Story Works Round Table | Conversations About Craft

By Alida Winternheimer

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Each week, co-hosts, Alida Winternheimer, author and writing coach at Word Essential, and Kathryn Arnold, emerging writer, have conversations about the craft of writing fiction. They bring diverse experiences and talents to the table from both the traditional and indie worlds. Our goal is for each episode to be a fun, lively discussion of some aspect of story craft that enlightens, as well as entertains. Sometimes we have special guests. Visit www.StoryWorksPodcast.com for videos, show notes, and more.

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Episode Date
SWRT 358 | Writing Dialogue with JP Prince
Oct 01, 2026
SWRT 357 | Writing Villains with Michael MacBride and Rob Jung
Sep 17, 2026
SWRT 356 | Ask Alida: Character Arcs and Agency
Sep 04, 2026
SWRT 355 | Magical Realism with Sherry Roberts
Aug 20, 2026
SWRT 354 | Writing About Crisis with Helen Hynson Vettori
Aug 06, 2026
SWRT 353 | Exploring Human Issues through Fiction with Stephen Ford
Jul 23, 2026
SWRT 352 | The Role of Setting in Character with Leigh Shalloway
Jul 09, 2026
SWRT 351 | Writing Humor in Memoir with Jan Heidrich-Rice
Jun 25, 2026
SWRT 350 | Writing Satire with Cevin Soling
Jun 11, 2026
SWRT 349 | Ask Alida: Crafting Setting
May 28, 2026
SWRT 348 | The Craft of Children's Literature with Jennia D'Lima
May 26, 2026
SWRT 347 | The Choices Writers Make with Antonio Michael Downing
Apr 30, 2026
SWRT 346 | Telling the Truth in Memoir with Kerry Kriseman
Apr 16, 2026
SWRT 345 | Journaling for Writers with Marcy Sproull
Apr 02, 2026
SWRT 344 | Ask Alida: Scenes, Sequels, and Series
Mar 26, 2026
SWRT 343 | The Importance of Voice in Fiction with Trish MacEnulty
Mar 05, 2026
SWRT 342 | The Art of Performing Audiobooks with Wendy Wessel
Feb 19, 2026
SWRT 341 | Ask Alida: Crafting Emotional Resonance
Feb 05, 2026
SWRT 340 | Writing Regional Fiction, bringing culture to life with Arlon Jay Staggs
Jan 22, 2026
SWRT 339 | Writing Your Rules: Speculative Fiction Plots and Characters with Mark J. Wilson
Jan 08, 2026
SWRT 338 | Ask Alida: The Craft of Subplots
Dec 18, 2025
SWRT 337 | Writing Romantic Comedies with Lexi Haddock
Dec 04, 2025
SWRT 336 | Going Indie with Catherine Lyon
Nov 20, 2025
SWRT 335 | Author's Chat: Anthology Collaboration
Nov 06, 2025
SWRT 334 | Author's Chat: Mystery, Thriller, and Suspense
Oct 23, 2025
SWRT 333 | Exploring Women's History through Story with Jane Rubin
Oct 09, 2025
SWRT 332 | Culture, Trauma, and Memory in Somia Sadiq's Gajarah
Sep 25, 2025
SWRT 331 | Taking Up Space with Susan Swan
Sep 11, 2025
SWRT 330 | Writing Ancient Historical Mysteries with NL Holmes
Aug 28, 2025
SWRT 329 | Staging Your Action Scenes with CC Robinson
Aug 14, 2025
SWRT 328 | Creating Writing Rituals & Celebrations with Elizabeth Barbour
Jul 31, 2025
SWRT 327 | Embracing The Heroine's Journey with Danielle Anderson
Jul 17, 2025
SWRT 326 | Writing Through Chronic Illness with Beth Biss
Jul 03, 2025
SWRT 325 | Is Art Enough? with Stephanie Elizondo Griest
Jun 19, 2025
SWRT 324 | The Healing Power of Nature and Memoir with Jon Lurie
Jun 05, 2025
SWRT 323 | What Makes Writing Objectively Good?
