Usually I talk about writing techniques but here are some living techniques for us writers.  And some famous writers&apos; favorite writers and novels.  Plus: what Ernest Hemingway did when he was stuck.  Also: the magic of avoiding dialogue tag modifiers.  And Snoopy.  <a href='http://www.faceyourears.com' target='_blank'>Face Your Ears</a> Explore home recording and music creation with Rich and Justin on 'Face Your Ears'! Listen on: <a href='https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1633675100' target='_blank'>Apple Podcasts</a> &nbsp; <a href='https://open.spotify.com/show/5aRolx4O58kieDlHgaXffq' target='_blank'>Spotify</a><a rel="payment" href="https://www.patreon.com/TheEssentialGuidetoWritingaNovel?view_as=patron">Support the show</a>

<description>&lt;p&gt;Usually I talk about writing techniques but here are some living techniques for us writers.  And some famous writers&amp;apos; favorite writers and novels.  Plus: what Ernest Hemingway did when he was stuck.  Also: the magic of avoiding dialogue tag modifiers.  And Snoopy.  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.faceyourears.com' target='_blank'&gt;Face Your Ears&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;Explore home recording and music creation with Rich and Justin on 'Face Your Ears'!&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;Listen on: &lt;a href='https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1633675100' target='_blank'&gt;Apple Podcasts&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp; &lt;a href='https://open.spotify.com/show/5aRolx4O58kieDlHgaXffq' target='_blank'&gt;Spotify&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a rel="payment" href="https://www.patreon.com/TheEssentialGuidetoWritingaNovel?view_as=patron"&gt;Support the show&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Usually I talk about writing techniques but here are some living techniques for us writers.  And some famous writers' favorite writers and novels.  Plus: what Ernest Hemingway did when he was stuck.  Also: the magic of avoiding dialogue tag modifiers.  And Snoopy.  Face Your EarsExplore home recording and music creation with Rich and Justin on 'Face Your Ears'!Listen on: Apple Podcasts   SpotifySupport the show

Episode 138 - How to live a writer's life.

How can an injury be good for us writers?  It was for Roald Dahl.  And here are Strunk and White&apos;s twenty-one rules of writing.  Also, Stephen King on descriptions.  And several famous setting descriptions, settings so good they are magical.  Plus, Toni Morrison reveals how she works.<a href='http://www.faceyourears.com' target='_blank'>Face Your Ears</a> Explore home recording and music creation with Rich and Justin on 'Face Your Ears'! Listen on: <a href='https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1633675100' target='_blank'>Apple Podcasts</a> &nbsp; <a href='https://open.spotify.com/show/5aRolx4O58kieDlHgaXffq' target='_blank'>Spotify</a><a rel="payment" href="https://www.patreon.com/TheEssentialGuidetoWritingaNovel?view_as=patron">Support the show</a>

<description>&lt;p&gt;How can an injury be good for us writers?  It was for Roald Dahl.  And here are Strunk and White&amp;apos;s twenty-one rules of writing.  Also, Stephen King on descriptions.  And several famous setting descriptions, settings so good they are magical.  Plus, Toni Morrison reveals how she works.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.faceyourears.com' target='_blank'&gt;Face Your Ears&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;Explore home recording and music creation with Rich and Justin on 'Face Your Ears'!&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;Listen on: &lt;a href='https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1633675100' target='_blank'&gt;Apple Podcasts&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp; &lt;a href='https://open.spotify.com/show/5aRolx4O58kieDlHgaXffq' target='_blank'&gt;Spotify&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a rel="payment" href="https://www.patreon.com/TheEssentialGuidetoWritingaNovel?view_as=patron"&gt;Support the show&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

How can an injury be good for us writers?  It was for Roald Dahl.  And here are Strunk and White's twenty-one rules of writing.  Also, Stephen King on descriptions.  And several famous setting descriptions, settings so good they are magical.  Plus, Toni Morrison reveals how she works.Face Your EarsExplore home recording and music creation with Rich and Justin on 'Face Your Ears'!Listen on: Apple Podcasts   SpotifySupport the show

Episode 137 - Twenty-one rules of writing.

A strong way to make a character likeable, and to have the reader root for her, is to have the character experience &quot;otherness.&quot;  She&apos;s out of place.  She doesn&apos;t fit.  Here are techniques on how to do so.  Also, how F. Scott Fitzgerald worked.  And, no whining.<a href='http://www.faceyourears.com' target='_blank'>Face Your Ears</a> Explore home recording and music creation with Rich and Justin on 'Face Your Ears'! Listen on: <a href='https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1633675100' target='_blank'>Apple Podcasts</a> &nbsp; <a href='https://open.spotify.com/show/5aRolx4O58kieDlHgaXffq' target='_blank'>Spotify</a><a rel="payment" href="https://www.patreon.com/TheEssentialGuidetoWritingaNovel?view_as=patron">Support the show</a>

