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![Character Development and Novel Structures are Creepy Besties. Here's why.](https://episodes.castos.com/dogsaresmarterthanpeople/images/1218788/orange-black-coffee-man-suit-podcast-instagram-portrait-3-1.jpg)
Character Development and Novel Structures are Creepy Besties. Here's why.
I am a big fan of boiling things down to simple components and not spending a ton of time on things blathering on, so...
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WTF EVEN IS A SCENE
It’s this element of structure for the story. We all write them, but sometimes it seems like this overlooked aspect of our stories. I’m...
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![PROS AND CONS OF PRESENT AND PAST TENSE](https://episodes.castos.com/dogsaresmarterthanpeople/images/1199841/orange-black-coffee-man-suit-podcast-instagram-portrait-3-1.jpg)
PROS AND CONS OF PRESENT AND PAST TENSE
This week we’re going to give a quick rundown of the pros and cons of present and past tense. For some books, you just...
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Astonishers. Gaspers. Screamers. What your exclamation point addiction or avoidance says about you.
Astonishers. Gaspers. Screamers. What your exclamation point addiction or avoidance says about you.
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![Using the Tools of Actors to Be a Better Writer](https://episodes.castos.com/dogsaresmarterthanpeople/images/1186062/orange-black-coffee-man-suit-podcast-instagram-portrait-3-1.jpg)
Using the Tools of Actors to Be a Better Writer
I come from a theater background—a sort of. Basically, I spent a lot of my time singing and dancing and acting (badly) when I...
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![The Demon Named White Room Syndrome and How to Exorcise It From Your Story](https://episodes.castos.com/dogsaresmarterthanpeople/images/1177268/orange-black-coffee-man-suit-podcast-instagram-portrait-3-1.jpg)
The Demon Named White Room Syndrome and How to Exorcise It From Your Story
There’s a demon that infiltrates a lot of our fiction and memoirs and that demon has a name. Learn about White Room Syndrome with...