May 22, 2025
SWRT 322 | A Writer's Responsibility to Ghosts of the Past: Historical Fiction with J.E. Weiner
May 08, 2025
SWRT 321 | Worldbuilding Historical Fantasy with Bjorn Leesson
Apr 24, 2025
SWRT 320 | Spicy Scenes with Paulette Stout
Apr 10, 2025
SWRT 319 | Writing to Your Theme with Paulette Stout
Mar 27, 2025
SWRT 318 | Authors Talk YA Fiction
Mar 13, 2025
SWRT 317 | Authors Talk Writing Memoir
Feb 28, 2025
SWRT 316 | Writing Series with Alethea Lyons
Feb 13, 2025
SWRT 315 | Getting to Know Your Characters with Sarah Branson
Jan 31, 2025
SWRT 314 | Science Fiction & Our Possible Futures
Jan 16, 2025
SWRT 313 | Intuitive Creativity with Chindia Ilonka
Jan 02, 2025
SWRT 312 | Folklore of North America with Mike Bass
Dec 19, 2024
SWRT 311 | Flying Pirates (& Speculative Fiction) with Sarah Branson
Dec 05, 2024
SWRT 310 | From Lightning Strike to Novel with Ben Hawken, part 2
Nov 21, 2024
SWRT 309 | Immigrant Stories & Historical Events - Fiction with Grishma Shah
Nov 07, 2024
SWRT 308 | Authors Talk Ghost Stories
Oct 24, 2024
SWRT 307 | From Lightning Strike to Novel with Ben Hawken
Oct 10, 2024
The Revision Mindset
Sep 26, 2024
Navigating the Feedback Landscape: A Writer's Guide
Sep 12, 2024
Writing Senses with Paulette Stout
Aug 29, 2024
SWRT 303 | Lainey Cameron interviews Alida about A Stone's Throw, novel
Aug 09, 2024
SWRT 302 | Transitions: bridging the white space in your stories
Jul 25, 2024
SWRT 301 | 6 Things I Know That Will Help You Write Your Story
Jul 12, 2024
SWRT 300 | Finding Penrose - Paula Sheridan's life to book to film journey
Jun 20, 2024
SWRT 299 | Authors Talk Women's Fiction
Jun 06, 2024
SWRT 298 | Writing Whimsey
May 23, 2024
SWRT 297 | Dialogue
May 09, 2024
SWRT 296 | Writers Book Club: Chekhov
Apr 25, 2024
SWRT 295 | Writers Book Club: Gina Berriault
Apr 11, 2024
SWRT 294 | What Is Genre, Anyway?
Mar 29, 2024
SWRT 293 | Revision with D. Liebhart
Mar 14, 2024
SWRT 292 | Marketing & Community withe Alexa Bigwarfe
Feb 29, 2024
SWRT 290 | Life to Fiction with D. Liebhart
Feb 22, 2024
SWRT 290 | Heroes with Screenwriter Tim Auld
Feb 01, 2024
SWRT 289 | Scripting Didacticism with Screenwriter Tim Auld
Jan 18, 2024
Swrt 288 | Stakes & Agency
Jan 04, 2024
SWRT 287 | Crafting Character Arcs
Dec 21, 2023
SWRT 286 | Writers Book Club: A Christmas Carol
Dec 07, 2023
SWRT 285 | Self Discovery Through Writing
Nov 23, 2023
SWRT 284 | Writers Book Club: Naming My Father
Nov 09, 2023
SWRT 283 | Characterization
Oct 26, 2023
SWRT 282 | Writers Book Club: Fiesta, 1980 by Junot Diaz
Oct 12, 2023
SWRT 281 | Bookends
Sep 28, 2023
SWRT 280 | Writers Book Club: Ethan Frome
Sep 14, 2023
SWRT | Summer 2023
