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The Taylor Stevens Show — 300 episodes · page 1 of 3
TSS383: A Show Update (and a Gosling story)
TSS382: How are authors using email newsletters?
TSS381: Storytelling Lessons From The Screen
TSS380: The Paradox of Predictability
TSS379: A Discussion of the International Thriller Writers AI Author Survey
TSS378: Fully formed characters, the importance of theme, and more
TSS377: An Exploration of Character Expectations
TSS376: Setting Aside Projects, Processing Story Ideas, and More
TSS375: Fan Fiction, Constructive Criticism, and More
TSS374: Thoughts on Dialogue
TSS373: More on Book and Series Bibles
TSS372: AI Voice Technology and a Personal Update from Taylor
TSS371: Getting your entire character onto the page
TSS370: Do you keep a series bible?
TSS369: What is Suspense?
TSS368: Make Your Character Description Count
TSS367: Chapters, Scenes, and In-Betweens
TSS366: An update and an example of a writer using ChatGPT
TSS365: What One Thing Do We Want to Accomplish in 2023?
TSS364: What Should Authors Know About The New Artificial Intelligence Tools?
TSS363: Taylor Responds to a Listener Question on Omniscient Narrators
TSS362: An in-depth discussion of genre with John Truby
TSS361: Storytelling Lessons from the Screen and ….
TSS360: It’s All About Balance
TSS359: Taylor Responds to Listener Feedback
TSS358: Opening Lines and Paragraphs
TSS357: The Importance of Character Agency
TSS356: Taylor Talks Writing Process
TSS355: What Can Comedians Teach Novelists about Closing Story Loops?
TSS354: Including Current Events in Novels
TSS353: Write What You Know?
TSS352: Take Aways from Bouchercon 2022
TSS351: Establishing Story Reality
TSS350: Narration vs Internal Dialogue
TSS349: Storytelling Observations from the Screen
TSS348: A Primer on Prologues
TSS347: How to Find, Fix, and Write Your Way Around Plot Holes (Part 4 of 4)
TSS346: How to Find, Fix, and Write Your Way Around Plot Holes (Part 3 of 4)
TSS345: How to Find, Fix, and Write Your Way Around Plot Holes (Part 2 of 4)
TSS344: How to Find, Fix, and Write Your Way Around Plot Holes (Part 1 of 4)
TSST02: Taylor and Steve Short Takes Episode Two
TSS343: Taylor on Storytelling
TSS342: To Vague or Not to Vague
TSS341: Character Description That Goes Above and Beyond
TSS340: Mental Movies and Reading Comprehension
TSS339: The Philosophy of Story (Part 2 of 2)
TSS338: The Philosophy of Story (Part 1 of 2)
TSS337: Character Inconsistency
TSS336: A Short Taylor Tale
TSS335: Linking Ideas and More on Effective Communication
TSS334: The Seed of Effective Communication
TSS333: A Collaboration Discussion
TSS332: Storytelling Lessons from Marvel
TSS331: Character Conflict is Critical to Story Structure
TSS330: The Danger of Taking Storytelling Shortcuts
TSS329: Storytelling Lessons from the Movies
TSS328: What are feeling words and why should we avoid them?
TSS327: Choosing your point of view
TSS326: Making similar characters sound different through dialogue
TSS325: When Watching a Movie is Like Reading a Book
TSS324: Can the setting become a character in your story or series? (Part Deux)
TSS323: Cut to the Chase!
TSST01: Taylor and Steve Short Takes Episode One
TSS322: Can the setting become a character in your story or series?
TSS321: Exploring the Mechanics of Story While Watching Television
TSS320: Flashbacks and other Story Elements, A Hack the Craft Episode (5 of 5)
TSS319: Flashbacks and other Story Elements, A Hack the Craft Episode (4 of 5)
TSS318: What are the Stakes and Why Do They Matter? A Hack the Craft Episode (3 of 5)
TSS317: Flashbacks and other Story Elements, A Hack the Craft Episode (2 of 5)
TSS316: Flashbacks and other Story Elements, A Hack the Craft Episode (1 of 5)
TSS315: Why are So Many Bad Reviews Showing at the Top on Amazon?
TSS314: Evaluating Scenes for Plot, Character, and Conflict
TSS313: Taylor Responds to Listener Questions
TSS312: Do Writing Rules Change?
TSS311: Culture and the Context of Specific Words
TSS310: Using Similes and Metaphors
TSS309: Taylor Discusses Description, Character, and Plot
TSS308: Taylor Discusses Scene Purpose and Storytelling
TSS307: Solving Scene Problems
TSS306: Fixing a Broken Story
TSS305: Keeping Track of the Details
TSS304: When Less is More
TSS303: Writing in Layers
TSS302: Determining When to Enter and Exit Scenes
TSS301: How to Build a Believable Villain from Scratch
TSS300: Can you believe this is our 300th episode?
TSS299: Staying out of the weeds when building story ideas
TSS298: Returning to the Creative Process
TSS297: Managing Misdirection in Mysteries and Other Genres
TSS296: More on Translations and a Discussion on POV Characters
TSS295: Analyze your Reading and Viewing to Grow your Storytelling Skills
TSS294: A Discussion on Foreign Translations
TSS293: How to Manage the Story Weight of Red Herrings?
TSS292: Q & A from the Inciting Incident in Taylor’s Writing Journey
TSS291: The Inciting Incident in Taylor’s Writing Journey
TSS290: What is story weight and why is it important?
TSS289: Deepening Dialog through Character Development
TSS288: Using Life Experience as Research
TSS287: What are Logic Ladders and Why Do You Need to Use Them?
TSS286: Taylor Describes Her Current Writing Process