Oct 31, 2023
Art recounts how specific detail in his "gateway" Donald Barthelme story, "The Indian Uprising," lit a fuse that ultimately made him want to become a writer.
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Oct 24, 2023
Tim and Art discuss the ways to create meaning in your manuscript through specific detail. Art offers a two-step process to creating memorable specific detail and a three-part justification of why you should do it. The episode ends with a list of three risks to avoid when deploying specific detail in your work.
To...
Oct 17, 2023
Art recaps the two tips to writing a setting that sings, keeping your setting from feeling "arbitrary" and building your setting from the "inside out." Mastering these two techniques will help your setting complement your characters, action, and theme.
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Oct 10, 2023
Tim and Art discuss the two biggest takeaways from building a quality setting in your book. Tim and Art make a case for not allowing your setting to be arbitrary and to build it from the "inside out" to improve the reader's experience.
Tim and Art also discuss their own in-progress manuscripts to illustrate where their...
Oct 3, 2023
Theme is what your story is (in big capital letters) ABOUT... that central idea, untethered to the plot or characters, that emerges from the descriptions, situations, snippets of dialogue, symbols, and all the little choices you’ve made throughout the narrative.
Art explores how Theme is emergent in your drafts, and...