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Story Works Round Table | Conversations About Craft — 368 episodes
SWRT 347 | The Choices Writers Make with Antonio Michael Downing
SWRT 346 | Telling the Truth in Memoir with Kerry Kriseman
SWRT 345 | Journaling for Writers with Marcy Sproull
SWRT 344 | Ask Alida: Scenes, Sequels, and Series
SWRT 343 | The Importance of Voice in Fiction with Trish MacEnulty
SWRT 342 | The Art of Performing Audiobooks with Wendy Wessel
SWRT 341 | Ask Alida: Crafting Emotional Resonance
SWRT 340 | Writing Regional Fiction, bringing culture to life with Arlon Jay Staggs
SWRT 339 | Writing Your Rules: Speculative Fiction Plots and Characters with Mark J. Wilson
SWRT 338 | Ask Alida: The Craft of Subplots
SWRT 337 | Writing Romantic Comedies with Lexi Haddock
SWRT 336 | Going Indie with Catherine Lyon
SWRT 335 | Author's Chat: Anthology Collaboration
SWRT 334 | Author's Chat: Mystery, Thriller, and Suspense
SWRT 333 | Exploring Women's History through Story with Jane Rubin
SWRT 332 | Culture, Trauma, and Memory in Somia Sadiq's Gajarah
SWRT 331 | Taking Up Space with Susan Swan
SWRT 330 | Writing Ancient Historical Mysteries with NL Holmes
SWRT 329 | Staging Your Action Scenes with CC Robinson
SWRT 328 | Creating Writing Rituals & Celebrations with Elizabeth Barbour
SWRT 327 | Embracing The Heroine's Journey with Danielle Anderson
SWRT 326 | Writing Through Chronic Illness with Beth Biss
SWRT 325 | Is Art Enough? with Stephanie Elizondo Griest
SWRT 324 | The Healing Power of Nature and Memoir with Jon Lurie
SWRT 323 | What Makes Writing Objectively Good?
SWRT 322 | A Writer's Responsibility to Ghosts of the Past: Historical Fiction with J.E. Weiner
SWRT 321 | Worldbuilding Historical Fantasy with Bjorn Leesson
SWRT 320 | Spicy Scenes with Paulette Stout
SWRT 319 | Writing to Your Theme with Paulette Stout
SWRT 318 | Authors Talk YA Fiction
SWRT 317 | Authors Talk Writing Memoir
SWRT 316 | Writing Series with Alethea Lyons
SWRT 315 | Getting to Know Your Characters with Sarah Branson
SWRT 314 | Science Fiction & Our Possible Futures
SWRT 313 | Intuitive Creativity with Chindia Ilonka
SWRT 312 | Folklore of North America with Mike Bass
SWRT 311 | Flying Pirates (& Speculative Fiction) with Sarah Branson
SWRT 310 | From Lightning Strike to Novel with Ben Hawken, part 2
SWRT 309 | Immigrant Stories & Historical Events - Fiction with Grishma Shah
SWRT 308 | Authors Talk Ghost Stories
SWRT 307 | From Lightning Strike to Novel with Ben Hawken
The Revision Mindset
Navigating the Feedback Landscape: A Writer's Guide
Writing Senses with Paulette Stout
SWRT 303 | Lainey Cameron interviews Alida about A Stone's Throw, novel
SWRT 302 | Transitions: bridging the white space in your stories
SWRT 301 | 6 Things I Know That Will Help You Write Your Story
SWRT 300 | Finding Penrose - Paula Sheridan's life to book to film journey
SWRT 299 | Authors Talk Women's Fiction
SWRT 298 | Writing Whimsey
SWRT 297 | Dialogue
SWRT 296 | Writers Book Club: Chekhov
SWRT 295 | Writers Book Club: Gina Berriault
SWRT 294 | What Is Genre, Anyway?
