The Taylor Stevens Show

The Taylor Stevens Show

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The Taylor Stevens Show episodes

  • TSS363: Taylor Responds to a Listener Question on Omniscient Narrators
    Thanks so much for joining us again this week! In this week’s episode, Taylor shares her thoughts on writing using an Omniscient Narrator. Thanks for joining us again this week, and to John for sharing his knowledge with the Taylor Steven’s Show audience. If you have questions or suggestions for future shows, we’d love to […]
    1 hr 7 min
  • TSS362: An in-depth discussion of genre with John Truby
    Thanks so much for joining us again this week! We’re thrilled to have John Truby join us this week for an in-depth exploration of genre. He’s written a book about the subject, The Anatomy of Genres: How Story Forms Explain the Way the World Works, and he and Taylor dig deep into the subject of […]
    1 hr 7 min
  • TSS361: Storytelling Lessons from the Screen and ….
    Thanks so much for joining us again this week! In this week’s episode, shares some insights she’s had from watching the Pennyworth series on HBO Max AND from watching some friends play a story-rich video game. If you have questions or suggestions for future shows, we’d love to hear from you. You can leave your […]
    34 min
  • TSS360: It’s All About Balance
    Thanks so much for joining us again this week! In this week’s episode, Taylor responds to an interesting listener question about the timing for introducing a second primary point of view character. Thanks to J.J. for the thought-provoking question. If you have questions or suggestions for future shows, we’d love to hear from you. You […]
    27 min
  • TSS359: Taylor Responds to Listener Feedback
    Thanks so much for joining us again this week! In this week’s episode, Taylor responds to listener feedback and to online writing comments that she collects. 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 contact information on the Connect page. Please […]
    39 min
  • TSS358: Opening Lines and Paragraphs
    Thanks so much for joining us again this week! In this week’s episode, Taylor shares her thoughts on the importance of opening lines and paragraphs and provides a few specific examples. 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 […]
    46 min
  • TSS357: The Importance of Character Agency
    Thanks so much for joining us again this week! In this week’s episode, Taylor discusses the importance of character agency and how when your characters don’t exhibit agency, the story disappointments. 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 […]
    29 min
  • TSS356: Taylor Talks Writing Process
    Thanks so much for joining us again this week! In this week’s episode, Taylor discusses her writing process and how it needed to be tweaked in the writing of a new scene. If you have questions or suggestions for future shows, we’d love to hear from you. You can leave your suggestions as comments or […]
    32 min
  • TSS355: What Can Comedians Teach Novelists about Closing Story Loops?
    Thanks so much for joining us again this week! In this week’s episode, Taylor and Steve discuss the opening and closing of story loops, and Taylor uses comedians as an example to explain the process. We also discuss comedian Sheng Wang and his show on Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/title/81276951 If you have questions or suggestions for future […]
    24 min

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