by Nanci | Aug 5, 2020 | Podcast
What are some ways you can support your writing and add fuel to your creative energy when you’re not writing? How can you come to the page, invigorated, inspired, in full-on flow? On today’s episode of Writer Unleashed, I’ll give you 5 ways to improve your writing...
by Nanci | Aug 2, 2020 | Podcast
A plot outline provides a blueprint. It’s safe, known territory. It would seem then that knowing where our story is going before we write should produce our best stories. But this is far from the truth. Today, we’re going to talk about why too much focus on plot can...
by Nanci | Jul 15, 2020 | Podcast
You’ve heard it over and over – show, don’t tell. But does that mean we never tell? What’s the difference between good telling and bad telling? And how can you move effectively between showing and telling? All that and more on today’s episode of Writer...
by Nanci | Jul 15, 2020 | Podcast
If you’re like me, there comes that moment when you loathe what you’ve written.You read what poured out on the page in a meteor shower of inspiration. And then everything that felt glittering and brilliant just yesterday now feels trite. Flat. Messy. Implausible.We...
by Nanci | Jul 8, 2020 | Podcast
What’s your story about? If you’re anything like me, you trip over this question. It’s hard to sum up your story in an elevator pitch. That’s because it’s the wrong question to ask. In today’s episode of Writer Unleashed, I’ll give you 3 questions to help you...
by Nanci | Jul 1, 2020 | Podcast
You only have a matter of seconds to hook your reader into your story. Start too soon or too late, give away too much or too little, and your reader moves onto another book or hops on Netflix. So, how do you craft a story opening that pulls readers in and keeps them...