SWRT 293 | Revision with D. Liebhart
SWRT 292 | Marketing & Community withe Alexa Bigwarfe
SWRT 290 | Life to Fiction with D. Liebhart
SWRT 290 | Heroes with Screenwriter Tim Auld
SWRT 289 | Scripting Didacticism with Screenwriter Tim Auld
Swrt 288 | Stakes & Agency
SWRT 287 | Crafting Character Arcs
SWRT 286 | Writers Book Club: A Christmas Carol
SWRT 285 | Self Discovery Through Writing
SWRT 284 | Writers Book Club: Naming My Father
SWRT 283 | Characterization
SWRT 282 | Writers Book Club: Fiesta, 1980 by Junot Diaz
SWRT 281 | Bookends
SWRT 280 | Writers Book Club: Ethan Frome
SWRT | Summer 2023
SWRT 279 | The Storyteller's Workbook
SWRT 278 | Outlining Your Novel
SWRT 277 | Contests with Paula Sheridan of Page Turner Awards
SWWT | Character Traits
SWRT 276 | Things We Say
SWRT 275 | Craft and Conscience with Kavita Das
SWWT | Openings
SWRT 274 | Craft and Conscience, special guest Kavita Das
SWWT | Simple Sentence-Level Revision for MAJOR Improvement
SWRT 273 | Writing Good Sex Scenes
SWWT | Supporting Characters' Relationships
SWRT 272 | Chapter End-hooks
SWRT Holiday Message & Gift
SWRT 271 | Character Motivation
SWRT 270 | Backstory
SWWT | Twists
SWRT 269 | Villains & Act II
SWWT | Agency
SWRT 268 | Writing Scary Stories
SWWT | Speaking vs Dialogue
SWRT 267 | Agency
SWWT | 3 Things to Know about Backstory
SWRT 266 | Writing Humor
SWWT | Trouble Matters
SWRT 265 | Read Widely to Improve Craft
SWWT | Plot & the Short Story
SWRT 264 | Writing Physicality
SWRT 263 | Act II
SWRT 262 | Non-protagonist POVs
SWRT 261 | Arcless Protagonist
SWRT 260 | Short Stories
SWRT 259 | Retreat & Research
SWRT 258 | Love & Writing
SWRT 257 | Trouble
SWRT 256 | Act I
SWRT 255 | Using Repetition in Your Story
SWRT 254 | Motifs
SWRT 253 | Openings
SWRT 252 | Faces
SWRT 251 | Ambiguity in Story
SWRT 250 | Description
SWRT 249 | The Writers Sketchbook
SWRT 248 | Prewriting
SWRT 247 | The Writer's Mindset
SWRT 246 | Theme
SWRT 245 | Emotions: their effect on story & reader
SWRT 244 | Weaving Time into Your Narrative
SWRS 005 | Careless Whistle by Selene Castrovilla
SWRT 242 | What Goes into a Scene
SWRT 241 | Character
SWRT 240 | Time
SWRT 239 | A Cat in the Rain, Hemingway
SWRT 238 | Finishing Long Projects
SWRT 237 | Idea to Draft
SWRT 236 | Co-authoring
SWRT 235 | Writing, Parenting, & Working from Home
SWRS 008 | Chris Hasara
SWRT 234 | How to End Your Story
SWRT 233 | When Your Writing Sucks
SWRT 232 | Voice
SWRT 231 | Backstory, Why Do We Need It?
