is Based on Oral Storytelling
But How do I Edit that Dang First Draft?
When Arguments are a Good Thing
Building Statements Off of Definitions
The Importance of Definitions when Writing
Logic can Help you Write Better
What is Good Writing?
My Opposition to False Victories in Stories
The Uniqueness of Metaphor
Five Tips for Developing the Habit of Writing
The Story is at the Center of Thinking
Is the Book Done?
What to Put in Your Chapters
Editing is Writing
Seven Point Story Structure
The Five Act Story Structure
Writing Side Characters
Knowing How to End
A New Way to Look at Dialogue
The Three Parts of a Story
Describing things as They are Experienced
Writing Your First Sentence
A Painless Approach to Editing
Write the Little Details
A New Way to Look at Action
Each Paragraph is a Thought
Character Motivation
Creating Tension in Your Story
Invisible Transitions
The Necessary Space Between the Writing
An Easy Way to Plot Your Book
A New Way to Understand Hooks
Should You Outline Your Book?
Five Tips When Writing Characters
Character Motivation vs. Character Goal: They Are Not the Same Thing
Drafting a Book Without Going Insane: A Way to Actually Get Your First Draft Written
Earning Character Development
What is tension? (The Foundation of Making Your Writing Suspenseful)
Creating Characters: Three Ways to Find Ideas for Your Characters
Character Development is Second; Choosing the Right Character is First
An Easy Form of Character Development in Your Writing