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

• May 21, 2018Episode 17: How to Match Your Story to Your Genre

  “When you’re a hammer, everything looks like a nail.” And when you’re a novelist, every story idea looks like a[...]

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• May 14, 2018Episode 16: What Can We Learn about Writing from Sculpting?

  As creative writers, we have a lot of tools of the trade at our disposal. Characterization, symbolism, subtext, and all[...]

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• May 07, 2018Episode 15: Lessons from a Master – Cormac McCarthy

  Cormac McCarthy is the Pulitzer Prize award-winning and best-selling author of books like The Road, No Country for Old Men,[...]

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• April 23, 2018Bonus Episode 2: The Myth of the Perfect Writing Place

  What’s a bonus episode? When there’s a topic I want to explore, but it doesn’t justify an entire full episode,[...]

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• April 15, 2018Bonus Episode 1: The Figurative Language Rock

  It’s the first of many bonus episodes! When there’s a topic I want to explore, but it doesn’t justify an[...]

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• February 21, 2018Episode 14: The “Somebody-Wanted-But-So” Technique

  In this week’s episode, we learn how a simple technique used to easily summarize a story can revolutionize the way[...]

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• February 19, 2018Episode 13: Story Structure and the Inciting Incident

  Have you ever wondered why some stories keep you turning pages to find out what happens next while others leave[...]

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• February 18, 2018Episode 12: Secrets to Writing Great Dialogue

  How do you write dialogue that sounds authentic, shimmers with subtext, and advances the plot? That’s what we tackle in[...]

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• February 16, 2018Episode 11: Adverbs (and Why You Should Get Rid of Them!)

  How (and why!) to dramatically improve your writing by getting rid of those pesky little adverbs. This episode explores what[...]

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• February 12, 2018Episode 10: The Snowflake Method… with Randy Ingermanson

  Need some help getting that novel or screenplay to come together? Randy Ingermanson and his Snowflake Method might be just[...]

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