SWRS 007 | Recreation by Robert James Russell
SWRT 230 | A Study of "The Log Jam"
SWRT 229 | Narrative Storytellers
SWRT 228 | NaNoWriMo
SWRT 227 | In Media Res
SWRT 226 | Introducing Characters
SWRT 225 | Fear
SWRT 224 | Antagonistic Forces
SWRS 006 | Eastern White Pine at the Corner of the Farm
SWRT 223 | Dystopian Fiction in Dystopian Times
SWRT 222 | Storycraft Over Time
SWRT 221 | Writing BIG Scenes
SWRT 220 | The Writer as Student of Human Nature
SWRT 219 | Nitty Gritty: Grammar & More
SWRT 218 | Better Description through Revision
SWRT 217 | What We're Reading Now & Why, part 2
SWRT 216 | What We're Reading & Why We Chose It
SWRT 215 | Epilogues
SWRT 214 | Prologues
SWRT 213 | Pacing Your Novel
SWRT 212 | Reconnecting with an Old Work-in-Progress
SWRT 211 | Dialogue, Natural & Unnatural
SWRT 210 | Emotional Wounds
SWRT 209 | Encouragement & Growing Writers
SWRT 208 | POV & Dramatic Tension
SWRT 207 | Using Reader Feedback Effectively
SWRT 206 | Plot & Character Arcs
SWRT 205 | Genre & Publishing Categories
SWRT 204 | Better Prose with Poetry
SWRS 004 | A Family Miracle by Kristina Naydonova
SWRT 203 | Short Stories
SWRT 202 | Villain Development
SWRT 201 | Single Character Scenes
SWRT 200 | Ensemble Cast Fiction
SWRS 003 | Stuck by Laura James
SWRT 199 | Action Scenes!
SWRT 198 | Ghosting Your Protagonist
SWRS 002 | Black Bart by S.A. Wolter
SWRT 196 | The Essential Nature of Story
SWRT 195 | The Velcro Between Your Pro- & Antagonist
SWRT 194 | Tropes
SWRT 197 | Technology in Fiction
SWRS 001 | Saving Annabelle
SWRT 193 | Is Your Hero Up for the Right Challenges?
SWRT 192 | Structuring Long Long-form Works
SWRT 191 | Routines & Why We Love Them
SWRT 190 | Author Statement - Your North Star!
SWRT 189 | Revision, Series Drafting, & More! part 2
SWRT 188 | Revision, Series Drafting & More!
SWRT 187 | Creating Emotional Pull
SWRT 186 | Catcher in the Rye, Timeless Classic or Over?
SWRT 185 | Writing Prompts
SWRT 184 | What Is Genre, Anyway?
SWRT 183 | Writing with All Your Senses
SWRT 182 | Opening Scenes Shape Reader Experience
SWRT 181 | When to Kill a Story
SWRT 180 | Traits that Define a Character
SWRT 179 | Minnesota Prison Writing Workshop
SWRT 178 | Writing with the End in Mind
SWRT 177 | The Role of Agency in Reader Satisfaction
SWRT 176 | Continuity
SWRT 175 | Balance Restored
SWRT 174 | Balance Tipping Points
SWRT 173 | Character Agency in Memoir
SWRT 172 | Characters in Memoir
SWRT 171 | Misunderstood Storycraft Rules
SWRT 170 | The Art of Oral Storytelling part 2
SWRT 169 | Oral Storytelling with Molly McCloy part 1
SWRT 168 | Corona Check In
SWRT 167 | In Media Res
SWRT 166 | Time
SWRT 165 | Writing Memoir with Mag Dimond part 2
SWRT 164 | Writing Memoir with Mag Dimond part 1
SWRT 163 | Titles
SWRT 162 | Dual POV in Romance
SWRT 161 | Grants for Writers
SWRT 160 | Paranormal Romance
SWRT 159 | Flawed Heroes
SWRT 158 | Read Like a Writer
SWRT 157 | Subtext
SWRT 156 | Keeping a Series Exciting
SWRT 155 | POV-Narrative Lightning Round
SWRT 154 | Maintaining our Passion
SWRT 153 | Q&A With Alida
SWRT 152 | Inventing Characters
SWRT 151 | Unicorns & Fairies
SWRT 150 | Art in the Time of Corona
SWRT 149 | Dark Endings part 2
SWRT 148 | Dark Endings part 1
SWRT 147 | Narrative
SWRT 146 | Dressing Your Character
SWRT 145 | Plot Problems...Solved!
SWRT 144 | Plot Problems...Solved!
