Helping Writers Become Authors

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Helping Writers Become Authors provides writers help in summoning inspiration, crafting solid characters, outlining and structuring novels, and polishing prose. Learn how to write a book and edit it into a story agents will buy and readers will love. (Music intro by Kevin MacLeod.)


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Ep. 498: 5 Questions About How to Balance Multiple POVs in Your Story

Knowing your story’s ending will help you know the right answer to almost any POV question. Let’s look at 5 questions about using multiple POVs.

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Ep. #497: Critique: 6 Tips for Introducing Characters

Your goal in introducing characters should be to do so with the least amount of info possible while still making the characters memorable. Here’s how!

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Ep. 496: Creativity vs. the Ego (Or, the Value of Unpublishable Stories)

When creativity becomes a servant of the ego, rather than the other way around–we can get confused about what we’re doing and why.

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Ep. 495: The Professional Writing Resources I Use for All Parts of the Writing and Publishing Processes

Here are fourteen professional writing resources to help with all parts of authorpreneurship: writing, editing, blogging/podcasting, book formatting, marketing.

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Ep. 494: Thoughts on How to Be Critical of Stories in a Way That Makes a Difference

Learn how to be critical of stories in a way that turns the potential for negativity into a positive force that drives your own creativity.

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Ep. 493: 6 Steps to Create Realistic (and Powerful) Scene Dilemmas

Of all the many aspects of scene structure, scene dilemmas are among the most powerful but also the most overlooked. Here are six steps to acing yours.

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Ep. 492: 2 Different Types of the Lie Your Character Believes

Learn how to recognize the difference in the types of the Lie Your Character Believes,so you can choose which is right for your story.

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Ep. 491: 3 Life-Changing Rules for Finding More Writing Inspiration This Year

Three ideas for building a foundation that will protect and nurture your creative health and your writing inspiration as you enter this new decade.

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Ep. 490: My Top Books of 2019

Check out my list of the top books of 2019 in three categories: Fiction, Writing How-To, and General Non-Fiction.

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