by Nanci | Oct 17, 2022 | Craft, Dialogue
Dialogue between characters is one of those things writers struggle mightily with. You want the dialogue to sound like real life, but when you try to make it sound like a real conversation, it just sounds boring and fake. Maybe it’s the back and forth, the...
by Nanci | Oct 10, 2022 | Character, Podcast
Scenes are the building blocks of story. Each one is your story in miniature. They follow the same 3 – Act structure as your entire story. So, in this episode, we’re going to break down a scene into 3 acts: 1. The set up, 2. the confrontation, and 3. the...
by Nanci | Oct 4, 2022 | Character, Podcast
In story, you should always be building emotions. But it’s challenging to get those emotions on the page. The trick is not to tell us how your character feels, but to evoke emotion in your reader. To make your reader feel what your character feels. In this episode,...
by Nanci | Sep 26, 2022 | Character, Podcast
Character is the heartbeat of your story. It’s what drives your plot, and helps shape story structure. But how do you create characters who come alive on the page? How do you make them believable and captivating? These are questions I hear over and over from my...
by Nanci | Sep 19, 2022 | Character, Podcast
What do published authors do differently? Do they have something aspiring don’t? More talent? More time? More money? Nope. They just approach their writing differently. In this episode, learn 3 things published authors do differently, so you can apply these...
by Nanci | Sep 12, 2022 | Character, Podcast
What makes short stories different from novels? Aside from length? And what can novelists learn from the short story form? n this episode, I’m breaking down 3 structural elements of short stories, along with an example of how it’s done. If you’re...
