Information and inspiration on writing, publishing, craft, mindset, productivity and making the most of your writing life with New York Times bestselling author Taylor Stevens and indie author Stephen Campbell. This podcast will help you kick writing in the butt one word at a time.
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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 8 days 1 hour 37 minutes
TSS216: Keep the Flow Moving Smoothly In Your Story
In this week’s episode, we dig into the idea of flow — one of the three primary components of the Hack The Craft™ process. We talk a lot about Anchoring and Perspective on the podcast, but this is our first lengthy discussion of Flow,
TSS215: The Liars’ Legacy Episode
In this week’s episode, we (finally) have the opportunity to have an in-depth discussion of Taylor’s new book, Liars’ Legacy. We discuss the characters, the complexity of the story, and the challenges that complexity brought to the writing of the book....
TSS214: Don’t Make it Easy with your Dialogue
In this week’s episode, we dig into the need to avoid the easy route in our writing. This will become an over-arching topic for us, but in this episode, we’re focusing on Dialogue. Taylor also mentions that autographed copies of Liar’s Legacy will be a...
TSS213: Every Scene Needs a Purpose: Description
In this week’s episode, Taylor and Steve expand on the idea that every scene needs a purpose, with a focus on description. She also shares some thoughts on how unnecessary details can bog down readers, and she reminds us of the ultimate purpose for des...
TSS212: What Should You Do With That Manuscript You’ve Tucked Away In A Drawer?
In this week’s episode, Taylor and Steve discuss a process for dealing with manuscripts that you’ve written and tucked away in a (digital) drawer. We also discuss a chance meeting Steve had with author Echo Miller at the 20books Conference in Las Vegas...
TSS211: Avoiding Character Aimlessness to Improve Pacing and Characterization
In this week’s episode, Taylor shares some thoughts on avoiding aimless scenes in your books. 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.
Yikes! The Apology Episode
In this episode, we apologize for being unable to record an episode for this week, but we will be back next week. 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.
TSS210: Creating Purpose with the Bookends to your Flashbacks
In our final episode from Bouchercon, Taylor shares some thoughts on confirming that all scenes have a purpose and how to create that purpose when ‘bookending’ flashbacks in your writing. Thanks so much for joining us again this week!
TSS209: The Bouchercon Edition (Where Taylor & Steve finally meet)
Episode 209 marks the first-ever (drum-roll…..) face to face podcast recording session for The Taylor Stevens Show. Taylor and Steve meet up for the first time ever in Dallas Texas at Bouchercon 2019. In this episode,
TSS208: What’s the Why For Your Writing?
In this week’s episode, Taylor and Steve discuss the upcoming conference schedule, and then get into a discussion of “why” and how your why relates to your writing. Thanks so much for joining us again this week!