All episodes
19.50: All Systems Go
19.49: Getting to Know You
19.48: Beginning With A Thrill
19.47.5: Interview with Andrew Buckley of the StoryCentric podcast (BONUS EPISODE)
19.47: Final Thoughts on Our Close Reading Series
19.46: An Interview on Structure with N.K. Jemisin
19.45: A Close Reading on Structure: Tying It All Together
19.44: A Close Reading on Structure: Tradition and Innovation
19.43: A Close Reading on Structure: Parallelism and Inversion
19.42: A Close Reading on Structure: Whose Perspective is it Anyways?
19.41: A Close Reading on Structure: An Overview and Why Fifth Season
19.40: An Interview on Tension with P. Djèlí Clark
19.39: A Close Reading on Tension: Tying It All Together
19.38: A Close Reading on Tension: Anticipation and Subversion
19.37: A Close Reading on Tension: Movement and Resolution
19.36: A Close Reading on Tension: Narrative vs. Contextual
19.35: A Close Reading on Tension: An Overview and Why Ring Shout
19.34: Grants and Fellowships
19.33: Workshops and Retreats
19.32: An Interview on Character with CL Clark
19.31: A Close Reading on Character: Tying it All Together
19.30: A Close Reading on Character: Agency vs. Choices
19.29: A Close Reading on Character: Barriers vs. Stakes
19.28: A Close Reading on Character: Internal vs External Identity
19.27: A Close Reading on Character: An Overview and Why We Chose C.L. Clark's Stories
19.26: Bringing Falconry into Writing
19.25: From the Classroom to the Page
19.24: An Interview on Worldbuilding with Arkady Martine
19.23: Tying It All Together (A Close Reading on Worldbuilding)
19.22: Technology and Identity (A Close Reading on Worldbuilding)
19.21: Language as a Tool (A Close Reading on Worldbuilding)
19.20: How to Make Worlds Feel Big Without Overwhelming the Reader (A Close Reading on Worldbuilding: Focusing on Scale)
19.19: A Close Reading on Worldbuilding: An Overview and why A Memory Called Empire
19.18: How to Build Fictional Economies
19.17: Novellas- the Goldilocks of Publishing
19.16: An Interview with Max Gladstone and Amal El-Mohtar
19.15: A Close Reading on Voice: Tying It All Together
19.14: A Close Reading on Voice- Epistolary Storytelling Through Voice
19.13: A Close Reading on Voice: Blue's Perspective - Confidence and Vulnerability
19.12: A Close Reading on Voice - Red's Perspective - Muscular Prose
19.11: A Close Reading on Voice- An Overview, and Why Time War
19.10: Introducing Our Close Readings Series
19.09: LIVE Recording - Rituals, Rites, and Traditions
19.08: NaNoWriMo Revision with Ali Fisher: Working with an Editor
19.07: NaNoWriMo Revision with Ali Fisher: Intention
19.06: NaNoWriMo Revision with Ali Fisher: Length
19.05: LIVE Recording - Revisions with Mahtab Narsimhan
19.04: LIVE Recording - Pacing with Guest Fonda Lee
19.03: Behind The Scenes with our Producer and Recording Engineer
19.02: Q&A Episode with WX Core Cast
19.01: Interview with Abraham Verghese
18.53: Funding the Writing Life
18.52: Writing Inside The Box
18.51: So You Wanna Play With Format?
18.50: The Unreliable Narrator
18.49: Giving Your Story A Voice
18.48: NaNoWriMo Week 5 - Writing Endings
18.47: NaNoWriMo Week 4 - Climaxes, or OH MY GOD NO
18.46: NaNoWriMo Week 3 - Raising the Stakes
18.45: NaNoWriMo Week 2 - Inciting Incident
18.44: NaNoWriMo Week 1- Getting Started
18.43: Worldbuilding in Miniature
18.42: Creating Magic Outside of a System
18.41: Deep Dive: Erin's Short Fiction Extravaganza
18.40: How To Make Money From Your Hobby (with special guest Sandra Tayler!)
18.39: How To Write An Ending
18.38: How Do You Write A Series With Books That Stand Alone?
18.37: Mandatory Failure
18.36: The Soggy Middle Pays the Rent (or, "Stand Alone With Series Potential")
18.35: How to Organize Your Writing, or Managing the Mega-Arc
18.34: Seventeen Years of Foreshadowing
18.33.5: State Of The Podcast
18.33: Deep Dive: The Schlock Mercenary Finale
18.32: The Kirsten Vangsness Expansion Pack
18.31: Getting Personal: Mining Your Life for Themes
18.30: Planting Supernatural Seeds
18.29: Collaboration And Partnership
18.28: Writing Conversational Dialogue
18.27: Framing Stories
18.26: Broadening Your Writing Wheelhouse: Video Game Dialogue, RPG Adventures, & More
18.25: To Narrator or Not to Narrator
18.24: “Dark One: Forgotten” Deep Dive
18.23: Our Advice on Giving Advice
18.22: On Mentorship: Sending the Elevator Back Down
18.21: The Empathy Gap: How to Understand What Your Publisher is Telling You
18.20: So You Want To Work In Publishing?
18.19: What is Publishing For, Anyway?
18.18: Launching an Author Newsletter
18.17: Build Your Author Brand, 2023 Edition
18.16: Deep Dive: Publishing is Hard, by DongWon Song
18.15: Building a Mystery, Now With More Tools
18.14: Heavy Lifting with Microtension
18.13: Finding the Core Conflict
18.12: The Long Shadow of Unanswered Questions
18.11: Turning Up the Contrast With Juxtaposition
18.10: Anticipation is More Than Just Making Us Wait
18.09: Unpacking the Tension
18.08: Building a Mystery
18.07: Deep Dive into THE SPARE MAN
18.06: An Interview With Howard Tayler