Helping Writers Become Authors

Hosted ByK.M. Weiland

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

Should Stories Be Soapboxes?

As an author, your most powerful gift is your unique and integral view of the world.

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Why No Writer Knows What He’s Doing

The truth is I really have no idea what I’m doing. In fact, no author does.

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Change is the Key to Powerful Character Arcs

The secret to memorable characters isn’t so much creating a strong character as it is creating a strong character arc.

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Maximize Your Story’s Inciting Event

How do create an inciting event that will fuel your plot and drive your characters forward?

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8 Ways Writing Longhand Frees Your Muse

Writing longhand is an invaluable technique my writing would suffer without.

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Generality Is the Death of the Novel

Creating a Functional Writing Station

Improve Yourself, Improve Your Writing

The only way to be a better writer is to be a better person.

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When Your Story Doesn’t Turn Out Like You Planned

How many times have you come up with a brilliant idea – a story so dazzling, a character so real, a snippet of dialogue so scintillating that it knocks you breathless – only to have it fail to live up to your vision when you start putting it on paper?

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