Story Magic

Today, Emily & Rachel talk about slow writing!

What you’ll learn from this episode:

• why you feel the need to write fast
• how slow writing can actually result in better stories
• Addressing why you might be writing slowly
• Tools for addressing the things holding your writing process back

Ready to make readers so in love with your characters they can’t stop biting their nails in anticipation?  Grab The Magic of Character Arcs free email course: www.goldenmayediting.com/arcsmagic

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Today, Emily & Rachel talk with guest Kristen Kieffer about creating in sequence.

What you’ll learn from this episode

• What does it mean to create in sequence?
• What happens when you create outside of sequence
• The creative fulfillment pyramid
• Finding fulfillment in your writing practice

Check out more of Kristen's work! 

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Ready to make readers so in love with your characters they can’t stop biting their nails in anticipation?  Grab The Magic of Character Arcs free email course: www.goldenmayediting.com/arcsmagic

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Today, Emily & Rachel talk about whether writers discover or create their stories.

What you’ll learn from this episode:

• discovering vs creating your story
• are there right or wrong choices as you're writing?
• gaining agency over your writing choices
• how to make the best decisions
• letting go of shame and judgement as you make changes to your story.

Ready to make readers so in love with your characters they can’t stop biting their nails in anticipation?  Grab The Magic of Character Arcs free email course: www.goldenmayediting.com/arcsmagic

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Today, Emily & Rachel talk about how to create dialogue that feels natural.

What you’ll learn from this episode:

• how to create intentional and relevant dialogue
• using dialogue to show subtext
• how to show a character's true desires in the dissonance between what they say and do
• weaving conflict and action throughout a conversation
• the impact of reading your dialogue out loud

Ready to make readers so in love with your characters they can’t stop biting their nails in anticipation?  Grab The Magic of Character Arcs free email course: www.goldenmayediting.com/arcsmagic

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Today, Emily & Rachel talk about toxic positivity in your writing life.

What you’ll learn from this episode:

• what toxic positivity is
• why it's NOT part of a healthy writing mindset
• what you can do to acknowledge and embrace your difficult emotions 

Ready to make readers so in love with your characters they can’t stop biting their nails in anticipation?  Grab The Magic of Character Arcs free email course: www.goldenmayediting.com/arcsmagic

If you enjoyed Story Magic, please rate, review and follow on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to this podcast!

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Today, Emily & Rachel talk about character agency!

What you’ll learn from this episode:

• What agency actually is
• The difference between story and scene goals
• Using story goals to drive scene goals to create character choices
• Lots of examples!

Join us for our LIVE character goals and agency Masterclass How to Craft a Page Turner on March 24th at 1pm EST! Learn more: https://goldenmayediting.com/pageturner

Ready to make readers so in love with your characters they can’t stop biting their nails in anticipation?  Grab The Magic of Character Arcs free email course: www.goldenmayediting.com/arcsmagic

If you enjoyed Story Magic, please rate, review and follow on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to this podcast!

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Today, Emily & Rachel talk about the difference between exposition and info dump.

What you’ll learn from this episode:

• what is exposition? what is info dump? 
• the 3 keys to exposition
• examples breaking down how these two things show up on the page
• how you evaluate your own writing for purpose, relevance, and meaning 

Ready to make readers so in love with your characters they can’t stop biting their nails in anticipation?  Grab The Magic of Character Arcs free email course: www.goldenmayediting.com/arcsmagic

If you enjoyed Story Magic, please rate, review and follow on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to this podcast!

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Today, Emily & Rachel talk about what writing feedback should really be like.

What you’ll learn from this episode:

• What feedback should NOT feel like
• What feedback SHOULD feel like
• What feedback actually means
• How to cultivate healthy feedback relationships

Ready to make readers so in love with your characters they can’t stop biting their nails in anticipation?  Grab The Magic of Character Arcs free email course: www.goldenmayediting.com/arcsmagic

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Today, Emily & Rachel talk about a brainstorming technique called divergent and convergent thinking.

What you’ll learn from this episode:

• how divergent and convergent thinking work
• how to let go of the pressure of coming up with perfect ideas
• how to apply this brainstorming technique to your own writing roadblocks

Ready to make readers so in love with your characters they can’t stop biting their nails in anticipation?  Grab The Magic of Character Arcs free email course: http://www.goldenmayediting.com/arcsmagic

If you enjoyed Story Magic, please rate, review and follow on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to this podcast!

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Today, Emily & Rachel talk about our favorite trick to making your writing life easy.

In this episode you'll learn:

• how you're probably making writing harder than it needs to be
• how to take the pressure off yourself
• our fav tip for making writing easy
• the top ways you can implement this tip

Ready to make readers so in love with your characters they can’t stop biting their nails in anticipation? Grab The Magic of Character Arcs free email course: www.goldenmayediting.com/arcsmagic

If you enjoyed Story Magic, please rate, review and follow on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to this podcast!

Follow us on social media!

Rachel: https://www.instagram.com/bookcoachrachel/

Emily: https://www.instagram.com/emilygoldenedits/