by Nanci | Apr 10, 2023 | Craft, Podcast
One of the most important decisions you’re going to make about your story is its point of view. It’s also one of the more complex story structures to master. So, in this episode, I’m going to give you a different angle on point of view that you probably haven’t heard...
by Nanci | Apr 3, 2023 | Craft, Podcast
A common challenge many writers face is gaining clarity on the story they’re writing, and then conveying it to readers in a way that compels them to keep reading. With many stories, there are often too many story-lines that don’t feel integrated. And too many...
by Nanci | Mar 27, 2023 | Craft, Podcast
Does your story need a prologue? Will it hurt your story? Should you remove or rewrite the one you’ve already written? And how do you write a great prologue that gives just enough information so we can absorb the rest of your story? Some writers resist prologues....
by Nanci | Mar 20, 2023 | Craft, Podcast
Writing flashbacks can flummox the best of us. Writers will ask questions like: Do you use flashback liberally, sparingly, or not at all? Can you have too many flashbacks? How do you indicate a flashback in your story? In this episode, you’ll learn how...
by Nanci | Mar 13, 2023 | Craft, Podcast
How do you make your story’s dialogue more realistic without writing too much dialogue? Or extraneous pass the meat and potatoes dialogue? How do you avoid having the dialogue sound stiff or cliche? How do you write dialogue that sounds natural and riveting? Dialogue...
by Nanci | Mar 5, 2023 | Craft, Podcast
There’s an implicit, central dramatic question driving every compelling story. Will Santiago catch a fish? (The Old Man and The Sea) Will Clarice Starling catch Buffalo Bill? (Silence of the Lambs) Did Kya kill Chase? (Where The Crawdads Sing) The trick is...
