Helping Writers Become Authors
by K.M. WeilandHosted by award-winning story coach K.M. Weiland, the Helping Writers Become Authors podcast will take you deep into story theory, writing techniques, and all the incredible wisdom of story. There is no such thing as "just a story." Come along to find out how to write YOUR best story, astound the world, and (just maybe) change your life!
Copyright: ℗ & © 2024 K.M. Weiland
Episodes
Ep. 623: The Backstory Drip (Backstory Techniques, Pt. 3 of 3)
18m · PublishedDiscover the versatile and effective technique of the backstory drip by learning four techniques for revealing backstory in your story.
Ep. 622: Backstory-as-Story vs. Alternating Timelines (Backstory Techniques, Pt. 2 of 3)
16m · PublishedBackstory techniques are crucial to the success of any story. Backstory-as-story and alternating timelines are two possible approaches.
Ep. 621: Prologues vs. Flashbacks (Backstory Techniques, Pt. 1 of 3)
17m · PublishedLearn how to use four specific backstory techniques to share character histories with your audience, starting with prologues and flashbacks.
Ep. 620: How Archetypes Changed My Life and My Writing
18m · PublishedWhen "good writing" strikes its steel upon the flint of archetypes, there is a sudden unity of truth between author and reader.
Ep. 619: Here Are Two Ways to Write Organic Themes
20m · PublishedLearn how organic themes arise from plot (and vice versa) and specifically how to recognize five important elements of an organic theme.
Ep. 618: Genre Tips: How to Write Literary Fiction
19m · PublishedLearning how to write literary fiction can be helpful not only in writing the genre itself, but in raising the vibration on any type of story.
Ep. 617: Genre Tips: How to Write Mystery
17m · PublishedLearning how to write mystery stories involves the most impressive trick of all: outsmarting readers while still playing fair with the clues.
Ep. 616: Genre Tips: How to Write Historical Fiction
20m · PublishedLearning how to write historical fiction requires the skills to a well-drawn story, with the added responsibility of evoking times gone by.
Ep. 615: Genre Tips: How to Write Romance
18m · PublishedLearning how to write romance requires both strong technique and the courage to write vulnerably about this integral part of life.
Ep. 614: Genre Tips: How to Write Fantasy
18m · PublishedFantasy combines imagination and innovation with deep roots in archetype and myth. Here are five tips for how to write fantasy.
Helping Writers Become Authors has 665 episodes in total of non- explicit content. Total playtime is 144:11:09. The language of the podcast is English. This podcast has been added on August 7th 2022. It might contain more episodes than the ones shown here. It was last updated on May 17th, 2024 05:45.