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S60E4 - FAQ 2024: How Do I Format Weird Numbers?
S60E3 - FAQ 2024: How Do I Format Weird Text?
S60E2 - FAQ 2024: How Do I Describe Different Body Types?
S60E1 - FAQ 2024: Asking Questions
S59 Bonus - Creating Numbered Rules in Your Story
S59E8 - The Chosen One
S59E7 - Two Sides of the Story
S59E6 - On Three
S59E5 - Four of a Kind
S59E4 - Five: Parts of a Whole
S59E3 - Six: Naming Characters with Numbers
S59E2 - Seven: Using and Building Sequences
S59E1 - Using Numbers for Storytelling
S58E9 - Writing About Death: Exsanguination/Blood Loss
S58E8 - Writing About Death: Hypothermia
S58BE - Writing About Death: Weird Historical Deaths
S58E7 Writing About Death: Blunt Force Trauma
S58E6 - Writing About Death: Asphyxiation
S58E5 - Writing About Death: Ranged Piercing Weapons
S58E4 - Writing About Death: Hand-to-Hand Melee Combat
S58E3 - Writing About Death: Natural Toxins
S58E2 - Writing About Death: Heavy Metal Poisons
S58E1 - Writing About Death: The Moment of Death
S57E9 - Unwritten Communication: Rebranding Words
S57 Bonus - Unwritten Communication: Leaving Stuff Out
S57E8 - Unwritten Communication: Promises, Promises
S57E7 - (Un)written Communication: Tables of Contents, Headers and Footers
S57E6 - Unwritten Communication: Fonts and Formatting
S57E5 - Unwritten Communication: Head Hopping
S57E4 - Unwritten Communication: Rhythm in Sentences
S57E3 - Unwritten Communication: Rhythm in Dialogue
S57E2 - Unwritten Communication: Using White Space
S57E1 - Unwritten Communication: The Reader Experience
S56BE - Structures for Pantsers
S56E9 - Case Studies: Big Fish
S56E8 - Case Studies: Stranger Than Fiction
S56E7 - Case Studies: Glass Onion
S56E6 - Case Studies: Welcome to Marwen
S56E5 - Case Studies: Jaws
S56E4 - Case Studies: Kiki's Delivery Service
S56E3 - Case Studies: The Princess Bride
S56E2 - Case Studies: Pixar's Up
S56E1 - Case Studies: Analyzing Stories
S55BE - Learning from TTRPGs: Authors & Dragons with Rick Gualtieri
S55E8 - Learning from TTRPGs: Getting Feedback
S55E7 - Learning from TTRPGs: Writing LitRPGs
S55E6 - Learning from TTRPGs: Game Mechanics
S55E5 - Learning from TTRPGs: Organizing Your Magic System
S55E4 - Learning from TTRPGs: Weaving in Backstory
S55E3 - Learning from TTRPGs: Diversity in Storytelling
S55E2 - Learning from TTRPGs: Designing Choices
S55E1 - Learning from TTRPGs: Collaborative Storytelling
S54E9 - Finding Your People: Thriller, Mystery, Suspense, and Horror
S54E8 - Finding Your People: Cozy Fantasy and Cozy Mystery
S54BE - Finding Your People: Beta Readers, ARCs and Street Teams
S54E7 Finding Your People: Children's Books
S54E6 Finding Your People: Western and Historical Fiction
S54E5 - Finding Your People: Romance
S54E4 - Finding Your People: Memoir
S54E3 - Finding Your People: Nonfiction
S54E2 - Finding Your People: Spec Fic & Fantasy
S54E1 - Finding Your People: The Marketing Recipe
S53E9 - Breaking Rules: Active and Passive Voice
S53 Bonus - How to Identify Bad Writing Advice and Rules
S53E8 - Breaking Rules: Avoid Detailed Descriptions
S53E7 - Breaking Rules: Kill Your Darlings
S53E6 - Breaking Rules: Only Use Said
S53E5 - Breaking Rules: Never Open Your Story With _____
S53E4 - Breaking Rules: Word Count
S53E3 - Breaking Rules: Show, Don't Tell
S53E2 - Breaking Rules: Prologues
S53E1 - Rules for Breaking Rules
S52 Bonus - Writing Neurodivergence
S52E8 - Writing Emotions - Exhaustion & Second Winds
S52E7 - Writing Emotions: Being Unique and Loneliness
S52E6 -- Writing Emotion: Inferiority & Bullying
S52E5 - Writing Emotion: Hope and Inspiration
S52E4 - Writing Emotions: Food & Hunger
S52E3 - Writing Emotions: Confessions
S52E2 - Writing Emotions: Boredom
S52E1 - Writing Emotions: Grief
S51E9 Censorship and "Cancelling"
S51E8 - Special Editions & FOMO Marketing
S51 Bonus - Rage Bait & Apologies
S51E7 - Using True Tales In Your Story
S51E6 - Interacting With Other Authors
S51E5 - Respecting Your Readers When Marketing
S51E4 - Respecting the Reading Community
S51E3 - Leaving Reviews as an Author
S51E2 - Being an Author in Reader Spaces
S51E1 - How to Handle Being Rejected
S50E9 - Your Unique Journey: This or That?
S50 Bonus - Publishing on Kickstarter with Oriana Leckert
S50E8 - Your Unique Journey: The Path
S50E7 - Making the Choice to Monetize
S50E6 - Arming Yourself with Writing Tools
S50E5 - Get Yourself a Writing Community
S40E4 - Take Advice With a Grain of Salt
S50E3 - Write Now, Edit Later
S50E2 – Don’t Give Up