All Episodes

S9E9 – Suspension of Disbelief

S9E8 – The Rules of Writing

S9 Bonus – Audience Participation

S9E7 – Cultural Appropriation

S9E6 – , Drugs, and Rock & Roll

S9E5 – God Mode

S9E4 – Plagiarism

S9E3 – “I Have an Idea For a Book”

S9E2 – Wasting the Reader’s Time

S9E1 – “The Movie Was Better”

S8E9 – The Non-Fiction Genre

S8 Bonus – The Hero’s Journey

S8E8 – The Horror Genre

S8E7 – The Comedy Genre

S8E6 – The Romance Genre

S8E5 – The Mystery Genre

S8E4 – The Thriller and Suspense Genres

S8E3 – The Young Adult Genre

S8E2 – The Science Fiction Genre

S8E1 – The Fantasy Genre

S7 Bonus – Women in Fiction

S7E8 – Shoulder Angels

S7E7 – Plot Armor

S7E6 – Deus Ex Machina

S7E5 – MacGuffins

S7E4 – Love Triangles

S7E3 – Chekhov’s Gun

S7E2 – Chekhov’s Red Herring and the Shaggy Dog

S7E1 – The Mary Sue

S6E9 – Writing Plot Twists

S6E8 – The Use of Three

S6 Bonus Episode – What Makes a Good Villain

S6E7 – Writing Humor

S6E6 – Writing Stories Which Aren’t Good vs. Evil

S6E5 – Character Voice and Point of View

S6E4 – When to Kill a Character

S6E3 – The Use of Prologues, Dreams, and Flashbacks

S6E2 – Maintaining Momentum

S6E1 – Writing Dialogue

S5E9 – How Do I Help Authors I Support?

S5 Bonus – Battle of the Hosts: Adverbs

S5E8 – Is it All in My Head?

S5E7 – What’s the Difference? Traditional vs. Self-Publishing

S5E6 – How Do I Become a Writer? Pt. 2

S5E5 – How Do I Become a Writer?

S5E4 – Is it Okay if I Write _____?

S5E3 – Is Time a Construct or an Illusion?

Industry Spotlight – Lindsey Teske

S5E2 – Am I a Terrible Writer?

S5E1 – What’s in a Name?

S4 Bonus – Resources: Public Libraries

S4E8 – Working with Other Writers

S4E7 – Writing Other Media

S4E6 – Using a Thesaurus

S4E5 – Back to Basics: Punctuation

S4E4 – Answering the Muse

S4E3 – Finding the Right Place to Write

Industry Spotlight – Dennis Medbury

S4E2 – Battle of the Pen and Keyboard

S4E1 – Getting the Most from NaNoWriMo

S3E9 – Monsters and Horror

S3E8 – Building a Pantheon

S3 Bonus – The Forge: Short Horror Stories

S3E7 – Weaknesses

S3E6 – Superpowers

S3E5.5 – Murder 102: Director’s Cut

S3E5 – Murder 101

S3E4 – Weather and Architecture

S3E3 – Building Magic Systems

S3E2 – Magic and Technology

S3E1 – Writing Outside Your Expertise

S2E9 – Release and Launch

S2 Bonus – Writing Emotion: Mad, Glad, Sad, and Scared

S2E8 – Preparing the Metadata

S2E7 – Audiobooks

S2E6 – Marketing Yourself and Your Book

S2E5 – Designing Your Own Cover

S2E4 – Beta Readers

S2E3 – Being Edited

S2E2 – Self Editing: Proofing and Continuity

S2E1 – Self-Editing: The First Chapter

S1 Bonus – The Forge

S1E9 – Alpha Readers and Developmental Editors

S1E8 – Getting it Written

S1E7 – Worldbuilding: Fantasy and Magic

S1E6 – Worldbuilding: The World Around You

S1E5 – Character Design: Support

S1E4 – Character Design: Primary

S1E3 – Story Structure

S1E2 – Genre

S1E1 – Plotting vs. Pantsing