The Art of the Ages: The How and Why of Writing

The Art of the Ages: The How and Why of Writing

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The Art of the Ages: The How and Why of Writing episodes

  • HOW: Storytelling Practice

    How Dungeons and Dragons can help us become better storytellers


    http://www.paullytle.com

    One of my novels, The Yellow Canary:

    https://amzn.to/2D9ojXH


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    15 min
  • HOW: Seeking Out Criticism

    As writers, it is critical that we get criticism for our work.


    This being November and therefore National Novel Writing Month (https://nanowrimo.org/) thought we would chat a little about keeping a writing schedule and minimum word count.


    Podcast version of the show: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-art-of-ages-the-how-and-why-of-writing/id1441023257?mt=2


    http://www.paullytle.com

    One of my novels, The Yellow Canary:

    https://amzn.to/2D9ojXH

    16 min
  • HOW: Where Do Ideas Come From?

    Where does a writer gets ideas? Where kinda from everyone. How do you develop them is a better question.


    Podcast version of the show: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-art-of-ages-the-how-and-why-of-writing/id1441023257?mt=2


    http://www.paullytle.com

    One of my novels, The Yellow Canary:

    https://amzn.to/2D9ojXH


    18 min
  • HOW: The Look of the Page

    Writers of works that are required to be read have a particular issue that they have to face - what the does the page look like? Does it help with the reading or distract from it? How do we know?


    http://www.paullytle.com

    One of my novels, The Yellow Canary:

    https://amzn.to/2D9ojXH

    18 min
  • HOW: Exposition and Narration

    Using Orson Welles' masterpiece Citizen Kane as our guide, we look at exposition and narration and how to use each one.

    http://www.paullytle.com

    One of my novels, The Yellow Canary:

    https://amzn.to/2D9ojXH

    20 min
  • HOW: Read Poetry (and not Free Verse)

    If you learn how to control word choice, rhythm, and pacing, you can make the reader read your work in the way that you want him to. But to do that, we have to read poetry. And not free verse poetry.


    http://www.paullytle.com

    One of my novels, The Yellow Canary:

    https://amzn.to/2D9ojXH

    23 min
  • WORKSHOP: The Milky Way
    Discussing when and how to deal with repeatative phrasing by using my own work as an example and also Train's "Drops of Jupiter."
    http://www.paullytle.com
    One of my novels, The Yellow Canary:
    https://amzn.to/2D9ojXH
    17 min

About The Art of the Ages: The How and Why of Writing

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A podcast on writing - why we write, how the mechanics of writing work, and what we can learn from others.