Aug 18, 2023
SWRT 279 | The Storyteller's Workbook
Apr 20, 2023
SWRT 278 | Outlining Your Novel
Apr 05, 2023
SWRT 277 | Contests with Paula Sheridan of Page Turner Awards
Mar 23, 2023
SWWT | Character Traits
Mar 16, 2023
SWRT 276 | Things We Say
Mar 09, 2023
SWRT 275 | Craft and Conscience with Kavita Das
Feb 23, 2023
SWWT | Openings
Feb 17, 2023
SWRT 274 | Craft and Conscience, special guest Kavita Das
Feb 09, 2023
SWWT | Simple Sentence-Level Revision for MAJOR Improvement
Feb 03, 2023
SWRT 273 | Writing Good Sex Scenes
Jan 26, 2023
SWWT | Supporting Characters' Relationships
Jan 13, 2023
SWRT 272 | Chapter End-hooks
Jan 05, 2023
SWRT Holiday Message & Gift
Dec 22, 2022
SWRT 271 | Character Motivation
Dec 15, 2022
SWRT 270 | Backstory
Dec 01, 2022
SWWT | Twists
Nov 24, 2022
SWRT 269 | Villains & Act II
Nov 17, 2022
SWWT | Agency
Nov 11, 2022
SWRT 268 | Writing Scary Stories
Nov 03, 2022
SWWT | Speaking vs Dialogue
Oct 27, 2022
SWRT 267 | Agency
Oct 20, 2022
SWWT | 3 Things to Know about Backstory
Oct 13, 2022
SWRT 266 | Writing Humor
Oct 06, 2022
SWWT | Trouble Matters
Sep 29, 2022
SWRT 265 | Read Widely to Improve Craft
Sep 22, 2022
SWWT | Plot & the Short Story
Sep 15, 2022
SWRT 264 | Writing Physicality
Sep 08, 2022
SWRT 263 | Act II
Aug 25, 2022
SWRT 262 | Non-protagonist POVs
Aug 11, 2022
SWRT 261 | Arcless Protagonist
Jul 28, 2022
SWRT 260 | Short Stories
Jul 14, 2022
SWRT 259 | Retreat & Research
Jun 30, 2022
SWRT 258 | Love & Writing
Jun 16, 2022
SWRT 257 | Trouble
Jun 10, 2022
SWRT 256 | Act I
Jun 02, 2022
SWRT 255 | Using Repetition in Your Story
May 26, 2022
SWRT 254 | Motifs
May 19, 2022
SWRT 253 | Openings
May 12, 2022
SWRT 252 | Faces
May 05, 2022
SWRT 251 | Ambiguity in Story
Apr 28, 2022
SWRT 250 | Description
Apr 21, 2022
SWRT 249 | The Writers Sketchbook
Apr 14, 2022
SWRT 248 | Prewriting
Apr 05, 2022
SWRT 247 | The Writer's Mindset
Mar 31, 2022
SWRT 246 | Theme
Mar 24, 2022
SWRT 245 | Emotions: their effect on story & reader
Mar 17, 2022
SWRT 244 | Weaving Time into Your Narrative
Mar 10, 2022
SWRS 005 | Careless Whistle by Selene Castrovilla
Mar 03, 2022
SWRT 242 | What Goes into a Scene
Feb 24, 2022
SWRT 241 | Character
Feb 17, 2022
SWRT 240 | Time
Feb 10, 2022
SWRT 239 | A Cat in the Rain, Hemingway
Feb 03, 2022
SWRT 238 | Finishing Long Projects
Jan 27, 2022
SWRT 237 | Idea to Draft
Jan 20, 2022
SWRT 236 | Co-authoring
Jan 13, 2022
SWRT 235 | Writing, Parenting, & Working from Home
Jan 06, 2022
SWRS 008 | Chris Hasara
Dec 30, 2021
SWRT 234 | How to End Your Story
Dec 23, 2021
SWRT 233 | When Your Writing Sucks
Dec 16, 2021
SWRT 232 | Voice
Dec 09, 2021
SWRT 231 | Backstory, Why Do We Need It?
