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S4E4 || Sensory Details || Pitches || Jowita Bydlowska

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Fair warning: There are a few f-bombs dropped in today's episode in case you have little ears listening! Kat talks about the importance of adding sensory details to your writing and how to do it. Three listeners' pitches are critiqued. Then, author Jowita Bydlowska joins Kat to talk about:

  • her newest book, Possessed
  • tying in important themes
  • how the dating scene inspired this novel
  • writing linearly vs piecing bits of the story together
  • working from even a simple outline to help not get lost in the work
  • research rabbit holes
  • telling the best story you can by doing thorough research
  • using creepy real-life experiences in your story
  • adding in sensory details that you've experienced while travelling to the setting of your story (or anywhere!)
  • writing believable characters so your readers can connect emotionally
  • empathy in writing
  • finding joy in writing
  • digesting feedback
  • her path to publication including three agents and publishing with Dundurn Press
  • what an agent can do for an author
  • pros and cons of working with bigger and smaller publishers
  • the importance of jiving with your agent and editor

    • You can find more information about Jowita on her website at www.jowitabydlowska.com. She's on Twitter @happynotsad1 and Instagram @polaroidvirus.

    Kat is on Twitter @kfoxx_writes @_badasswriters @FoxxEditorial and @moodpitchers. On IG, she's @kathleenfoxxwrites @badasswriters_podcast @FoxxEditorial and @moodpitchers. Her websites are www.kathleenfoxx.com www.foxxeditorial.com and www.moodpitch.org

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