In this week’s show, Taylor tackles the topic of improving as a writer and compares the process of improving your craft to climbing a ladder. 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 […]

In this weeks show, Taylor takes a deep dive edit into a scene sent in by a listener who wanted to be sure her main character didn’t fall into the background in the group scene the listener sent in as an example. We recorded this as one as video as well. If you want to […]

In this week’s show, Taylor responds to an email she received about character archetypes and any advise she has for how best to study them.  As is often the case, Taylor responds at length on the importance of writing characters as real people which leads to a discussion of stock characters in fiction. Thanks so […]

This week’s episode is the third and final episode of a three-part series where Taylor takes a deep dive into how removing detail can help to better develop your character and improve your story.  This week we work through the document and see (and hear) Taylor’s revisions of the document, and she explains why she chose […]

This week’s episode is the second of a three-part series where Taylor takes a deep dive into how removing detail can help to better develop your character and improve your story.  This week we begin fresh with a second draft rewrite and begin the work of line editing to shape it into a compelling narrative.Thanks to […]

This week’s episode is part one of a three-part series where Taylor takes a deep dive into how removing detail can help to better develop your character and improve your story.  Thanks to S.M. Fedor for providing the source material. In the pre-show chit chat, we debate which of the two of us prepares the better […]

What’s the best path to success as a writer?  Finding and having someone validate your perfect idea for a story OR writing, developing your voice and improving your craft. Taylor received a message from someone who found an article she posted on her website (see below) and uses that question to explore the idea of […]

In this week’s episode, which builds on last week’s show, Taylor works through an excellent action scene from some epic fantasy material provided by a listener.  Her objective is to slow down the action and to focus the reader’s attention on a specific character trait of the lead character. We recorded this as one show […]

In this week’s episode, Taylor works through an excellent action scene from some epic fantasy material provided by a listener.  Her objective is to slow down the action and to focus the reader’s attention on a specific character trait of the lead character. We recorded this as one show for video purposes, but have split […]

In this week’s show Taylor answers a listener question on editing from a subscriber to her email newsletter: About my current non-fiction book project, please at what time should I consider the book fit enough to be sent to a professional editor to do his part of the job? My initial draft is completed, but […]