Thanks so much for joining us again this week! In this week’s episode, Taylor responds to a listener question about creating a believable and genuinely evil antagonist. She discusses the idea that there is no universally terrifying villain and that genre will play a prominent role in creating your antagonist. If you have questions or […]

TSS301: How to Build a Believable Villain from Scratch

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Thanks so much for joining us again this week! In this week’s episode, Taylor and Steve discuss summer plans for the podcast, and Taylor shares a gosling update. You can read the results on the Bookbub site here: https://insights.bookbub.com/state-author-newsletters-data/ If you have questions or suggestions for future shows, we’d love to hear from you. You […]

TSS383:  A Show Update (and a Gosling story)

Thanks so much for joining us again this week! In this week’s episode, Taylor and Steve discuss the results of a recent Bookbub survey on author newsletters. You can read the results on the Bookbub site here: https://insights.bookbub.com/state-author-newsletters-data/ If you have questions or suggestions for future shows, we’d love to hear from you. You can […]

TSS382:  How are authors using email newsletters?

Thanks so much for joining us again this week! In this week’s episode, Taylor shares some recent storytelling observations from the screen that can apply to our writing. 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 […]

TSS381:  Storytelling Lessons From The Screen

Thanks so much for joining us again this week! In this week’s episode, Taylor responds to a listener’s question on predictability. 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 consider supporting Taylor on Patreon for Patreon-only […]

TSS380:  The Paradox of Predictability

Thanks so much for joining us again this week! In this week’s episode, Taylor and Steve discuss the results of the International Thriller Writers AI Author Survey, published on March 14, 2023. If you have questions or suggestions for future shows, we’d love to hear from you. You can leave your suggestions as comments or […]

TSS301: How to Build a Believable Villain from Scratch

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