Dec 02, 2021
SWRS 007 | Recreation by Robert James Russell
Nov 25, 2021
SWRT 230 | A Study of "The Log Jam"
Nov 18, 2021
SWRT 229 | Narrative Storytellers
Nov 11, 2021
SWRT 228 | NaNoWriMo
Nov 04, 2021
SWRT 227 | In Media Res
Oct 28, 2021
SWRT 226 | Introducing Characters
Oct 21, 2021
SWRT 225 | Fear
Oct 14, 2021
SWRT 224 | Antagonistic Forces
Oct 07, 2021
SWRS 006 | Eastern White Pine at the Corner of the Farm
Sep 30, 2021
SWRT 223 | Dystopian Fiction in Dystopian Times
Sep 23, 2021
SWRT 222 | Storycraft Over Time
Sep 16, 2021
SWRT 221 | Writing BIG Scenes
Sep 09, 2021
SWRT 220 | The Writer as Student of Human Nature
Sep 02, 2021
SWRT 219 | Nitty Gritty: Grammar & More
Aug 26, 2021
SWRT 218 | Better Description through Revision
Aug 19, 2021
SWRT 217 | What We're Reading Now & Why, part 2
Aug 12, 2021
SWRT 216 | What We're Reading & Why We Chose It
Aug 05, 2021
SWRT 215 | Epilogues
Jul 29, 2021
SWRT 214 | Prologues
Jul 22, 2021
SWRT 213 | Pacing Your Novel
Jul 15, 2021
SWRT 212 | Reconnecting with an Old Work-in-Progress
Jul 08, 2021
SWRT 211 | Dialogue, Natural & Unnatural
Jul 01, 2021
SWRT 210 | Emotional Wounds
Jun 24, 2021
SWRT 209 | Encouragement & Growing Writers
Jun 16, 2021
SWRT 208 | POV & Dramatic Tension
Jun 10, 2021
SWRT 207 | Using Reader Feedback Effectively
Jun 03, 2021
SWRT 206 | Plot & Character Arcs
May 20, 2021
SWRT 205 | Genre & Publishing Categories
May 13, 2021
SWRT 204 | Better Prose with Poetry
May 06, 2021
SWRS 004 | A Family Miracle by Kristina Naydonova
Apr 29, 2021
SWRT 203 | Short Stories
Apr 22, 2021
SWRT 202 | Villain Development
Apr 15, 2021
SWRT 201 | Single Character Scenes
Apr 08, 2021
SWRT 200 | Ensemble Cast Fiction
Apr 01, 2021
SWRS 003 | Stuck by Laura James
Mar 25, 2021
SWRT 199 | Action Scenes!
Mar 18, 2021
SWRT 198 | Ghosting Your Protagonist
Mar 11, 2021
SWRS 002 | Black Bart by S.A. Wolter
Feb 25, 2021
SWRT 196 | The Essential Nature of Story
Feb 18, 2021
SWRT 195 | The Velcro Between Your Pro- & Antagonist
Feb 11, 2021
SWRT 197 | Technology in Fiction
Feb 04, 2021
SWRT 194 | Tropes
Feb 04, 2021
SWRS 001 | Saving Annabelle
Jan 28, 2021
SWRT 193 | Is Your Hero Up for the Right Challenges?
Jan 21, 2021
SWRT 192 | Structuring Long Long-form Works
Jan 14, 2021
SWRT 191 | Routines & Why We Love Them
Jan 07, 2021
SWRT 190 | Author Statement - Your North Star!
Dec 31, 2020
SWRT 189 | Revision, Series Drafting, & More! part 2
Dec 24, 2020
SWRT 188 | Revision, Series Drafting & More!
Dec 17, 2020
SWRT 187 | Creating Emotional Pull
Dec 10, 2020
SWRT 186 | Catcher in the Rye, Timeless Classic or Over?
Dec 03, 2020
SWRT 185 | Writing Prompts
Nov 26, 2020
SWRT 184 | What Is Genre, Anyway?
Nov 19, 2020
SWRT 183 | Writing with All Your Senses
Nov 12, 2020
SWRT 182 | Opening Scenes Shape Reader Experience
Nov 05, 2020
SWRT 181 | When to Kill a Story
Oct 29, 2020
SWRT 180 | Traits that Define a Character
Oct 22, 2020
SWRT 179 | Minnesota Prison Writing Workshop
Oct 15, 2020
SWRT 178 | Writing with the End in Mind
Oct 08, 2020
SWRT 177 | The Role of Agency in Reader Satisfaction
Oct 01, 2020
SWRT 176 | Continuity
Sep 24, 2020
SWRT 175 | Balance Restored
Sep 17, 2020
SWRT 174 | Balance Tipping Points
Sep 10, 2020
SWRT 173 | Character Agency in Memoir
Sep 03, 2020
SWRT 172 | Characters in Memoir
Aug 27, 2020
SWRT 171 | Misunderstood Storycraft Rules
Aug 20, 2020
SWRT 170 | The Art of Oral Storytelling part 2
Aug 13, 2020
SWRT 169 | Oral Storytelling with Molly McCloy part 1
Aug 06, 2020
SWRT 168 | Corona Check In
Jul 30, 2020
SWRT 167 | In Media Res
Jul 23, 2020
SWRT 166 | Time
Jul 16, 2020
SWRT 165 | Writing Memoir with Mag Dimond part 2
Jul 09, 2020
SWRT 164 | Writing Memoir with Mag Dimond part 1
Jul 02, 2020
SWRT 163 | Titles
Jun 25, 2020
SWRT 162 | Dual POV in Romance
Jun 18, 2020
SWRT 161 | Grants for Writers
Jun 11, 2020
SWRT 160 | Paranormal Romance
Jun 04, 2020
SWRT 159 | Flawed Heroes
May 28, 2020
SWRT 158 | Read Like a Writer
May 21, 2020
SWRT 157 | Subtext
May 14, 2020
SWRT 156 | Keeping a Series Exciting
May 07, 2020
SWRT 155 | POV-Narrative Lightning Round
Apr 30, 2020
SWRT 154 | Maintaining our Passion
Apr 23, 2020
SWRT 153 | Q&A With Alida
Apr 16, 2020
SWRT 152 | Inventing Characters
Apr 09, 2020
SWRT 151 | Unicorns & Fairies
Apr 02, 2020
SWRT 150 | Art in the Time of Corona
Mar 26, 2020
SWRT 149 | Dark Endings part 2
Mar 19, 2020
SWRT 148 | Dark Endings part 1
Mar 12, 2020
SWRT 147 | Narrative
Mar 05, 2020
SWRT 146 | Dressing Your Character
Feb 27, 2020
SWRT 145 | Plot Problems...Solved!
