by Nanci | Jul 29, 2024 | Character, Podcast
How do you flesh out your characters? How do you go deeper? Well, just as we don’t know people in one pass, we can’t know our characters in our stories fully in our early drafts, including when the main character is us, or anytime we’re basing...
by Nanci | Jul 22, 2024 | Podcast, publishing
When should you recruit beta readers to evaluate your manuscript? Where do you find them? What should you look for? And what are some best practices for working with them? In this episode, we’ll cover everything you need to know about working with beta readers....
by Nanci | Jul 15, 2024 | Craft, Plot, Podcast
by Nanci | Jul 8, 2024 | Craft, Podcast, Scene
Often what gets in the way of an otherwise great scene is a lack of compelling character goals. Without a goal in each scene, a story lacks two vital things: tension and momentum. In this episode, we’ll explore why you need a goal in every scene, and 3 types of...
by Nanci | Jun 24, 2024 | Craft, Podcast, Scene
Scenes set up the structural pace of your story. Some scenes are more action driven, so they move at a faster clip. Other scenes are more reflective and move slower. Some scenes have more intensity, some have less. Which is why you need different scene types in your...
by Nanci | Jun 18, 2024 | Craft, Podcast
Do you write your first scene over and over, trying to get it just right? But it just never feels like you’re nailing it? Many writers spend way too much time on their opening scene without considering how the beginning scene relates to the main...
