Writing Expensive Words

Writing Expensive Words

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Writing Expensive Words episodes

  • Reel Story Breakdown - Free Guy

    Today we're going to talk about how even if your story has the same basic premise as another story, it can still be just as epic as the aforementioned story.

    Today we're going to compare "Summer Frost" by Blake Crouch to the film Free Guy written by Matt Lieberman and Zak Penn.


    Let's do this!

    23 min
  • Stop Playing Hard to Get

    Today we're going to talk about how to be creative without confusing or alienating your reader.

    Books and Films discussed in this episode:

    "You Have Arrived at Your Destination" by Amor Towles

    "Guardians of the Galaxy" directed by James Gunn

    "Emergency Skin" by N.K. Jemisin

    "If I Let You In, Again" by Kristin N. Spencer (https://kristin-n-spencer.medium.com/if-i-let-you-in-again-ad0a7abd9e34)

    20 min
  • Reel Story Breakdown: The Queen's Gambit Part 1

    Today we're going to talk about the introduction to the show "The Queen's Gambit" and whether a flash-forward intro is a good idea.

    This episode mentions:

    The Queen's Gambit

    Guardians of the Galaxy

    The Tomorrow War

    and some show I can't remember the name of

    26 min
  • Otherness and Superheroes

    In today's episode we are going to talk about otherness is, why it matters to the reader, and how superhero stories use otherness to gain fans.

    Mentioned in this episode:

    -Black Widow

    -Superman

    -Miles Morales's Spiderman

    27 min
  • When Launch Day Comes

    How to get to launch day, and why I haven't made a video or podcast in two months.

    Write, self-edit, sensitivity reader, self-edit, send to copy editor, implement and argue over notes, format final manuscript, make cover, upload...


    The Bryan Cohen advertising course [FREE] can be found here: https://bryancohen.lpages.co/july21/

    24 min
  • From Writing, to Editing, to Formatting

    Today, we're going to talk about how it feels to work with an editor who reveals that everything you wrote, that you thought was simple, maybe isn't so simple and needs revising. I'm also going to go through my entire process with you from sitting down to write (after planning) to being ready to publish. Here we go!

    26 min
  • Expensive Doesn't Equal Complicated

    Just because you use real emotions that cost you something to write (expensive words), doesn't mean that everything you write has to be super complicated. Today, we're going to talk about simplicity, and why it's every writer's friend.

    20 min

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The big question every writer has is: How can I sell more books? Or, if they’re not published yet, it’s how can I write books that sell? But when writers approach selling books from a numbers…