Inside Creative Writing - A Podcast for Fiction and Creative Nonfiction Writers episodes:

• July 30, 2018Episode 27: One Great Technique for Writing Subtext – The Third Thing

  Subtext can be the difference between polished prose and an amateur-sounding story. Today, we look at one surefire way to[...]

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• July 23, 2018Episode 26: How To Write Effective Beginning and Ending Scenes

  Today we’re going to be talking about the importance of the first and last scenes of your novel or screenplay[...]

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• July 16, 2018Episode 25: How to Prioritize Your Life for Writing

  Today’s topic is about a challenge that affects every single writer that I know. “How do you prioritize your life[...]

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• July 09, 2018Episode 24: How to Discover What Your Story is Really About (Using the SNBS)

  Today we’re building off of an idea we explored in episode 14 called the Somebody-Wanted-But-So. We’ll modify that strategy today[...]

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• July 02, 2018Episode 23: How to Write Great Fiction… with Barlow Adams

  Today we explore the elements of good writing with Barlow Adams, a prolific and versatile writer well-known for both his[...]

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• June 25, 2018Episode 22: You’re Not a Perfectionist—You’re Afraid

  Today we’re talking about the root of so much of the resistance we face as writers: perfectionism. Where does[...]

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• June 18, 2018Episode 21: Science Fiction… with Gareth L. Powell

  Gareth L. Powell was born and raised in Bristol, England. He is a popular panelist and speaker at literary[...]

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• June 11, 2018Episode 20: 5 Reasons Writers Should Practice Mindfulness Meditation

  Today we’re talking about mindfulness meditation—what it is, how to do, and the 5 reasons that every writer should[...]

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• June 04, 2018Episode 19: How to Find Your Next Killer Story Idea

  It may be the most common question writers get: where do you get your ideas from? Today we answer that[...]

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• May 28, 2018Episode 18: Why You Should Care About Rhetorical Devices

  In this week’s episode, we explore the claim that “everything is an argument.” If this is true, then our[...]

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