Story Works Round Table

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SWRT 264 | Writing Physicality

SWRT 264 | Writing Physicality

This week on the Story Works Round Table, Alida, Robert, & Kathryn get physical (and you won’t believe the scenes that get Robert in trouble!). When you need your characters to do something involving specific bodily movements, how can you create choreography that delivers the precise image you want in the reader’s mind, then move beyond choreography to create a felt experience in your reader’s body?
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SWRT 263 | Act II

SWRT 263 | Act II

Does this sound familiar? Robert: A big problem is that when you dream up your story, you have this amazing sense of, I just thought this amazing thing is going to happen to this character and then how it’s all going to end. Okay, but there’s 50% of your double, which I just haven’t thought about yet. I think for many of us, it’s being able to slow down, tease apart the problem, and introduce all of the complications that are required to then deliver that delicious climax that is really satisfying to the reader. So it’s such an important task, yet it’s probably the thing we naturally, as writers, I’m making it very everybody. It’s not everybody’s problem, of course, but we do know many of us experience the problem where we don’t know what to put in the middle there, I suppose. 
Kathryn: Yeah, we have this big empty gap, like, just tell me what to put in here, please.
 
Sound familiar? Then sit back and enjoy this week’s Story Works Round Table episode all about “what to put in here, please!”

SWRT 3: Are We Our Characters?

Do we write ourselves into our novels? Is everything we write autobiographical? And what if you don’t have the experiences your characters do?

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SWRT 2: Writing Groups

SWRT 2: Writing Groups

What are the benefits and pitfalls of writing groups? What kind of criticism is good criticism? And how can I be a better critic?

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SWRT 1: Challenges of Writing Characters

Have you ever struggled with your antagonist or supporting characters motivation? Or wonder what kind of work you need to put in before you start writing? We even get into what we do for character sketches and how our journals will lead to posthumous fame!

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