On July 26, 2025, Kasie and Rex prepped for their Summer Series presentation with a show on reading like a writer. Here are the show notes: Theme for the day Read Like a Writer Agenda Segment 1 I teach the workshop “Read Like a Writer” as part of my SC Humanities Speakers Bureau offerings. I…
Tag: fiction
Episode 318: Novel Writing From Someone Else’s Perspective
On July 19, 2025, Kasie and Rex took the lead from another blogger and explored novel writing from an intent, purpose, and process perspective. Here are the show notes: Theme for the day Novel Toolkit Agenda Segment 1 & 2 Whilst scrolling through the #writing community hashtag on X (formerly twitter) I found this post…
Episode 317: Effective Use of Dialogue
On July 12, 2025, Kasie and Rex finally did an episode dedicated to dialogue. Here are the show notes: Theme for the day Dialogue Agenda Segment 1 We have kind of edged around dialogue, talking about its role in implacture (episode 314) and exposition but we haven’t focused on Dialogue since before Rex joined the…
Episode 316: No, Dad, I’m Giving Up Your Dream (the coming of age story)
On June 28, 2025, Kasie and Rex took on Coming of Age stories (including cheesy teen movies, Kasie’s favorite film genre). Here are the show notes: Theme for the day Coming of Age Stories Agenda Segment 1 It’s a classic, a trope, a cliche, it’s the coming of age story and everyone knows it because…
Episode 315: The Idiot Plot
On June 21, 2025 Kasie and Rex took on the “idiot” plot. Rex did the notes, Kasie just copy/pasted them. Here they are: Theme for the day The Idiot Plot Agenda Segment 1 The Idiot Plot is less a literary technique and more a narrative hazard—where artificial stupidity drives the story. A clever writer either…
