#50: How Much Backstory Does Your Reader Really Need To Know?
How much backstory does your story need? And how much backstory does your reader need? Learn what backstory is important for you to know as the author, and what backstory belongs on the page. In t...
26 Mai 202115min
#49: The Quickest Way to Engage Your Reader
The way to engage your readers and keep them absorbed sentence by sentence is to draw them into the tactile world of your story and evoke their sensations. Not the fact that it's raining, as E.L. Do...
19 Mai 202115min
#48: Does Your Story Need An Antagonist?
Does your story need an antagonist? The short answer is yes. But to avoid the formulaic good vs. bad story, there are deeper questions to unwrap. In today's episode of Writer Unleashed, we'll exp...
12 Mai 202111min
#47: Even Minor Characters Play a Major Role
Every character you include, no matter how minor, or however brief their appearance, must serve the story you're telling. Nobody should be in a scene for mere decoration or as a prop. There are no ...
5 Mai 202112min
#46: What's the Theme of Your Story? And Why Does It Matter?
What is theme? And why does it matter to your story? In today’s episode of Writer Unleashed, we’ll talk about what theme is, what it isn’t, and how to arrive at yours. We'll explore: The commo...
28 Apr 202113min
#45: How to Hook Readers in Your First Sentence
If your first sentence is a dud, chances are readers won't give you a second chance. In today's episode of Writer Unleashed, we'll explore 5 elements that will hook your readers from the get-go and ...
21 Apr 202116min
#44: How to Fix a Broken Plot
Is your plot broken? First, what is a broken plot? It's when you start out with one conflict but lose confidence in your ability to move that conflict forward through a series of actions. So you sh...
14 Apr 202112min
#43: Five Ways to Transform Real People into Fascinating Fictional Characters
Just because you're basing characters on real people doesn't make them believable or interesting. It's far more important for your story to work than it is for it to be true. And even when people ar...
7 Apr 202121min
