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
TSS127: We’re all at different steps on the writing ladder
In this week’s show, Taylor tackles the topic of improving as a writer and compares the process of improving your craft to climbing a ladder. Thanks so much for joining us again this week! If you have questions or suggestions for future shows,
TSS126: Editing to Keep Your Main Character Front and Center in Group Scenes
In this weeks show, Taylor takes a deep dive edit into a scene sent in by a listener who wanted to be sure her main character didn’t fall into the background in the group scene the listener sent in as an example.
TSS125: Should you Study Character Archetypes or Study People?
In this week’s show, Taylor responds to an email she received about character archetypes and any advise she has for how best to study them. As is often the case, Taylor responds at length on the importance of writing characters as real people which le...
TSS124: The Importance of Keeping Your Characters in Motion
This week’s episode is the third and final episode of a three-part series where Taylor takes a deep dive into how removing detail can help to better develop your character and improve your story. This week we work through the document and see (and hea...
TSS123: Line Editing to Shape a Compelling Narrative (Part 2 of a 3 part series)
This week’s episode is the second of a three-part series where Taylor takes a deep dive into how removing detail can help to better develop your character and improve your story. This week we begin fresh with a second draft rewrite and begin the work ...
TSS122: Cutting Back on the Description to Bring Your Story to Life
This week’s episode is part one of a three-part series where Taylor takes a deep dive into how removing detail can help to better develop your character and improve your story. Thanks to S.M. Fedor for providing the source material.
TSS121: Developing the Mentality of Success
What’s the best path to success as a writer? Finding and having someone validate your perfect idea for a story OR writing, developing your voice and improving your craft. Taylor received a message from someone who found an article she posted on her we...
TSS120: Line Editing to Slow Down the Action – Part 2
In this week’s episode, which builds on last week’s show, Taylor works through an excellent action scene from some epic fantasy material provided by a listener. Her objective is to slow down the action and to focus the reader’s attention on a specific...
TSS119: Line Editing to Slow Down the Action (Part 1 of 2)
In this week’s episode, Taylor works through an excellent action scene from some epic fantasy material provided by a listener. Her objective is to slow down the action and to focus the reader’s attention on a specific character trait of the lead chara...
TSS118: Taylor answers a subscriber question on when and how to find an editor
In this week’s show Taylor answers a listener question on editing from a subscriber to her email newsletter: About my current non-fiction book project, please at what time should I consider the book fit enough to be sent to a professional editor to do ...