S13E1 – The Solution to Awkward Dialogue
Dialogue is not just quotation. It is grimaces, pauses, adjustments of blouse buttons, doodles on a napkin, and crossings of legs. – Jerome Stern
Ley Esses
Ley is an editor and author of action/suspense novels.
S12E7 – Getting the Most Effective Reviews
Be undeniably good. No marketing effort or social media buzzword can be a substitute for that.- Anthony Volodkin
S12E3 – Choosing the Right Medium for Your Book
Lovers of print are simply confusing the plate for the food. – Douglas Adams
S11E9 – Best: Improving Your Writing to Achieve Your Best
Hard work without talent is a shame, but talent without hard work is a tragedy. – Robert Half
S11E8 – Plan: Basics of Planning a Story from Start to Finish
I don’t plot my books rigidly, follow a preconceived structure. A novel mustn’t be a closed system – it’s a quest. – Kurt Vonnegut
S11E1 – Sell: How to Decide to Market Your Writing
If a book about failures doesn’t sell, is it a success? – Jerry Seinfeld
S10E3 – Creating and Developing Character Relationships
A lone protagonist never receives as great a reaction as one with a well-developed supporting cast. – Susan Spann
S9E9 – Suspension of Disbelief
It all begins with drawing yourself and your reader into what I call the Fictive Bubble. Think of it like a large soap bubble. That bubble is your story world and everything that happens there, regardless of genre. Your first objective is to pull a reader into it, where they will take an incredible journey with your characters. Your second objective is to keep the reader there, in that bubble. – Ted Dekker
S9E8 – The Rules of Writing
Forget all the rules. Forget about being published. Write for yourself and celebrate writing. – Melinda Haynes
S9E5 – God Mode
I certainly love writing books. I’ve always loved writing short stories and novels because in prose, you get all the control. – Maria Headley