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S39E9 – Using Subtext in Dialogue
S39 Bonus – Giving Your Characters Choices
S39E8 – Starting Sentences Without Using the MC’s Pronoun
S39E7 – Understanding Psychic Distance for Your Writing
S39E6 – Knowing How to Use Italics in Your Novel
S39E5 – Going Outside Your Writing Comfort Zone
S39E4 – Improving Your Writing Through Short Stories
S39E3 – Learning to Critically Read
S39E2 – Giving and Getting Feedback
S38E1 – Understanding Writing Community Lingo
S38 Bonus – Who Are You?
S38E9 – How Do I Make a Podcast?
S38E8 – How Do I Write Women/Men?
S38E7 – How Do I Write a Story with a Plot Twist?
S38E6 – What Do I Do At a Live Author Event?
S38E5 – How Do I Add Sensory Details to My Writing?
S38E4 – How Do I Kill a Main Character?
S38E3 – How Do I Write a Scene With Several Active Characters?
S38E2 – How Do I Format My Book For Publishing?
S38E1 – Does Taking a Break Mean I’m Not a Real Writer?
S37E8 – It’s Published, It Must Be Good
S37 Bonus – Write What You Know
S37E7 – Those Who Can’t Do, Teach
S37E6 – Characters Must Be Practically Perfect in Every Way
S37E5 – You Should Publicly Respond to Criticism of Your Books
S37E4 – Other Authors are Your Competition
S37E3 – Don’t Write Dark Things, It Just Glorifies Them
S37E2 – If You’re Good Enough, You Don’t Need a Second Draft
S37E1 – You Should Only Write When You’re Inspired
S36E9 – Dark Psychology: Supernatural Curses
S36 Bonus – The Dark Triad: Psychopathy, Narcissism, and Machiavellianism
S36E8 – Dark Psychology: Writing Realistic Dissociative Identity Disorder
S36E7 – Dark Psychology: Writing Realistic Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
S36E6 – Dark Psychology: The Effects of Imprisonment
S36E5 – Dark Psychology: Including Munchausen Syndrome in a Story
S36E4 – Dark Psychology: Brainwashing in Fiction
S36E3 – Dark Psychology: Adverse Childhood Experiences
S36E2 – Dark Psychology: Writing Domestic Abuse
S36E1 – Dark Psychology: The Use of Gaslighting in Fiction
S35E9 – The Confusion Caused by Bad Blocking
S35E8 – When the Cliché is Too Cliché
S35 Bonus – Bad Writing Distracts from the Book
S35E7 – Slow Beginnings Ruin Stories
S35E6 – The Problem with Annoying Main Characters
S35E5 – When Characters Make Bad Decisions
S35E4 – One Impossible Thing in Fiction
S35E3 – When There’s Buildup Without a Payoff
S35E2 – Bad Beginnings Ruin a Story
S35E1 – The Problem with Head-Hopping
S34E9 – Two Publishing Paths: Pros and Cons
S34 Bonus – Elements of a Villain
S34E8 – How to Know When to Stop
S34E7 – Imposter Syndrome and Your Writing Skills
S34E6 – Writing Humor and Comedy
S34E5 – The Rule of Three in Writing
S34E4 – What’s in a (Book’s) Name?
S34E3 – What’s in a (Pen)Name?
S34E2 – Plotting vs. Pantsing, Take Two
S34E1 – The Lessons We’ve Learned
S33E9 – Avoiding the Info Dump: The Villain Monologue
S33E8 – Avoiding the Info Dump: Within Dialogue
S33 Bonus – It’s Okay to Info Dump, If You Do It Right
S33E7 – Avoiding the Info Dump: Backstory
S33E6 – Avoiding the Info Dump: Personalities and Descriptions
S33E5 – Avoiding the Info Dump: Character Abilities
S33E4 – Avoiding the Info Dump: Magic Systems
S33E3 – Avoiding the Info Dump: Your World’s Culture
S33E2 – Avoiding the Info Dump: Your World’s History
S33E1 – Avoiding the Info Dump: Your World’s Politics
S32E9 – Misunderstandings Between the Reader and the Story
S23 Bonus – Evoking the Right Emotions in the Reader
S32E8 – The Debate About Trigger Warnings
S32E7 – The Reader and the Fourth Wall
S32E6 – How Tropes and Clichés Play Into Reader Psychology
S32E5 – The Psychology of Names and Sounds
S32E4 – Because I Said So: When Readers Accept Fudged Facts
S32E3 – Impact of Opinions on the Reader
S32E2 – Reading to Escape
S32E1 – The Mechanics of Reading
S31 Bonus – Using Writing Skills from Multiple Mediums
S31E8 – The Art of Writing Monologues for Actors
S31E7 – Finding Story Within Gaming
S31E6 – Artistic Storytelling Through Comics
S31E5 – Journalistic Storytelling
S31E4 – Stories in Advertising and Commercials
S31E3 – What Makes Playwriting Unique
S31E2 – Writing for the Silver Screen
S31E1 – Storytelling for the Internet: Blogging, YouTubing, and Podcasting
S30E9 – Coming of Age Stories
S30E8 – The Odd Couple
S30BE – The Unreliable Narrator
S30E7 – The Fake Dating Experience
S30E6 – Heist Stories, aka The Caper
S30E5 – A Descent Into Villainy and Madness
S30E4 – The Portal Fantasy
S30E3 – The Locked Room Mystery
S30E2 – Rags to Riches
S30E1 – Enemies to Lovers
S29E8 – Making the Most of Keywords and Blurbs
S29 Bonus – Marketing Professionals with Janine Pangantihon