Feb 20, 2020
SWRT 144 | Plot Problems...Solved!
Feb 13, 2020
SWRT 143 | Starting Again
Feb 06, 2020
SWRT 142 | Steampunk
Jan 30, 2020
SWRT 141 | Workshopping Act I
Jan 23, 2020
SWRT 140 | Writing Book Ads Copy
Jan 16, 2020
SWRT 139 | The Craft of Writing Book Copy
Jan 09, 2020
SWRT 138 | Writing - Life Balance
Jan 02, 2020
SWRT Happy Holidays!
Dec 26, 2019
SWRT 137 | Writing - Life Balance
Dec 19, 2019
SWRT 136 | Refilling the Creative Well, part 2
Dec 12, 2019
SWRT 135 |Refilling the Creative Well
Dec 05, 2019
SWRT 134 | The Art of Death, part 2
Nov 28, 2019
SWRT 133 | The Art of Death
Nov 21, 2019
SWRT 132 | Strong Female Protagonists, part 2
Nov 14, 2019
SWRT 131 | Strong Female Protagonists
Nov 07, 2019
SWRT 130 | The Power of Writing to Change Lives, part 2
Oct 31, 2019
SWRT 129 | The Power of Writing to Change Lives
Oct 24, 2019
SWRT 128 | The PI Genre
Oct 17, 2019
SWRT 127 | Inspiration & Activism, part 2
Oct 10, 2019
SWRT 126 | Inspiration & Activism
Oct 03, 2019
Story Works Round Table 125 | Fleshing Out Description in Revision
Sep 26, 2019
Story Works Round Table 124 | Talia Carner, part 2
Sep 19, 2019
Story Works Round Table 123 | Talia Carner, part 1
Sep 12, 2019
Story Works Round Table 122 | Building Religion into Your World
Sep 05, 2019
Story Works Round Table 121 | The Power of the Endnote
Aug 29, 2019
Story Works Round Table 120 | Translations
Aug 22, 2019
Story Works Round Table 119 | Writing Tics...and what to do about them
Aug 15, 2019
Story Works Round Table 118 | Beyond Motivation, part 2
Aug 08, 2019
Story Works Round Table 117 | Beyond Motivation, part 1
Aug 01, 2019
Story Works Round Table 116 | Writing Great Sentences, part 3
Jul 25, 2019
Story Works Round Table 115 | Writing Great Sentences
Jul 18, 2019
Story Works Round Table 114 | Writing Great Sentences
Jul 11, 2019
Story Works Round Table 113 | How to Give a Really Good Critique
Jul 04, 2019
Story Works Round Table 112 | The Devil Is in the Details: Revision
Jun 27, 2019
Story Works Round Table 111 | Using One Character to Influence Another's Arc
Jun 20, 2019
Story Works Round Table 110 | When Good Characters Do Bad
Jun 13, 2019
Story Works Round Table 109 | Plausibility
Jun 06, 2019
Story Works Round Table 108 | Put 'Em Up!
