Episode 209 - Avoiding blunders in our story.
About this episode
This episode discusses how to avoid common blunders in storytelling, focusing on character travel and the importance of action in scenes.
How and why should we avoid our character traveling? And how does Orson Scott Card not make blunders in his novels? Here is his tool for having a mistake-free novel. Also: here is why our scenes--almost all scenes--should have some action, and how to write that action. Support the show Buy the master class.
More episodes of Essential Guide to Writing a Novel
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- Episode 213 - Save the cat plotting.
- Episode 212 - Getting skilled with point of view.
- Episode 211 - How to have fun while writing.
- Episode 210 - Timeless plot patterns.
- Episode 208 - How to paint pictures with words.
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