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.)


All Episodes

10 Stories With (Brilliant) Loose Ends

How to Tell if Your Book Is a Success

How do you determine what makes a writer successful?

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What’s Your Writing Personality?

Your unique and inherent personality affects everything you do – including writing.

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Are You Skipping the Best Parts?

Analyze your manuscript to make sure you’re not missing any opportunities or cutting any corners.

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Professional Resources for Writers

Recommended editors, proofreaders, and other industry professionals.

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Why Story Beginnings and Endings Must Be Linked

If the ending of a story fails to answer the specific question set out in the beginning, the whole book will fail.

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Why Your Story’s Conflict Isn’t Working

Story conflict is only interesting or compelling within the context of the plot.

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10 Excuses for Not Writing – and How to Smash Them

Most of the time, the only thing keeping us from our writing is ourselves.

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Most Common Mistakes Series: Does Your Character Lack Purpose?

Boring scenes often occur when the main character has no obvious purpose.

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