SWRT 143 | Starting Again
SWRT 142 | Steampunk
SWRT 141 | Workshopping Act I
SWRT 140 | Writing Book Ads Copy
SWRT 139 | The Craft of Writing Book Copy
SWRT 138 | Writing - Life Balance
SWRT Happy Holidays!
SWRT 137 | Writing - Life Balance
SWRT 136 | Refilling the Creative Well, part 2
SWRT 135 |Refilling the Creative Well
SWRT 134 | The Art of Death, part 2
SWRT 133 | The Art of Death
SWRT 132 | Strong Female Protagonists, part 2
SWRT 131 | Strong Female Protagonists
SWRT 130 | The Power of Writing to Change Lives, part 2
SWRT 129 | The Power of Writing to Change Lives
SWRT 128 | The PI Genre
SWRT 127 | Inspiration & Activism, part 2
SWRT 126 | Inspiration & Activism
Story Works Round Table 125 | Fleshing Out Description in Revision
Story Works Round Table 124 | Talia Carner, part 2
Story Works Round Table 123 | Talia Carner, part 1
Story Works Round Table 122 | Building Religion into Your World
Story Works Round Table 121 | The Power of the Endnote
Story Works Round Table 120 | Translations
Story Works Round Table 119 | Writing Tics...and what to do about them
Story Works Round Table 118 | Beyond Motivation, part 2
Story Works Round Table 117 | Beyond Motivation, part 1
Story Works Round Table 116 | Writing Great Sentences, part 3
Story Works Round Table 115 | Writing Great Sentences
Story Works Round Table 114 | Writing Great Sentences
Story Works Round Table 113 | How to Give a Really Good Critique
Story Works Round Table 112 | The Devil Is in the Details: Revision
Story Works Round Table 111 | Using One Character to Influence Another's Arc
Story Works Round Table 110 | When Good Characters Do Bad
Story Works Round Table 109 | Plausibility
Story Works Round Table 108 | Put 'Em Up!
Story Works Round Table 107 | Traveling Chapters
Story Works Round Table 106 | Talking Fantasy, part 2
Story Works Round Table 105 | Talking Fantasy
Story Works Round Table 104 | Using Narrative to Guide Your Reader
Story Works Round Table 103 | Revising with Theme
Story Works Round Table 102 | Prewriting Theme
Story Works Round Table 101 | Advancing Story through Reveals
Story Works Round Table 100 | Bringing the Past to the Present in Flashbacks
Story Works Round Table 099 | Prioritizing Projects
Story Works Round Table 098 | Capturing Your Character's Shadow Side
Story Works Round Table 097 | Writing with Humor
Story Works Round Table 096 | Should You Tell Your Story in Parts?
Story Works Round Table 095 | Subplots
Story Works Round Table 094 | Multiple Point of View
Story Works Round Table 093 | 5 Steps to Drafting with Motivation & Momentum
Story Works Round Table 092 | Taking Emotional Risks part 2
Story Works Round Table 091 | Going Deeper with Emotional Risks
Story Works Round Table 090 | Writing Otherness
Story Works Round Table 089 | Setting
Story Works Round Table 088 | The Psychology of Storytelling
Story Works Round Table 087 | 2019 New Year New Goals!
