Hosted by James Thayer, the podcast is a practical, step-by-step manual on how to craft a novel. It presents a set of tools for large issues such as story development and scene construction (Kirkus Reviews said Thayer's novels are "superbly crafted') and it also examines techniques that will make your sentence-by-sentence writing shine. The New York Times Book Review has said Thayer's "writing is smooth and clear. it wastes no words, and it has a rhythm only confident stylists achieve.

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Episode 40 - Creating villainous villains. 2022-11-25
Episode 39 - How to create characters readers love. 2022-11-18
Episode 38 - We shouldn't write these scenes, and strong techniqes for character description. 2022-11-11
Episode 37 - When to stop preparing and start writing. 2022-11-04
Episode 36 - The most interesting to the least interesting aspects of a novel. 2022-10-28
Episode 35 - A close look at scene structure, and avoiding mushy sentences. 2022-10-21
Episode 34 - Why and how to practice writing, and more thoughts on thoughts. 2022-10-14
Episode 33 - Danger signs our plot is dull. 2022-10-07
Episode 32 - A formula for showing, and clear and spare writing. 2022-09-30
Episode 31 - Favorite novels and check-mark plotting. 2022-09-23
Episode 30 - Plotting and the power struggle. 2022-09-16
Episode 29 - The pattern of a novel. 2022-09-09
Episode 28 - The enchanter quality, and weather and rudeness. 2022-09-02
Episode 27 - The importance of genres and formulas. And thoughts about titles. 2022-08-26
Episode 26 - Navel gazing and how to avoid it. And more on showing 2022-08-19
Episode 25: The magic of writing. Cause and effect. And thinking. 2022-08-12
Episode 24 - Showing others our work. And strong sentence-by-sentence writing techniques. 2022-08-05
Episode 23: Editing our own manuscript 2022-07-29
Episode 22: A summary of earlier episodes, and techniques for musical writing. 2022-07-22
Episode 21: Creativity and how to get it. 2022-07-15
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