Claim OwnershipPodcast Episodes - Writership
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Whether your characters live and work in a world that looks like ours, or
they travel through a portal to someplace virtually unrecognizable to us,
exploring new ways to enter your story universe will help you craft a world
that better supports the story you want to tell.
Whether your story is realistic or complete fantasy, the time you spend
focusing on your setting is valuable because uderstanding the world around
your characters will help you create a stronger story.
We all have some idea of what a resolution is, but what are these scene and
story-enders meant to do? In this episode, Leslie explores resolutions so
you can write stronger scenes and stories.
What are scene climaxes, and why do our stories need them? In this episode,
Leslie discusses the decisions your characters make and actions they take
when faced with a dilemma, so you can write stronger scenes and stories.
What are crisis questions? Why do our stories and scenes need them? In this
episode, Leslie discusses the dilemmas your characters face on the way to
resolutions so you can write stronger scenes and stories.
What are progressive complications? Why do our stories and scenes need
them? This week, Story Grid Certified editor Leslie Watts discusses the
people, places, things, and events that stand between your characters and
their goals within the context of the opening of Anna Ferguson’s YA science
fiction novel, The Empire of Saffron.
What are inciting incidents? Why do our stories and scenes need them? What
are the elements of a solid inciting incident? This week, Story Grid
Certified editor Leslie Watts discusses these story event catalysts in the
context of the opening of Drew Horstman’s fantasy novel, Nicholas Crumb.
The editorial mission encourages you to collect inciting incidents by
reading and watching stories—and from your own life.
You’ve written lots of scenes for your work in progress, but how do you
know whether they work? Does your scene satisfy basic story principles? In
this episode, Leslie shows you how to analyze your scenes by looking at the
opening of AW Moyer’s YA fantasy story, The Grim Book.
Although we want strive to be mindful and deliberate while editing, when it
comes to drafting our stories, it’s more useful to write with abandon.
Grant Faulkner, Executive Director of NaNoWriMo, talks with me about what
that means, how to go about it, and why it’s important.
Did you know that everything your characters say and do should be
consistent with their essential action and conscious object of desire? In
this episode, you'll learn what essential and literal action are and how
identifying these items in your scenes will help you level-up your stories.
Have you ever wondered how to take a story that works and make it great? In
this episode, you'll discover specific tools to improve a story that’s
already working by enhancing the elements of your genre and style to focus
on your ideal reader’s specific expectations.
How are dystopian and post-apocalyptic fiction are similar and different?
Which must-have elements will help you tell a satisfying story in these
categories? Find out in this episode with guest host James Thorn.
Is there ever a good time to use second person point of view? Find out in
episode 126.
Award-winning poet and creative coach Mark McGuinness talks about why it’s
important to put your writing first—both for you personally and for your
creative career.
What kind of internal change does your character undergo from the beginning
of the story to the end? Have you included the elements necessary to create
the reader experience you intend? Find out in episode 124.
In this episode, you’ll find out why Leslie changed her approach to editing
to include the Story Grid methodology.
In this episode, you’ll learn about the different types of conflict you can
include within your scenes and why in every scene at least a little
conflict must arise.
How is basic story structure different in tales that focus on character as
opposed to action? In this episode, you’ll find out and learn how to
demonstrate change that comes from within.
Scenes are change through action in conflict within a certain space and
time. Crisis questions are the dilemmas that force your characters to
decide and act. Listen to episode 120 to find out how to make the most of
these scene elements.
What are life value shifts, and how can they help you plan, draft, and
write your stories? In this episode, we get into the nitty gritty of the
changes your character experiences.
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