We begin our journey into dialogue and start with the basics. Email: [email protected] Web: JosephBendoski.com/Start-Writing

We discuss some of the ways Micheal Abramson handled exposition is his novel Dominant Trait. www.Joseph-Bendoski.com/Start-Writing      [email protected]

We talk with Mark Everglade, T. K. Young, and Joseph Hurtgen about their views on exposition, and how they handled it in their own novels.Website: Joseph-Bendoski.com/Start-Writing

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We cover interiority and the essential parts of the exposition that are needed for the story to work. Email us at: [email protected] or visit our website Joseph-Bendoski.com/Start-Writing

We are still talking about exposition, backstory, and flashbacks. email: [email protected]   website: Joseph-Bendoski.com/Start-Writing

We continue our discussion on EXPOSITION with examples from The Expanse and John Updike. Email: [email protected] Website: Joseph-Bendoski.com/Start-Writing

If Start Wars cut all exposition we wouldn't get this line, "Luke, I am your father." We talk about techniques to make exposition work and bring more life into your work. Visit our site JosephBendoski.com/Start-Writing  or send us an email: [email protected]. Pick up the material for the examples on our website and help support the show.

We discuss how to end chapters with cliffhangers, and what are the essential components that make a cliffhanger work, and what needs to come after. Website: Joseph-Bendoski/Start-Writing  Email:[email protected]

We discuss why ambiguous endings are used, and how to make them work, and how to know if they are right for the story you are working on. Contact:[email protected] website: JosephBendoski.com/start-writing

We discuss why you would end a book with a cliffhanger, the risks, and rewards of doing it, and look at some examples that have ended stories with cliffhangers successfully. Contact us: [email protected] or visit us for show notes at JosephBendoski.com/Start-Writing