681 Episodes

  1. How to Use Rewards and Punishments to Get Your Character to Change

    Published: 9/14/2014
  2. Most Common Writing Mistakes, Pt. 33: Telling Important Scenes, Instead of Showing

    Published: 9/7/2014
  3. Should All Your Minor Characters Have Arcs?

    Published: 8/31/2014
  4. The Impact Character: Why Every Character Arc Needs One

    Published: 8/24/2014
  5. Can a Character's Arc Be a Subplot?

    Published: 8/17/2014
  6. How to Figure Out WHAT Your Character's Arc Should Be

    Published: 8/10/2014
  7. Most Common Writing Mistakes, Pt. 32: Boring Opening Lines

    Published: 8/3/2014
  8. How to Write a Negative Character Arc, Pt. 3: The Third Act

    Published: 7/27/2014
  9. How to Write a Negative Character Arc, Pt. 2: The Second Act

    Published: 7/20/2014
  10. How to Write a Negative Character Arc, Pt. 1: The First Act

    Published: 7/13/2014
  11. Most Common Writing Mistakes, Pt. 31: One-Dimensional Conflict

    Published: 7/6/2014
  12. Why Every Story You Write Is a Guaranteed Failure

    Published: 6/29/2014
  13. How to Write a Flat Character Arc, Pt. 3: The Third Act

    Published: 6/22/2014
  14. How to Write a Flat Character Arc, Pt. 2: The Second Act

    Published: 6/15/2014
  15. How to Write a Flat Character Arc, Pt. 1: The First Act

    Published: 6/8/2014
  16. Most Common Writing Mistakes, Pt. 30: Describing Character Movements

    Published: 6/1/2014
  17. Crafting Stunning Character Arcs, Pt. 15: The Resolution

    Published: 5/25/2014
  18. Crafting Stunning Character Arcs, Pt. 14: The Climax

    Published: 5/18/2014
  19. Crafting Character Arcs, Pt. 13: The Third Act

    Published: 5/11/2014
  20. Crafting Stunning Character Arcs, Pt. 12: The Third Plot Point

    Published: 5/4/2014

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