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We discuss actions and tag, and to use them to build tension, and deepen the scene.

We interview bestselling thriller author Helen Hanson and discuss her book 3 Lies.

We discuss what agents, publishers, editors and reviewers mean by voice. How to develop your voice and refine it.

WARNING! Lots of Spoilers (Star Wars Ep.4 & 5, Warbreaker, Rocky, You've Got Mail, Bands of Mourning, Fable Haven, I'm Not a Serial Killer, Mystborn.) We discuss the author's promise and climaxes.

We interview Julie Daines about traditional publishing without an agent. The type of marketing a publisher does for an author, the mechanics of first chapters, and romance novels.

We discuss the crisis point in a story and look at different examples when it was done well, and when we stopped believing everything would turn out. We cover some of the great dilemmas that have faced protagonists in stories.

We talk and argue about what Set-pieces and sequences are, when to use them, and what they can add to a book.

The beginning of C Louis S books.

We interviewed C. Louis S. and discovered a lot of great tools that are free and will help indie writers. Plottr, ACX, and book trailers. Get the details in the interview or visit the website: startwriting.space

We cover Pinch Points and the importance of illustrating antagonist's power in the story.