The Taylor Stevens Show

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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TSS147: When Fear Goes Beyond Fear


Today’s show comes as a result of a listener question to Taylor about the fear of letting others read your work. But the question goes well beyond fear, as does Taylor’s response.  She discusses the way a fear can become a phobia and how she’s dealt he...


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 June 5, 2018  28m
 
 

TSS146: Line Editing for Texture and Characterization


This tutorial is part 5 of a 5 part series in which, at the author’s request, we go through the process of converting a first-person present tense piece to third person past tense and then move on to line editing.


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 May 29, 2018  19m
 
 

TSS145: Line Editing for Texture and Characterization


This is part 4 of a 5 part series in which, at the author’s request, we go through the process of converting a first-person present tense piece to third person past tense.  In this episode, Taylor begins the line edits.


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 May 22, 2018  28m
 
 

TSS144: Steps for Converting from First Person to Third Person


This is part 3 of a 5 part series in which, at the author’s request, we go through the process of converting a first-person present tense piece to third person past tense. In part 2 (TSS Episode 143) we used the opening paragraph to provide a visual of...


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 May 15, 2018  36m
 
 

TSS143: Changing Point of View from First Person to Third Person


Show Notes In this week’s episode, Taylor walks us through the various changes necessary to change the point of view of your story from first person to third person. We first use the opening paragraph some listener submitted material to provide a visua...


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 May 8, 2018  21m
 
 

TSS142: Comparing First Person and Third Person Points of View


In this week’s episode, we respond to a listener email by launching a series on points of view and tense. In this opening episode, Taylor compares first person and third person points of view and we discuss the relative merits of each.


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 May 1, 2018  24m
 
 

TSS141: Taylor responds to questions from odd-ball listeners


In this week’s show, we have our version of listener questions.  Topics discussed include avoiding stereotypical minor characters, hooking readers with open loops in stories, and the timing of research to avoid going down rabbit trails that lead to few...


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 April 24, 2018  27m
 
 

TSS140: Taylor Walks Us Through Her Process for Dealing with Copy Edits


In this week’s episode, Taylor walks us through her process for working through the copy edits she received last month for her next book, Liar’s Paradox. Thanks so much for joining us again this week! If you have questions or suggestions for future sho...


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 April 17, 2018  27m
 
 

TSS139: Balancing new writing projects and an ongoing series


In this weeks episode, Taylor responds to a listener question from Bruce, about the idea of balancing new writing projects that provide creative growth, with the need to continue an existing series to satisfy readers and continue to pay the bills.


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 April 3, 2018  34m
 
 

TSS138: What does it mean when your editor asks you for a rewrite?


In this weeks episode, Taylor shares a twitter conversation that she spotted a few weeks ago between an editor and an agent, regarding rewrite requests.  She explains what your agent or editor really means when you get that request.


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 March 27, 2018  24m