In this week’s show, Taylor shares a question she saw online the other day about the differences between teaching art and teaching writing, which got her thinking about the fundamentals of writing. Are there fundementals that hold true for everyone, or do the fundamentals change depending on the student? Thanks so much for joining us […]

In this week’s show, Taylor takes on two additional writer questions. The first comes from a writer struggling to finish because she keeps adding storylines as she polishes. The second question has to do with the issue of time-skipping, and when and how to skip forward with your story. We also mentioned the Lessons From […]

In this week’s show, Taylor tackles a question from an author who is curious about the possibility of including scenes whose primary purpose is to show the personality of your main point of view character. Thanks so much for joining us again this week! If you have questions or suggestions for future shows, we’d love […]

In this week’s show, Taylor and Steve discuss professional organizations for authors, including: International Thriller Writers Sisters In Crime Mystery Writers of America Romance Writers of America Science Fiction Writers of America Thanks so much for joining us again this week! If you have questions or suggestions for future shows, we’d love to hear from […]

In this week’s show, Taylor shares a story that you’ll just have to hear to believe, and then we get into creativity. Do you have to be creative to be a successful author? Can it be taught? And how to avoid the toxicity that can kill creativity. Thanks so much for joining us again this […]

In this week’s show, we hear Steve’s reaction (recorded immediately after we recorded the four back-to-back Hack The Craft episodes) to Taylor’s work on the scene we used. Then we dig into what can be done when you’re stuck working on material that just isn’t working. Thanks so much for joining us again this week! […]

In this week’s episode, Taylor finishes the line by line comparison of Steve’s original material with her re-writes and explains why she made the changes she made to the scene. This started out as something that would focus on Dialogue, but as you hear (and see if you check out the video on Patreon) her […]

In this week’s episode, Taylor goes line by line comparing Steve’s original material with her re-writes and explains why she made the changes she made to the scene. This started out as something that would focus on Dialogue, but as you hear (and see if you check out the video on Patreon) her work goes […]

In this week’s episode, Taylor digs even deeper into the material we’ve been discussing for the past few weeks. This started out as something that would focus on Dialogue, but as you hear (and see if you check out the video on Patreon) her work goes well beyond just dialogue and into several story elements […]

This week’s episode marks the beginning of a four-part deep dive where Taylor works through a 2,000-word scene that Steve wrote for an upcoming book. This started out as something that would focus on Dialogue, but as you hear (and see if you check out the video on Patreon) her work goes well beyond just […]