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Episode 206 - How to get lots of plot ideas.
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Episiode 205 - How to stop stalling and get going.
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Episode 204 - Meaningless modifiers and what to cut.
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Episode 203 - Argument makes our dialogue riveting.
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Episode 202 - How to have fun while writing.
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Episode 201 - A formula for strong sentences.
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Episode 200 - How can we know if we can write?
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Episode 199 - Writing a scene with many people and lots of motion.
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Episode 198 - A big way to make our dialogue riveting.
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Episode 197 - That odd little thing for our character.
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Episode 196 - Importance of the character arc.
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Episode 195 - The adopt a dog technique.
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Episode 194 - How to invent a strong plot.
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Episode 193 - Plotting: go big or go home.
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Episode 192 - Plotting: the importance of conflict, crisis, resolution.
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Episode 191 - Do we know enough to write the first sentence?
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Episode 190 - The right way to leave red herrings.
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Episode 189 - Start as close to the end as possible.
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Episode 188 - How to make our writing fun.
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Episode 187 - Giving readers what they want.
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Episode 186 - Showing--not telling--what a character is thinking.
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Episode 185 - The keys to musical writing.
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Episode 184 - Skipping the dull stuff in our plot.
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Episode 183 - A key to making our sentences forceful.
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Episode 182 - Things to think about as we write the end of our story.
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Episode 181 - A critical difference between scene and summary.
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Episode 180 - The critical distance between the reader and the action.
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Episode 179 - The critical writing techniques all in one episode.
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Episode 178 - How to make readers laugh.
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Episode 177 - The description double duty technique.
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Episode 176 - Inventing a fabulous title.
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Episode 175 - Writing funny dialogue.
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Episode 174 - How to ruin our story's first sentences.
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Episode 173 - The magic of dialogue.
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Episode 172 - Our first fifteen pages.
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Episode 171 - Top ten list of bad advice for writers.
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Episode 170 - Writing the crowd scene. And guilt and pride.
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Episode 169 - How to find a surefire plot.
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Episode 168 - Making our first sentence sparkle.
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Episode 167 - Revealing our character by the setting.
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Episode 166- Showing our character's thoughts.
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Episode 165 - The rule of exceptions.
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Episode 164 - Design our cover? And the masters on setting details.
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Episode 163 - The benefits of an underdog.
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Episode 162 - The state fair plotting technique.
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Episode 161 - Ways to give readers what they want.
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Episode 160 - Should our story have a theme?
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Episode 159 - A surefire way to generate plot, the sidekick.
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Episode 158 - A lifetime's writing advice reduced to one minute.
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Episode 157 - How we writers can create a world.
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Episode 156 - How to write the fast start.
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Episode 155 - The single most important ingredient in an unforgetable story.
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Episode 154 - Learning from the masterful writer Edna Ferber.
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Episode 153 - A legendary novelist's lesson for us writers.
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Episode 152 - How the masters create their settings.
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Episode 151 - Mad Magazine, and techniques for riveting dialogue.
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Episode 150 - How to deliver a surprise in the story.
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Episode 149 - How masterful writers use details.
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Episode 148: A magical way to end one scene and begin another.
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Episode 147 - Make sure it's important and make it short.
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Episode 146 - How to make our character unforgettable.
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Episode 145 - Bringing our settings to life.
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Episode 144 - One sentence can bring our character to life.
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Episode 143 - The three most important sentences when writing a scene.
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Episode 142 - A big technique for literary writing.
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Episode 141 - How to begin and end scenes.
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Episode 140 - Tips from Stephen King on writing dialogue.
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Episode 139 - Writing in the first person.
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Episode 138 - How to live a writer's life.
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Episode 137 - Twenty-one rules of writing.
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Episode 136 - Benefits of a character's otherness.
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Episode 135 - Maybe the strongest writing tool - contrast.
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Episode 134 - A stong technique for describing a character's personality.
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Episode 133 - In our plot what should we save for a sequel?
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Episode 132 - How to avoid the main reason readers stop reading a novel.
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Episode 131 - A review of the ten strongest writing techniques.
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Episode 130 - Kurt Vonnegut's rules of writing, and powerful character descriptioins.
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Episode 129 - A scene with too many mistakes. Can we spot them?
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Episode 128 - Should we be afraid our plot has been done before?
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Episode 127 - Go big or go home plotting.
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Episode 126 - Should we hire a book coach?
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Episode 125 - When to avoid the proven writing technique.
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Episode 124 - Save the cat plotting.
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Episode 123 - The beauty of a professional submission.
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Episode 122 - Getting inside a villain's mind.
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Episode 121 - The biggest mistakes new writers make.
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Episode 120 - The most important element in fiction.
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Episode 119 - Making our sentences instantly stronger.
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Episode 118 - Naming characters and the framing device.
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Episode 117 - Making multiple submissions, and a strong dialogue technique.
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Episode 116 - Advice from your lifestyle counselor, and mistakes when describing our setting.
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Episode 115 - Downer titles and words that echo poorly.
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Episode 114 - A critical technique to make our story engaging.
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Episode 113 - The clear window technique.
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Episode 112 - Writing in the past or present tense, and making submissions.
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Episode 111 - If we have to have a big meeting, show rather than tell.
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Episode 110 - Book cover design, and regaining enthusiasm.
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Episode 109 - How we can stop stalling and get going.
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Episode 108 - Every description should do double duty.
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Episode 107 - The differences between literary and commercial fiction.
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