<description>&lt;p&gt;A strong way to make a character likeable, and to have the reader root for her, is to have the character experience &amp;quot;otherness.&amp;quot;  She&amp;apos;s out of place.  She doesn&amp;apos;t fit.  Here are techniques on how to do so.  Also, how F. Scott Fitzgerald worked.  And, no whining.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.faceyourears.com' target='_blank'&gt;Face Your Ears&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;Explore home recording and music creation with Rich and Justin on 'Face Your Ears'!&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;Listen on: &lt;a href='https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1633675100' target='_blank'&gt;Apple Podcasts&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp; &lt;a href='https://open.spotify.com/show/5aRolx4O58kieDlHgaXffq' target='_blank'&gt;Spotify&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a rel="payment" href="https://www.patreon.com/TheEssentialGuidetoWritingaNovel?view_as=patron"&gt;Support the show&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

A strong way to make a character likeable, and to have the reader root for her, is to have the character experience "otherness."  She's out of place.  She doesn't fit.  Here are techniques on how to do so.  Also, how F. Scott Fitzgerald worked.  And, no whining.Face Your EarsExplore home recording and music creation with Rich and Justin on 'Face Your Ears'!Listen on: Apple Podcasts   SpotifySupport the show

Episode 136 - Benefits of a character's otherness.

Contrast is among the strongest tools we writers can use.  It&apos;s magic.  Here is a discussion of how and where to use contrast.  Also, Henry Miller&apos;s rules of writing and how John Grisham works.<a href='http://www.faceyourears.com' target='_blank'>Face Your Ears</a> Explore home recording and music creation with Rich and Justin on 'Face Your Ears'! Listen on: <a href='https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1633675100' target='_blank'>Apple Podcasts</a> &nbsp; <a href='https://open.spotify.com/show/5aRolx4O58kieDlHgaXffq' target='_blank'>Spotify</a><a rel="payment" href="https://www.patreon.com/TheEssentialGuidetoWritingaNovel?view_as=patron">Support the show</a>

<description>&lt;p&gt;Contrast is among the strongest tools we writers can use.  It&amp;apos;s magic.  Here is a discussion of how and where to use contrast.  Also, Henry Miller&amp;apos;s rules of writing and how John Grisham works.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.faceyourears.com' target='_blank'&gt;Face Your Ears&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;Explore home recording and music creation with Rich and Justin on 'Face Your Ears'!&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;Listen on: &lt;a href='https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1633675100' target='_blank'&gt;Apple Podcasts&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp; &lt;a href='https://open.spotify.com/show/5aRolx4O58kieDlHgaXffq' target='_blank'&gt;Spotify&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a rel="payment" href="https://www.patreon.com/TheEssentialGuidetoWritingaNovel?view_as=patron"&gt;Support the show&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Contrast is among the strongest tools we writers can use.  It's magic.  Here is a discussion of how and where to use contrast.  Also, Henry Miller's rules of writing and how John Grisham works.Face Your EarsExplore home recording and music creation with Rich and Justin on 'Face Your Ears'!Listen on: Apple Podcasts   SpotifySupport the show

Episode 135 - Maybe the strongest writing tool - contrast.

We can show (as opposed to tell) about a character&apos;s personality by describing the character&apos;s face and body, so that our physical description does double duty.  Jonathan Franzen&apos;s ten rules of writing.  And techniques to add atmosphere to our scenes.<a href='http://www.faceyourears.com' target='_blank'>Face Your Ears</a> Explore home recording and music creation with Rich and Justin on 'Face Your Ears'! Listen on: <a href='https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1633675100' target='_blank'>Apple Podcasts</a> &nbsp; <a href='https://open.spotify.com/show/5aRolx4O58kieDlHgaXffq' target='_blank'>Spotify</a><a rel="payment" href="https://www.patreon.com/TheEssentialGuidetoWritingaNovel?view_as=patron">Support the show</a>

<description>&lt;p&gt;We can show (as opposed to tell) about a character&amp;apos;s personality by describing the character&amp;apos;s face and body, so that our physical description does double duty.  Jonathan Franzen&amp;apos;s ten rules of writing.  And techniques to add atmosphere to our scenes.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.faceyourears.com' target='_blank'&gt;Face Your Ears&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;Explore home recording and music creation with Rich and Justin on 'Face Your Ears'!&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;Listen on: &lt;a href='https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1633675100' target='_blank'&gt;Apple Podcasts&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp; &lt;a href='https://open.spotify.com/show/5aRolx4O58kieDlHgaXffq' target='_blank'&gt;Spotify&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a rel="payment" href="https://www.patreon.com/TheEssentialGuidetoWritingaNovel?view_as=patron"&gt;Support the show&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

We can show (as opposed to tell) about a character's personality by describing the character's face and body, so that our physical description does double duty.  Jonathan Franzen's ten rules of writing.  And techniques to add atmosphere to our scenes.Face Your EarsExplore home recording and music creation with Rich and Justin on 'Face Your Ears'!Listen on: Apple Podcasts   SpotifySupport the show

Episode 134 - A stong technique for describing a character's personality.

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.

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