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9 - Dialogue that feels natural
Today, Emily & Rachel talk about how to create dialogue that feels natural.
What you’ll learn from this episode:
how to create intentional and relevant dialogue
using dialogue to show subtext
how to show a...
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8 - Toxic positivity in your writing life
Today, Emily & Rachel talk about toxic positivity in your writing life.
What you’ll learn from this episode:
what toxic positivity is
why it's NOT part of a healthy writing mindset
what you can do to acknowledge...
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7 - Wtf is agency?
Today, Emily & Rachel talk about character agency!
What you’ll learn from this episode:
What agency actually is
The difference between story and scene goals
Using story goals to drive scene goals to create...
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6 - The balance between exposition + info dump
Today, Emily & Rachel talk about the difference between exposition and info dump.
What you’ll learn from this episode:
what is exposition? what is info dump?
the 3 keys to exposition
examples breaking down how...
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5 - Feedback should never feel like this
Today, Emily & Rachel talk about what writing feedback should really be like.
What you’ll learn from this episode:
What feedback should NOT feel like
What feedback SHOULD feel like
What feedback actually...
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4 - A stellar brainstorming technique
Today, Emily & Rachel talk about a brainstorming technique called divergent and convergent thinking.
What you’ll learn from this episode:
how divergent and convergent thinking work
how to let go of the pressure...
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3 - Flawed people are more interesting
Today, Emily & Rachel talk about character flaws.
In this episode you'll learn:
why character flaws are so important
our definition of the Internal Obstacle
the difference between general flaws and the Internal...
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2 - What if it could be easy?
Today, Emily & Rachel talk about our favorite trick to making your writing life easy.
In this episode you'll learn:
how you're probably making writing harder than it needs to be
how to take the pressure off...
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1 - The writing life you deserve
Today on our first official episode, Emily & Rachel talk about building a sustainable writing life.
In this episode you'll learn:
how to avoid the 'shoulds' in your writing life
the 3 pillars of a sustainable...
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Welcome to Story Magic! - Trailer
Hey fiction writer! Want your readers to stay up until 2am, so engrossed in your story they just can’t put it down? Want to build a successful, fulfilling, and sustainable writing life that works for YOU? Story Magic...
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