May 30, 2019
Story Works Round Table 107 | Traveling Chapters
May 23, 2019
Story Works Round Table 106 | Talking Fantasy, part 2
May 16, 2019
Story Works Round Table 105 | Talking Fantasy
May 09, 2019
Story Works Round Table 104 | Using Narrative to Guide Your Reader
May 02, 2019
Story Works Round Table 103 | Revising with Theme
Apr 25, 2019
Story Works Round Table 102 | Prewriting Theme
Apr 18, 2019
Story Works Round Table 101 | Advancing Story through Reveals
Apr 11, 2019
Story Works Round Table 100 | Bringing the Past to the Present in Flashbacks
Apr 04, 2019
Story Works Round Table 099 | Prioritizing Projects
Mar 28, 2019
Story Works Round Table 098 | Capturing Your Character's Shadow Side
Mar 21, 2019
Story Works Round Table 097 | Writing with Humor
Mar 14, 2019
Story Works Round Table 096 | Should You Tell Your Story in Parts?
Mar 07, 2019
Story Works Round Table 095 | Subplots
Feb 28, 2019
Story Works Round Table 094 | Multiple Point of View
Feb 21, 2019
Story Works Round Table 093 | 5 Steps to Drafting with Motivation & Momentum
Feb 14, 2019
Story Works Round Table 092 | Taking Emotional Risks part 2
Feb 07, 2019
Story Works Round Table 091 | Going Deeper with Emotional Risks
Jan 31, 2019
Story Works Round Table 090 | Writing Otherness
Jan 24, 2019
Story Works Round Table 089 | Setting
Jan 17, 2019
Story Works Round Table 088 | The Psychology of Storytelling
Jan 10, 2019
Story Works Round Table 087 | 2019 New Year New Goals!
Jan 03, 2019
Story Works Round Table 086 | 2018 Year in Review
Dec 27, 2018
Story Works Round Table 085 | Antagonistic Forces
Dec 20, 2018
Story Works Round Table 084 | Taking Emotional Risks in Your Fiction
Dec 13, 2018
Story Works Round Table 083 | The intersection of script-writing and novel-writing
Dec 06, 2018
Story Works Round Table 082 | Book Covers part 2
Nov 29, 2018
Story Works Round Table 081 | Designing Covers with Daria Brennan
Nov 22, 2018
Story Works Round Table 080 | The Story Premise
Nov 15, 2018
Story Works Round Table 079 | Approaches to Revision
Nov 08, 2018
Story Works Round Table 078 | Fatal Flaw
Nov 01, 2018
Story Works Round Table 077 | Story Structure, part 2
Oct 25, 2018
Story Works Round Table 076 | Character Agency
Oct 18, 2018
Story Works Round Table 075 | Story Structure
Oct 11, 2018
Story Works Round Table 074 | Nicey Nice
Oct 04, 2018
Story Works Round Table 073 | Stakes & Agency
Sep 27, 2018
Story Works Round Table 072 | Killing Your Characters
Sep 20, 2018
Story Works Round Table 071 | Pacing
Sep 13, 2018
Story Works Round Table 070 | Writing Emotions
Sep 06, 2018
Story Works Round Table 069 | How to End a Story
Aug 30, 2018
Story Works Round Table 068 | Evoking Emotion
Aug 23, 2018
Story Works Round Table 067 | Character Descriptions
Aug 16, 2018
Story Works Round Table 066 | Theme
Aug 09, 2018
Story Works Round Table 065 | Writing Groups
Aug 02, 2018
Story Works Round Table 064 | Story Collections, Novels-in-Stories, Serialization
Jul 26, 2018
Story Works Round Table 063 | Short Stories: how they differ from the novel
Jul 19, 2018
Story Works Round Table 062 | Energizing Dialogue
Jul 12, 2018
Story Works Round Table 061 | Character Motivation
Jul 05, 2018
Story Works Round Table 060 | Everything You Need to Know About Show, Don't Tell, part 2
Jun 28, 2018
Story Works Round Table 059 | Everything You Want to Know About Show, Don't Tell
Jun 21, 2018
Story Works Round Table 058 | Narrative Drive
Jun 14, 2018
Story Works Round Table 057 | Historical Fiction Genre Series
Jun 07, 2018
Story Works Round Table | 056 First Encounter Fiction
May 31, 2018
Story Works Round Table 055 | Hard & Soft World Systems
May 24, 2018
Story Works Round Table 054 | Keeping a Community of Writers
May 17, 2018
Story Works Round Table 053 | What Writers Really Do part 2
May 10, 2018
Story Works Round Table 052 | What Writers Really Do...
