
About this podcast
Hosted by James Thayer, the podcast is a practical, step-by-step manual on how to craft a novel. It presents a set of tools for large issues such as story development and scene construction (Kirkus Reviews said Thayer's novels are "superbly crafted') and it also examines techniques that will make your sentence-by-sentence writing shine. The New York Times Book Review has said Thayer's "writing is smooth and clear. it wastes no words, and it has a rhythm only confident stylists achieve.
233 episodes · education
Essential Guide to Writing a Novel
About this podcast
Hosted by James Thayer, the podcast is a practical, step-by-step manual on how to craft a novel. It presents a set of tools for large issues such as story development and scene construction (Kirkus Reviews said Thayer's novels are "superbly crafted') and it also examines techniques that will make your sentence-by-sentence writing shine. The New York Times Book Review has said Thayer's "writing is smooth and clear. it wastes no words, and it has a rhythm only confident stylists achieve.
Recent episodes
- Episode 233 - Peeling the onion.4 Sept · 25 min
- Episode 232 - More on making our dialogue engaging for readers.28 Aug · 28 min
- Episode 231 - Techniques to make our dialogue grab readers.21 Aug · 25 min
- Episode 230 - Creating a dastardly villain.14 Aug · 27 min
- Episode 229 - Juice up the setting.7 Aug · 26 min
- Episode 228 - Avoiding dullness in our story.31 Jul · 26 min
- Episode 227 - Becoming a close observer.24 Jul · 28 min
- Episode 226 - Ways to make our sentences shine.17 Jul · 27 min
- Episode 225 - Leave it all on the field.10 Jul · 26 min
- Episode 224 - Using all the senses to describe our character.3 Jul · 26 min