Teaching Myself to Write Novels

This episode is my session with the Story Grid editor, Randy Surles! I had to cut a lot out so it’s a little disjointed but I hope you get the gist of how helpful he was!

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Airport Lounge by Kevin MacLeod
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Scene-session episodes to come soon! Here I talk about how zooming out helps me understand the arcs and structure of my novels.

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Airport Lounge by Kevin MacLeod
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Finding my way back to my own "new normal," I decided to book a scene-breakdown session with a Story-Grid editor, Randy Surles. My next episode(s) will show how it went!

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I had to take a break from writing and podcasting but I'm back. I talk a bit about how world events have affected me and I also get into world building on a second project of mine.

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Airport Lounge by Kevin MacLeod
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Today I try to work out how to make my wimpy protagonist as cool as my villainous, conflicted secondary character.

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Airport Lounge by Kevin MacLeod
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Slogging in the middle of my story, today I talk about giving yourself credit for all the things that add up to your novel (not just word count). I have a 6-minute bonus about using dialogue as a crutch at the end.

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Airport Lounge by Kevin MacLeod
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Pt 2: I'm getting close to a full time workload. The sudden shift has made me reflective and I've learned a lot with just observing my patterns.

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Airport Lounge by Kevin MacLeod
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Quarantine madness is getting to me. Today I rant a lot as I try to navigate this writing journey and reincorporate my old life while staying sane.

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Airport Lounge by Kevin MacLeod
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Today I mention The Sand Sea, which can be accessed before June here: storygrid.com/the-sand-sea
The YouTube lectures I mention are by Brandon Sanderson and can be found here: youtu.be/-6HOdHEeosc

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Opening Music:
Airport Lounge by Kevin MacLeod
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Today I talk about Goal, Motivation, Conflict, story structure, mentor figures, and more with Shirley Jump.

Notes:
For updates from Shirley, visit ShirleyJump.com and for more on her classes, visit MargieLawson.com

If you'd like one of the tools we mentioned from Shirley, email [email protected] and she'll send you one free worksheet!

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Opening Music:
Airport Lounge by Kevin MacLeod
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