by Nanci | Oct 14, 2024 | Character, Podcast
First-person is one of the trickiest character perspectives to master. In many ways, it’s more challenging than third-person narration. Third-person has its challenges too, but writing in first- person comes with a unique set of challenges and limitations. In...
by Nanci | Oct 7, 2024 | Character, Podcast
When reading a story, the reader’s brain actively simulates the experience of the characters. The reader becomes so absorbed in the story, they experience it as though it’s true. They believe in it. But before a reader can have that experience, you have to...
by Nanci | Sep 30, 2024 | Character, Podcast
What is an anti-hero and why do they fascinate us? How do they keep us invested in their plight scene by scene? Even as they do immoral, criminal, or deplorable things? I’m a big fan of antiheroes because we can’t have a neutral reaction to them. So in...
by Nanci | Sep 23, 2024 | Mindset, Podcast
How do you get the results you’re after with your fiction or memoir? What’s the quickest route to finishing your story and successfully finding representation? Or self publishing with significant sales? What do you evaluate in your story? In this episode,...
by Nanci | Sep 9, 2024 | Mindset, Podcast
One of the biggest impediments to our writing is time, and we all have unfinished drafts to prove it, It always takes much longer than we think, and this can be dispiriting, not to mention stressful. Writing a book is a huge undertaking, and when time is sparse, it...
