In this episode, Taylor expands on the ideas she shared in episode 213 and explains how we can be sure our description serves the correct purpose in scenes. Taylor mentioned the following episodes at the beginning of the episode: 206 – Avoiding The Two Extremes when it Comes to Writing Description 211 – Avoiding Character […]

In this episode, Taylor discusses the idea of using inner dialogue to build a framework around questions and to guide conversations. Thanks so much for joining us again this week! If you have questions or suggestions for future shows, we’d love to hear from you. You can leave your suggestions as comments or find our […]

In this episode, Taylor shares an example of how a small tweak to a scene ending can help to salvage the scene and keep the reader turning the page. Thanks so much for joining us again this week! If you have questions or suggestions for future shows, we’d love to hear from you. You can […]

In this episode, Taylor shares her thoughts on Sidekicks and secondary characters, and the importance of the respect between main characters and sidekicks. Thanks so much for joining us again this week! If you have questions or suggestions for future shows, we’d love to hear from you. You can leave your suggestions as comments or […]

In this week’s episode, Taylor talks about the importance of treating your readers like the smart people they are by eliminating redundancy and unnecessary explaining in your stories. Here is a link to the Max Folsom except we discussed at the beginning of the show: https://www.bakersomerset.com/excerpt-1/ Thanks so much for joining us again this week! […]

In this episode, Taylor shares her experience and evolving thoughts on the topic of profanity in fiction. We also mention Taylor’s article Oh Xxxx, Swearing! Click here to read the essay. Thanks so much for joining us again this week! If you have questions or suggestions for future shows, we’d love to hear from you. […]

In this episode, Taylor shares a laugh-out-loud funny story about parenting geese in bad weather. Then we discuss the use of callbacks in stories and review an example of when less is more from The Informationist. Thanks so much for joining us again this week! If you have questions or suggestions for future shows, we’d […]

In this episode, Taylor discusses the value of negative feedback, and what it means when someone says “I don’t like the writing.” Thanks so much for joining us again this week! If you have questions or suggestions for future shows, we’d love to hear from you. You can leave your suggestions as comments or find […]

In this episode, Taylor shares the reasons why she recently read Julia Heaberlin’s upcoming book We Are All the Same in the Dark, and what kept her reading the book for eight straight hours. Thanks so much for joining us again this week! If you have questions or suggestions for future shows, we’d love to […]

In this episode, Taylor shares her thoughts on the importance of cause and effect in storytelling. Then she shares how the lack of a proper cause and effect relationship in her work in process caused a significant re-write. Thanks so much for joining us again this week! If you have questions or suggestions for future […]