by Nanci | Apr 20, 2021 | Podcast
If your first sentence is a dud, chances are the reader won’t give you a second chance. In today’s episode of Writer Unleashed, we’ll explore the art of the hook sentence. Download as an MP3 by right-clicking here and choosing “save as.” We’ll...
by Nanci | Apr 13, 2021 | Podcast
What’s a broken plot? It’s a common pitfall that writers fall into when they start with one conflict but lose confidence in their ability to drive that conflict forward, and so they move onto a different conflict. This disorients readers because they don’t...
by Nanci | Apr 7, 2021 | Podcast
Just because you’re basing characters on real people doesn’t make them believable or interesting. It’s far more important for your story to work than it is for it to be true. And even when people are portrayed realistically, they still might read as...
by Nanci | Mar 31, 2021 | Podcast
Are you a memoir writer? Fiction writer? A novelist? Or short story writer? Lots of people have a story to tell. But some are still flying blind after years – even decades – of trying to nail down their story and elevate it to a publishable caliber. If...
by Nanci | Mar 23, 2021 | Podcast
In the theater of our mind, our story is a multi-dimensional, techno-color, high-def world teeming with life. But inevitably, in our early attempts to transfer that vision onto the page, that world disintegrates.It’s where a lot of writers get lost.Or stop writing...
by Nanci | Mar 16, 2021 | Podcast
It’s a scientific fact: body language speaks volumes about what’s truly in our hearts and minds. Researchers say that 93% of all communication is nonverbal. That’s right. So only 7% of communication is based on what we say.The same is true of your...
