26 episodes
Episode 1
Rule #1
Jul 29, 2022551 views
Episode 2
The Opening Sentence
Jul 29, 2022182 views
Episode 3
"Show, don't tell"
Jul 29, 2022172 views
Episode 4
Pulling off a plot twist
Jul 29, 2022178 views
Episode 5
Creating an effect on the reader in a scene
Jul 29, 2022121 views
Episode 6
Creating compelling strong female (and male) characters
Jul 29, 2022141 views
Episode 7
Creating a good character
Jul 29, 2022254 views
Episode 8
The infodump
Jul 29, 2022131 views
Episode 9
The opening
Jul 30, 2022154 views
Episode 10
Earning character deaths
Jul 30, 2022122 views
Episode 11
"The Message"
Aug 06, 2022108 views
Episode 12
The Superman dilemma
Aug 07, 2022108 views
Episode 13
Suspension of disbelief
Aug 13, 202297 views
Episode 14
Narrative tension
Aug 13, 202294 views
Episode 15
Subverting expectations
Aug 14, 2022136 views
Episode 16
The "rules" of writing
Aug 17, 2022124 views
Episode 17
Research
Aug 20, 202298 views
Episode 18
Marketing
Aug 21, 2022113 views
Episode 19
Diversity
Sep 01, 202288 views
Episode 20
Pacing (and to a degree, plotting)
Sep 03, 202296 views
Creator
Description
New to the craft? Trying to figure out how to create strong and compelling characters? Want to know how to create suspense, or bring a tear to your readers' eyes?
Then this is the series for you.
I'm Robert B. Marks, an author, editor, and publisher. I've been writing professionally since 1998, and I've got hundreds of publication credits under my belt. I also teach writing and disaster analysis to fourth year math and engineering students at my local university. And I've done a lot thinking about the craft of writing and storytelling over the last few years.
These are my quick guides to many of the techniques and tools you will be using as a storyteller, highlighting how the mechanisms behind them work. Most are principles that will get you best results, but there is one hard rule. Hopefully, these tips should be able to help your stories soar to new heights.
There is no regular update schedule, but any quick guides that appear in the Tapas Forums will also be posted here.
Want to support this and other fiction and non-fiction projects? I've now got a Ko-fi page, with exclusive member content: https://ko-fi.com/robertbmarks
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New to the craft? Trying to figure out how to create strong and compelling characters? Want to know how to create suspense, or bring a tear to your readers' eyes?
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I'm Robert B. Marks, an author, editor, and publisher. I've been writing professionally since 1998, and I've got hundreds of publication credits under my belt. I also teach writing and disaster analysis to fourth year math and engineering students at my local university. And I've done a lot thinking about the craft of writing and storytelling over the last few years.
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