5 Reasons to Write Your Scenes in Order (and 3 Not to)
Is a linear storytelling process best for your story? Or would you be better off writing scenes out of order?
Jim Baker interview – Episode 77
The 77th episode of the Reading & Writing podcast features an interview with Jim Baker, author of the new paranoid conspiracy thriller THE EMPTY GLASS. Oprah.com declared THE EMPTY
330 GG The Rules of Story
The Rules of Story. Get Grammar Girl's books: http://j.mp/allGGbooks. SPONSOR: Get a free trial and free audiobook at http://audiblpodcast.com/gg.
Episode 35: Sands Hall—Into the Woods, Down to the Underworld
In the simplest of fairy tales or the grandest of myths—“Snow White,” say, or the Odyssey—both Snow White and Odysseus must spend time in the woods, or the underworld. Thos
46: Animation Celebration! Meghan McCarthy, Tim McKeon, & Swampy Marsh and Dan Povenmire
Swampy Marsh and Dan Povenmire (creators, Phineas & Ferb); Meghan McCarthy (head writer, My Little Pony; Class of 3000); Tim McKeon (Adventure Time, Fish Hooks). Recorded May
Episode 34: Kathryn Rhett & Jessica Handler—The Tough Stuff: Write Well, Feel Better
Kathryn Rhett, author of Survival Stories: Memoirs of Crisis, and Jessica Handler, author of the forthcoming Writing Through Grief, talk about how writing the tough stuff well can
Episode 33: Christine Hemp—Yikes: A Deadline! Limitation as Liberation
This talk explores the beauty of limitation, whether it be something as simple as a deadline or a self-imposed structure for a scene, a poem, or an essay. Even the constraints of o
Saladin Ahmed interview – Episode 76
The 76th episode of the Reading & Writing podcast features an interview with Saladin Ahmed, author of the fantasy adventure novel THRONE OF THE CRESCENT MOON. Click here to play on
DRS Episode 233 – A Game Of Dead Robots
DRS Episode 233 - A Game Of Dead Robots
What’s the Purpose of Your Scene?
Finding the focus of each scene in your story is as easy as finding purpose, conflict, and context.
329 GG “Versus”
Get ready to write about the Olympics. SPONSOR: Self-Publishing? Use the code gg1 until August 15, 2012 to get free cover art when you purchase manuscript editing services.
Episode 32: Amber Dermont, Blueberry Morningsnow, Nick Twemlow, & Vinnie Wilhelm—Influence & Inspiration
In this panel discussion Dermont, Morningsnow, Twemlow, and Wilhelm will discuss poetry and fiction in conjunction with specific and intimate outside influences, inspirations, imit