Sep 26, 2023
Tim and Art discuss how themes arrive in your work, whether intentional or accidental. Does the author fully control the themes that are present? Or is the reader essential as a co-creator of the themes? Do you even need theme in your work? What is theme anyway? We have opinions!
Sep 19, 2023
Art comes clean about how little progress he has made on his novel draft. The result is a hard look at why we let the everyday crowd out our writing time and, more importantly, how to recommit to the work. Art recaps how to use Draft Zero to plot out the nearest scenes (not the whole story) then ends the episode with...
Sep 12, 2023
Tim and Art discuss how they are trying to keep pushing their manuscripts forward, from applying the "Draft Zero" concept to writing out your story's theme to planning (and achieving) incremental progress.
To connect with Tim and Art directly, email the show at TiffinInnWritingWorkshop@gmail.com.
Sep 5, 2023
Art reviews the five "lenses" we can use to strengthen our first draft dialogue-Melody, Brevity, Plausibility, Tension, and Subtext-and how to use them to improve your dialogue in subsequent drafts.
To connect with Tim and Art directly, email the show at TiffinInnWritingWorkshop@gmail.com.