Helping Writers Become Authors
Episodes
12 Writing Resolutions for the 12 Months of 2012
01 Jan 2012
Contributed by Lukas
The Christmas Gifts I'm Most Thankful For This Year
25 Dec 2011
Contributed by Lukas
How Do You Decide Which Story You Should Write?
18 Dec 2011
Contributed by Lukas
25 "Under $25" Christmas Gifts for Writers
11 Dec 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Are Your Flashbacks Flashy or Flabby?
04 Dec 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Action/Reaction - The Pistons Powering Your Story
27 Nov 2011
Contributed by Lukas
4 Reasons to Mimic the Masters - and 4 Reasons Not to
20 Nov 2011
Contributed by Lukas
How Do You Know Which Rules to Break?
13 Nov 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Do Readers See Your Characters the Way You Want Them To?
06 Nov 2011
Contributed by Lukas
10 Fear Busters for Writers
30 Oct 2011
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5 Elements of a Resonant Closing Line
23 Oct 2011
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5 Fun and Easy Ways to Lengthen Your Word Count
16 Oct 2011
Contributed by Lukas
The Dangers of Character Overload
02 Oct 2011
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What Elements Make a Good Book?
25 Sep 2011
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5 Elements of a Riveting First Line
18 Sep 2011
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Why Your Hero Absolutely Must Pet a Dog
11 Sep 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Most Common Mistakes Series: Is Nothin' Happening in Your Scene?
04 Sep 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Why Your Protagonist and Antagonist Should Be Stuck Like Glue
28 Aug 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Captain America's 10-Step Guide to the Likable Hero
21 Aug 2011
Contributed by Lukas
10 Stylistic Mistakes Sabotaging Your Story
14 Aug 2011
Contributed by Lukas
7 Ways to Make Family and Pets Respect Your Writing Time
07 Aug 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Why You Should Kick Your Story Aside and Write a Different One
31 Jul 2011
Contributed by Lukas
What The Story Knows Best Really Means
24 Jul 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Deus Ex Machina: Latin for Don't Do This in Your Story
17 Jul 2011
Contributed by Lukas
The Fast and Easy Guide to Writing Characters of the Opposite Gender
10 Jul 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Is Your Opening Line Lying to Your Readers?
03 Jul 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Why There's No Such Thing as a Writing Expert - And Why That's a Good Thing
26 Jun 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Save Your Readers From Boredom: Five Fool-Proof Preventatives
19 Jun 2011
Contributed by Lukas
4 Tricks for Picking the Perfect Word
12 Jun 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Is Your First-Person Narrator Overpowering Your Story?
05 Jun 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Are Happy Endings a Must?
29 May 2011
Contributed by Lukas
The Kung Fu Panda Guide to Writing Action Scenes
22 May 2011
Contributed by Lukas
The Secret Ingredient of Original Stories
15 May 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Ideas for Constructing Your Own Writing Routine
08 May 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Understanding - and Accepting - the Reasons You Write
01 May 2011
Contributed by Lukas
What Is a 50-Page Edit... and Why Will It Rock Your Story?
24 Apr 2011
Contributed by Lukas
How Not to Use Speaker Tags and Action Beats
17 Apr 2011
Contributed by Lukas
3 Traits Your Hero and Villain Should Share
10 Apr 2011
Contributed by Lukas
4 Ways to Avoid the Pitfalls of a Writer's Solitude
03 Apr 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Why Writers Should Take Their Own Advice
27 Mar 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Why Vague Writing Is Weak Writing
20 Mar 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Are You Asking These Important Questions About Your Fantasy Setting?
13 Mar 2011
Contributed by Lukas
What I Love Lucy Can Teach You About Writing Tics
06 Mar 2011
Contributed by Lukas
8 Signs Your Writing Is Stuck in a Rut - And Why You Should Care
13 Feb 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Are You Confusing Readers With Poor Cause and Effect?
06 Feb 2011
Contributed by Lukas
The Good News? Writing Never Gets Any Easier
23 Jan 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Why You Should Read the Type of Stories You Write
23 Jan 2011
Contributed by Lukas
10 Steps for Getting Past the "This Stinks" Blues
16 Jan 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Are You Using "There" as a Crutch?
09 Jan 2011
Contributed by Lukas
10 Writing Resolutions You Can Fulfill
02 Jan 2011
Contributed by Lukas
7 Reasons Weather Is a Writer's Friend
26 Dec 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Are Your Verbs Showing or Telling?
19 Dec 2010
Contributed by Lukas
8 Reasons to Let Your Story Ripen
12 Dec 2010
Contributed by Lukas
What Kind of Writer Are You?
05 Dec 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Description: Friend or Foe?
28 Nov 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Why Are You Writing This Story?
14 Nov 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Are You Dating Your Fiction?
07 Nov 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Juxtaposition: The Power of the Unexpected in Fiction
31 Oct 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Use Motion to Spice up Your Scenes
24 Oct 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Love Your Characters - Or Else!
17 Oct 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Is Your Dialogue Pulling Its Weight?
10 Oct 2010
Contributed by Lukas
The Worst Writing Advice
03 Oct 2010
Contributed by Lukas
The Best Writing Advice
26 Sep 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Are You a Writer?
19 Sep 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Research: When in Doubt, Make It Up
12 Sep 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Is Your Story Mysterious Enough?
05 Sep 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Should You Edit As You Go?
29 Aug 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Are You Benefiting From the Intimacy of Pronouns?
15 Aug 2010
Contributed by Lukas
5 Steps to Dazzling Minor Characters
08 Aug 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Whap! Pow! Zing! - How Can You Tell if Your Story Has Emotional Resonance?
25 Jul 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Why Your Character's Motive Matters
18 Jul 2010
Contributed by Lukas
6 Reasons a Premise Sentence Strengthens Your Story
11 Jul 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Is the Thesaurus Your Friend?
04 Jul 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Should Stories Be Soapboxes?
27 Jun 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Why No Writer Knows What He's Doing
20 Jun 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Change is the Key to Powerful Character Arcs
13 Jun 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Maximize Your Story's Inciting Event
06 Jun 2010
Contributed by Lukas
8 Ways Writing Longhand Frees Your Muse
30 May 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Generality Is the Death of the Novel
23 May 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Creating a Functional Writing Station
16 May 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Improve Yourself, Improve Your Writing
09 May 2010
Contributed by Lukas
When Your Story Doesn't Turn Out Like You Planned
02 May 2010
Contributed by Lukas
10 Ways to Write Skinny Sentences
25 Apr 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Why Character Stereotypes Are a Good Thing
18 Apr 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Daydream or Die!
11 Apr 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Are You Using Too Many Settings?
04 Apr 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Does Your Story Have the Extraordinary Factor?
28 Mar 2010
Contributed by Lukas
What a Mouse Can Teach You About Story Arc
22 Mar 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Rewriting Made Easy
14 Mar 2010
Contributed by Lukas
15 Lessons From the Masters
07 Mar 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Three Words That Kill Writing Procrastination
28 Feb 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Strengthen Your Story by Writing the Perfect Review
14 Feb 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Plot vs. Character: Which Is More Important?
07 Feb 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Are You Using Setting to Deepen Your Characters?
31 Jan 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Embrace Your Internal Editor
24 Jan 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Are You Called to Be a Writer?
17 Jan 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Why Word Count Goals Can Be Destructive
10 Jan 2010
Contributed by Lukas
10 Habits of Successful Authors
03 Jan 2010
Contributed by Lukas
11 Killer Chapter Breaks
27 Dec 2009
Contributed by Lukas
Are Your Characters Talking Heads?
20 Dec 2009
Contributed by Lukas