On November 19th Kasie and Rex take on tension (again) and segue into the revision-by-scene process. Kasie went to Clemson so this episode was recorded on the 17th. Here are the show notes: Theme for the day Tension in Scenes: Revising each scene to make sure it meets expectations Agenda So we said last week…
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Episode 206: What’s Not Being Said and other kinds of tension
On November 12, 2022, Kasie and Rex took on the topic of tension in the book and the scene. Types, reasons, and how to. Here are the show notes: Theme for the day How to Create Tension in Scenes Agenda First, just as a head’s up, next week we’re going to do “writing isn’t easy…
Episode 200: It Shoulda Been Me
On September 24, 2022, Kasie and Rex delivered their 200th episode on Writer Envy. Here are the show notes: Theme for the day Writer Envy Sucks Agenda Segment 1 So I was scrolling through recommended podcasts and found #AmWriting. If you’re unfamiliar with the #amwriting, it began with a woman in Colorado on Twitter who…
Special Guest: Jerry Dean Pate’s “lost cause”
On September 3, 2022, Rex was on a cruise with his bride so Jerry Dean Pate joined Kasie in the studio to talk about his first novel, Plagued by Bad Beliefs. Here are the show notes: Theme for the day Challenging the myth of the lost Cause Agenda Last week’s episode on war was so…
Episode 194: It’s the good advice that you just didn’t take. (But not really.)
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…