May 03, 2018
Story Works Round Table 051 | Reality-Based Fiction
Apr 26, 2018
Story Works Round Table 050 | Openings
Apr 19, 2018
Story Works Round Table 049 | Balancing Action & Non-Action
Apr 12, 2018
Story Works Round Table 048 | Misunderstood Storycraft Rules
Apr 05, 2018
Story Works Round Table 047 | Unlikeable Characters
Mar 29, 2018
Story Works Round Table 046 | Writing Through Anxiety
Mar 22, 2018
Story Works Round Table 45 | Lit RPG
Mar 15, 2018
Story Works Round Table 44 | World Building in Dystopian & Post Apocalyptic Fiction
Mar 08, 2018
Story Works Round Table 043 | Balancing Character & World Building
Mar 01, 2018
Story Works Round Table 042 | Post Apocalyptic & Dystopian Fiction
Feb 22, 2018
Story Works Round Table 041 | Climaxes
Feb 15, 2018
Story Works Round Table 040 | Character Relationships
Feb 08, 2018
Story Works Round Table 039 | Tropes
Feb 01, 2018
Story Works Round Table 038 | Bechdel-Wallace Test
Jan 25, 2018
Story Works Round Table 037 | Revision
Jan 18, 2018
Story Works Round Table 036 | First Drafts
Jan 11, 2018
Story Works Round Table 035 | Goal Setting
Jan 04, 2018
Story Works Round Table 034 | Motivation
Dec 28, 2017
Story Works Round Table 033 | Backstory
Dec 21, 2017
Story Works Round Table 032 | Resting the Writer's Brain
Dec 14, 2017
Story Works Round Table 031 | Writing Skills, part 2
Dec 07, 2017
Story Works Round Table 030 | Writing Skills, part 1
Nov 30, 2017
Story Works Round Table 029 | Emotional Wounds & Character Arcs
Nov 23, 2017
Story Works Round Table 028 | Emotional Wound Thesaurus
Nov 16, 2017
Story Works Round Table 027 | First Person Point of View
Nov 09, 2017
Story Works Round Table 026 | Writing Villains
Nov 02, 2017
Story Works Round Table 025 | Re-readable Books
Oct 26, 2017
Story Works Round Table 024 | Twists
Oct 19, 2017
Story Works Round Table 023 | 3D Villains
Oct 12, 2017
Story Works Round Table 022 | Inspiration
Oct 05, 2017
Story Works Round Table 021 | Distinct Characters
Sep 28, 2017
Story Works Round Table 020 | Setting
Sep 21, 2017
Story Works Round Table 019 | Trouble
Sep 14, 2017
Story Works Round Table 018 | Naming
Sep 07, 2017
Story Works Round Table 017 | Genre Series: Literary Fiction
Aug 31, 2017
Story Works Round Table 016 | Cliffhangers
Aug 24, 2017
SWRT 015 | Fantasy Adventure
Aug 17, 2017
Story Works Round Table 014 | Foreshadowing Redux
Aug 10, 2017
Story Works Round Table 013 | Plotting Science Fiction
Aug 03, 2017
Story Works Round Table 012 | Foreshadowing
Jul 27, 2017
Story Works Round Table 011 | Openings: Reading & Reacting
Jul 20, 2017
Story Works Round Table 010 |Genre Series: Mystery Plots
Jul 13, 2017
Story Works Round Table 009 | Genre Series: Middle Grade Fantasy
Jul 06, 2017
Story Works Round Table 008 | Making the Unfamiliar Familiar
Jun 29, 2017
Story Works Round Table 007 | Arcless Protagonists
Jun 22, 2017
Story Works Round Table 006 | Genre Series Science Fiction
Jun 15, 2017
Story Works Round Table 005 | Soggy Middle Problem
Jun 08, 2017
Story Works Round Table 004 | Genre Series: Mystery, Characters
Jun 01, 2017
Story Works Round Table ep. 003 | Genre Series: Dark Fiction
May 25, 2017
Story Works Round Table ep. 002 | Point of View
May 25, 2017
Story Works Round Table ep. 001| Dialogue
May 25, 2017
Story Works Round Table Ep. 000 | Introduction
May 19, 2017