by Nanci | Jun 19, 2023 | Character, Craft, Podcast
How do you move beneath the surface of your characters to make them multi-dimensional and complex like real human beings? Just like their real-life counterparts, it takes time to really know our characters. To access those complex interior layers. So much of us...
by Nanci | Jun 12, 2023 | Craft, Podcast
What exactly is writer’s voice? How do you access and strengthen yours, and how do you express it on the page? In this episode, I’ll give you 4 ways to give your voice more presence and purpose in your stories. We’ll talk about what we mean by writer’s voice,...
by Nanci | Jun 5, 2023 | Craft, Podcast
You’ve just finished the first draft of your novel, memoir or short story, and now you’re looking for beta readers to test whether your story’s working or not. But how do you find them? What should you look for? What should you avoid? And what are some...
by Nanci | May 29, 2023 | Craft, Podcast
Now that it’s officially summertime here in the Catskills, and life is slowing down at least for a bit. And since Writer Unleashed is approaching it’s 3rd Birthday, this is usually the time I do a little retrospective on past episodes. I’ve curated...
by Nanci | May 22, 2023 | Craft, Podcast
Description can bring layers of atmosphere and authenticity that drops the reader fully inside the world of your story. But sometimes writers assume that the only way to create a world for the reader to inhabit is to include loads of detail. But too much description...
by Nanci | May 15, 2023 | Craft, Podcast
What is scene? What is summary? And when do you use one or the other? In this episode, I’ll define the difference between scene and summary. We’ll talk about the purpose of each, and when to write in scene, versus when to write in summary. Download as an...
