Writing Teardown

In this episode, we discuss what role the paragraph plays in story telling, a foundational piece that acts as the glue that binds a story together.

In this episode Jake provides a two step exercise to build and then revise paragraphs while maintaining it's rhythm and cadence.

There is one rule for rhythm in paragraph construction: Keep the reader engaged. There is one guideline: Avoid repetition. This week Jake goes over both the guideline and its exceptions in constructing engaging paragraphs.

Three exercises to help you practice putting together paragraphs that deliver the key thought or effect you want to achieve.

In this first of several lessons going over paragraph construction, Jake talks about the fundamental nature of paragraphs: Delivering a single thought, action, emotion, or mood.

Two short exercises to help you grasp the concepts of writing wit into your dialogue along with taking strong dialogue and adding style.

In this episode Jake discusses how can you imbue your dialogue with wit and also how to create lyrical dialogue that reflects style.

Now that you better understand using exposition in dialogue, here is a writing exercise to practice.

The most powerful way to deliver exposition is with dialogue, but it is also difficult. This episode outlines how to handle the power and danger in using dialogue for exposition.

In this writing exercise, you'll practice delivering critical information via dialogue in a way that sounds realistic.