In this episode, Jeff sits down with author Gladys Strickland to talk through the voices in her cast. They talk about building voices from back story and personality traits, finding a character's wants and needs, and pairing characters together in a cast.

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In this episode, Dialogue Doctor Coach Laura Humm sits down with author Eric Heuser. They look at a piece Eric is writing and talk about how to appropriately write a child's voice for an adult novel. They focus on building a child's voice and how that voice compares to adult voices, modulating the children's voices when they speak to each other, and mistakes writers make when writing kids.

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In this episode, Jeff sits down with author Ian Worrall to look at a piece Ian has written. They talk about making the piece "dialogue centric" or "screenplay ready," they discuss maintaining the energy of the dialogue while balancing inner thoughts and prose, and they talk about finding the segments within a conversation.

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In this episode, Jeff sits down with Becca Syme from Better Faster Academy and the Quit Cast. They talk about Becca's vast experience in the industry, writing aligned with your strengths, the current state of publishing, and where publishing might be headed.

The conversation with Becca starts around minute 17.

To find Becca's Strength Coaching, go to https://betterfasteracademy.com/

To find Becca's YouTube Channel, go to https://www.youtube.com/@BeccaSyme

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In this episode, Dialogue Doctor Coach JP Rindfleisch IX look at a chapter of a new crime thriller Angela is writing. Before jumping into the piece, they talk about the character's needs and how those should impact the story, they look at the themes and how they relate to the characters, and then they build character voices together. They then look at Angela's writing. They rework the opening on the piece and ironing out the First Person POV.

For more on JP, check out his website: https://www.jprindfleischix.com/services/

For more on dialogue or to hire JP as a Dialogue Doctor Coach, check out https://dialoguedoctor.com/

In this episode, Jeff sits down with author and podcaster Holly Lyne to look at a chapter of her work in progress together. They talk about aligning your vehicle character's voice to their growth arc, using exposition effectively, and protecting the energy created by character exchanges.

To find more of Holly's work (including a recent episode of her podcast in which Jeff talked about imposter syndrome), check out https://www.flowcode.com/page/hollylyne

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In this episode, Dialogue Doctor Coach Laura Humm sits down with author Barbara Clark to talk about first chapters and what opening scenes need to have.

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In this episode, Tom Holbrook and Jeff Elkins sit down to talk about publishing and craft. They talk about mixing genre and go over stories they believed did it effectively. They discuss stories they love, stories that are broken, and they reflect on the state of the industry. They also cover why sometimes stories with no dialogue still work.

To learn more about Tom or look at his editing business, check out https://holbrookauthorservices.com/holbrook-author-services/

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In this episode, Dialogue Doctor Coach JP Rindfleisch IX sits down with Hollie Smurthwaite to help Hollie figure out next steps in her current work in progress. Using Story Hypothesis needs and character types, JP helps Hollie move her story forward and they begin to think about expanding the story into a series.

For more on writing dialogue, check out https://dialoguedoctor.com/

In this episode, Jeff sits down with author Deb Jensen. Together, they work on Deb's plot by thinking through her cast and how her characters will interact with each other. As they work, they discuss being AI Assisted authors and how you can use AI to help you brainstorm character voices.

For more on dialogue, check out https://dialoguedoctor.com/