Story Works Round Table 086 | 2018 Year in Review
Story Works Round Table 085 | Antagonistic Forces
Story Works Round Table 084 | Taking Emotional Risks in Your Fiction
Story Works Round Table 083 | The intersection of script-writing and novel-writing
Story Works Round Table 082 | Book Covers part 2
Story Works Round Table 081 | Designing Covers with Daria Brennan
Story Works Round Table 080 | The Story Premise
Story Works Round Table 079 | Approaches to Revision
Story Works Round Table 078 | Fatal Flaw
Story Works Round Table 077 | Story Structure, part 2
Story Works Round Table 076 | Character Agency
Story Works Round Table 075 | Story Structure
Story Works Round Table 074 | Nicey Nice
Story Works Round Table 073 | Stakes & Agency
Story Works Round Table 072 | Killing Your Characters
Story Works Round Table 071 | Pacing
Story Works Round Table 070 | Writing Emotions
Story Works Round Table 069 | How to End a Story
Story Works Round Table 068 | Evoking Emotion
Story Works Round Table 067 | Character Descriptions
Story Works Round Table 066 | Theme
Story Works Round Table 065 | Writing Groups
Story Works Round Table 064 | Story Collections, Novels-in-Stories, Serialization
Story Works Round Table 063 | Short Stories: how they differ from the novel
Story Works Round Table 062 | Energizing Dialogue
Story Works Round Table 061 | Character Motivation
Story Works Round Table 060 | Everything You Need to Know About Show, Don't Tell, part 2
Story Works Round Table 059 | Everything You Want to Know About Show, Don't Tell
Story Works Round Table 058 | Narrative Drive
Story Works Round Table 057 | Historical Fiction Genre Series
Story Works Round Table | 056 First Encounter Fiction
Story Works Round Table 055 | Hard & Soft World Systems
Story Works Round Table 054 | Keeping a Community of Writers
Story Works Round Table 053 | What Writers Really Do part 2
Story Works Round Table 052 | What Writers Really Do...
Story Works Round Table 051 | Reality-Based Fiction
Story Works Round Table 050 | Openings
Story Works Round Table 049 | Balancing Action & Non-Action
Story Works Round Table 048 | Misunderstood Storycraft Rules
Story Works Round Table 047 | Unlikeable Characters
Story Works Round Table 046 | Writing Through Anxiety
Story Works Round Table 45 | Lit RPG
Story Works Round Table 44 | World Building in Dystopian & Post Apocalyptic Fiction
Story Works Round Table 043 | Balancing Character & World Building
Story Works Round Table 042 | Post Apocalyptic & Dystopian Fiction
Story Works Round Table 041 | Climaxes
Story Works Round Table 040 | Character Relationships
Story Works Round Table 039 | Tropes
Story Works Round Table 038 | Bechdel-Wallace Test
Story Works Round Table 037 | Revision
Story Works Round Table 036 | First Drafts
Story Works Round Table 035 | Goal Setting
Story Works Round Table 034 | Motivation
Story Works Round Table 033 | Backstory
Story Works Round Table 032 | Resting the Writer's Brain
Story Works Round Table 031 | Writing Skills, part 2
Story Works Round Table 030 | Writing Skills, part 1
Story Works Round Table 029 | Emotional Wounds & Character Arcs
Story Works Round Table 028 | Emotional Wound Thesaurus
Story Works Round Table 027 | First Person Point of View
Story Works Round Table 026 | Writing Villains
Story Works Round Table 025 | Re-readable Books
Story Works Round Table 024 | Twists
Story Works Round Table 023 | 3D Villains
Story Works Round Table 022 | Inspiration
Story Works Round Table 021 | Distinct Characters
Story Works Round Table 020 | Setting
Story Works Round Table 019 | Trouble
Story Works Round Table 018 | Naming
Story Works Round Table 017 | Genre Series: Literary Fiction
Story Works Round Table 016 | Cliffhangers
SWRT 015 | Fantasy Adventure
Story Works Round Table 014 | Foreshadowing Redux
Story Works Round Table 013 | Plotting Science Fiction
Story Works Round Table 012 | Foreshadowing
Story Works Round Table 011 | Openings: Reading & Reacting
Story Works Round Table 010 |Genre Series: Mystery Plots
Story Works Round Table 009 | Genre Series: Middle Grade Fantasy
Story Works Round Table 008 | Making the Unfamiliar Familiar
Story Works Round Table 007 | Arcless Protagonists
Story Works Round Table 006 | Genre Series Science Fiction
Story Works Round Table 005 | Soggy Middle Problem
Story Works Round Table 004 | Genre Series: Mystery, Characters
Story Works Round Table ep. 002 | Point of View
Story Works Round Table ep. 003 | Genre Series: Dark Fiction
Story Works Round Table ep. 001| Dialogue
Story Works Round Table Ep. 000 | Introduction