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Turning to Story — 87 episodes
85: Fast Drafting for Slow Writers Part Two!
84: Writing Across Genres with Mary Roach
83: Act 2- The Secret to Fun & Games
82: Q&A- Starting New Projects, Quitting, Dual POV
81: Clear Goals
80: Plot Twists And Suspense w/ Mystery Author Megan Davidhizar
79: Making Your Readers Mad (in the best way)
78: The Hidden Power of Subtext
77: Your Craft Questions Answered
76: Your Story is Missing a Spine w/ Jill Tew
75: Your Reader Brain is F*cking Up Your Writing
74: Tell Don't Show
73: Creating Romance Universes with Emily Charlotte
72: The Story Genius Method
71: Leveraging Interiority
70: The Character Intro Formula
69: Elevating Prose with Specificity
68: The Key to Irresistible Relationships Part 2
67: The Key to Irresistible Relationships
66: You Need Layers, Not Complexity
65: Romance: The KISS Method
64: Earning Plot Twists and Reveals
63: Crafting Friction On Every Page
62: Character Development w/ Clare Osongco
61: Perfect Beginnings
60: Fast Drafting for Slow Writers
59: Applying Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
58: Your Story Needs Conflicting Goals
57: The Power of Prose
56: Specificity: A Lit Agent's Craft Secret
55: Writing Romantic Intimacy w/ Ruby Barrett
54: It's not Writer's Block, it's Stakes
53: The Key to Success with Of the Publishing Persuassion
52: No Writing Goes to Waste
51: Putting Your Characters Through Hell
50: Immersive Magic Systems
49: Underlying Fantasy: The Key to Tropes
48: The Art of Worldbuilding
47: The Power of Character Choices
46: Crafting Complex Characters
45: Pixar's 22 Rules of Storytelling
44: Feedback: Harnessing the Note Beneath the Note
43: Four Corner Opposition
42: Plot Twist Reversals
41: Romance: Using "Why Not" Lists
40: Writing the Perfect Scene
39: When Publishing Bites Back
38: The Bestseller Action Plan
37: Separating Author Dreams from Goals
36: Strategies for Staying Disciplined
35: Manifesting Your Ideal Writerly Life
34: The Arrival Fallacy
Summer of Surviving Publishing
33: Your Craft Questions, Answered (Part Two)
32: Your Craft Questions, Answered
31: Irresistible Query Letters
30: The Art of Line Edits
29: Balancing Side Characters
28: When to Stop Planning and Start Drafting
27: Exploring Our Writing Process
26: Why Your Plot Should Attack Your Character
25: The 3rd Rail
24: The Big Idea w/ Emily Taylor
23: Anatomy of a Scene
22: Creating Depth with Setting
21: Immersing Your Readers
20: The Three Horsemen of Publishing
19: Proven Writing Habits
18: Matching your Villain to Your Hero
17. The "But, Therefore" Method (aka But-So Salsa)
16: Perfect Pitches
15: Unlocking the Power of Dialogue
14: Maxing Out Vibes
13: Turning to Taylor
12: No Wasted Draft
11: Writing Emotion
10: Satisfying Endings
09: Making Boring Scenes Better
08: Messy Middles
07: Side Characters
06: Writing Romance
05: Writing First Chapters
04: Plotting a Novel with Truth vs. Lie
03: Deliberately Practicing Voice
02: Seven Layer Plot Dip
01: Character is Story
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