On July 30, 2022, Kasie and Rex continued their trudge through literary devices with frame stories, hyperbole, and irony. Not in the Alanis Morissette way. Here are the show notes: Theme for the day Framestory, hyperbole, and irony Agenda Link to the podcast Segment 1 Last week we continued our work with literary devices working…
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Episode 193: The best of times. The Worst of times. Classic.
On July 23, 2022, Kasie and Rex continued their travel through literary devices with juxtaposition and flashbacks. Here are the show notes: Theme for the day Flashback and Juxtaposition Agenda Link to the podcast Segment 1 Last week we continued our work with literary devices working on themes and their workhorses: symbolism and motifs. This…
Episode 189: Those Query Pages Suck
On June 25, 2022, Kasie and Rex went back to the rejection well looking at how to adjust those query pages. Here are the show notes: Theme for the day Rejection sucks and so do your first three chapters Agenda Link to the podcast Segment 1 Last week we talked about rejection. We’ve all been…
Episode 187: The Work of Rewriting
On May 21, 2022, Kasie and Rex took on the challenge of rewriting your novel. Here are the show notes: Theme for the day The Work of a ReWrite Agenda Link to the podcast Segment 1 Got my manuscript back from the developmental editor and while a lot of what he had to say was…
Episode 180: It’s All Been Done Before
On March 26, 2022, Kasie and Rex took on Christopher Booker’s 7 Basic Plots. Here are the show notes: Theme for the day The Seven Basic Plots Agenda What are the 7 Basic Plots? Deeper Dive on one or two How to write the one (or two) we focus on Segment 1 The South Carolina…
