In this week’s episode, the second of a two-part series, we introduce 6 key questions to use as a guide when writing a scene.  These questions are: ~~ Whose eyes are we seeing this from? ~~ Where are we? ~~ Who are the characters? ~~ What is the conflict? ~~ What are the key points […]

In this week’s episode, the first of a two-part series, Taylor digs into some listener submitted material and shares her thoughts on the importance of structuring sentences correctly and avoiding what she calls navel-gazing.  In this episode Taylor focuses on: ~~ Naval Gazing: What it is, the problems it causes, and how to avoid it. […]

In this week’s show, we go overboard with chit-chat, then respond to some great questions from William, who is fairly new to the show but is working his way through the entire catalog of podcasts.  We cover things like writing technology, Digital Rights Management (DRM) and multiple viewpoints on the same storyline. Thanks so much […]

This week’s show is part three of what will be a three-part series on intellectual property rights and how managing those rights correctly can make a HUGE difference in your career as an author. Taylor covers the foreign rights this week and includes some important information for you to consider when signing a publishing deal. In […]

This week’s show is part two of what will be a three-part series on intellectual property rights and how managing those rights correctly can make a HUGE difference in your career as an author. Taylor covers the film and television rights this week and includes some important information for you to consider when signing a publishing […]

This week’s show is part one of what will be a three-part series on intellectual property rights and how managing those rights correctly can make a HUGE difference in your career as an author. Taylor covers the basics of intellectual property rights this week and includes some important things for you to consider when signing a […]

This week’s show is part three of a Hack the Craft series on the importance of word order to your to maximizing the impact of your stories. The material covers roughly 1200 words and is taken from within chapter 5 of a contemporary romance. In this scene, the main character experiences a panic attack during […]

This week’s show is part two of a Hack the Craft series on the importance of word order to your to maximizing the impact of your stories. The material covers roughly 1200 words and is taken from within chapter 5 of a contemporary romance. In this scene, the main character experiences a panic attack during […]

This week’s show is a Hack the Craft episode and part one of what will be a three-part series on the importance of word order to your to maximizing the impact of your stories. The material covers roughly 1200 words and is taken from within chapter 5 of a contemporary romance. In this scene, the main […]

In this week’s show, we’ve got something completely different.  This show features Taylor and her friend and tax advisor, John Pollock on John’s show Financial Gravity.  In this episode, you’ll hear some of Taylor’s backstory that we rarely discuss on The Taylor Stevens Show. Thanks so much for joining us again this week! If you […]