Ep. 138 World Building
The Writership Podcast | Editing Tips For Fiction Authors
by Leslie Watts, Story Grid Certified fiction editor
5y ago
In this episode, Story Grid certified editor Leslie Watts takes a small detour from the usual format to discuss World Building, the way you craft the domain your characters inhabit. She offers several exercises to help improve your story by strengthening your world. The Writership Podcast is designed to help you develop self-editing skills and write a better story. In a typical episode, Leslie critiques a fiction submission from a real writer who is, or hopes to be, a published author. They understand they may need help seeing what's working and not in their stories and are brave enough to sha ..read more
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Ep. 137 Strengthen Your Setting
The Writership Podcast | Editing Tips For Fiction Authors
by Leslie Watts, Story Grid Certified fiction editor
5y ago
In this episode, Story Grid certified editor Leslie Watts takes a small detour from the usual format to discuss story setting, the place and time where your character gets into and hopefully out of trouble. She offered three exercises to help strengthen your setting and story. The Writership Podcast is designed to help you develop self-editing skills and write a better story. In every episode, Leslie critiques a fiction submission from a real writer who is, or hopes to be, a published author. They understand they may need help seeing what's working and not in their stories and are brave enough ..read more
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Ep. 136 Resolutions
The Writership Podcast | Editing Tips For Fiction Authors
by Leslie Watts, Story Grid Certified fiction editor
5y ago
We all have some idea of what a resolution is, but what are these scene- and story-enders meant to do? In this episode, Story Grid certified editor Leslie Watts explores scene and story resolutions in the context of C. Gabriel Wright’s LBGTQ love story, “Someone.” The editorial mission encourages you to collect resolutions by reading and watching stories—and from your own life. The Writership Podcast is designed to help you develop self-editing skills and write a better story. In each episode, Leslie critiques a fiction submission from a real writer who is, or hopes to be, a published author ..read more
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Ep. 135 Scene and Story Climaxes
The Writership Podcast | Editing Tips For Fiction Authors
by Leslie Watts, Story Grid Certified fiction editor
5y ago
What are story and scene climaxes? Why do you need them? In this episode, Story Grid certified editor Leslie Watts discusses the decisions your characters make, as well as the actions they take, when faced with a dilemma. You’ll hear Matt Bizzel’s horror story, "A Window Out: Or, the Accidental Death of Frank Ortiz" and Leslie’s analysis of the scene. The editorial mission encourages you to collect examples of these critical decisions and actions by reading and watching stories—and from your own life. The Writership Podcast is designed to help you develop self-editing skills and write a better ..read more
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Ep. 134 Crisis Questions for Your Scenes
The Writership Podcast | Editing Tips For Fiction Authors
by Leslie Watts, Story Grid Certified fiction editor
5y ago
What are crisis questions? Why do our stories and scenes need them? In this episode, Story Grid certified editor Leslie Watts discusses the dilemmas your characters face on the way to scene and story resolutions in the context of the opening of Jerry Dawson’s science fiction story, Meteor. The editorial mission encourages you to collect crisis questions by reading and watching stories—and from your own life. The Writership Podcast is designed to help you develop self-editing skills and write a better story. In every episode, Leslie critiques a fiction submission from a real writer who is, or h ..read more
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Ep. 133 Progressive Complications for Your Scenes
The Writership Podcast | Editing Tips For Fiction Authors
by Leslie Watts, Story Grid Certified fiction editor
5y ago
What are progressive complications? Why do our stories and scenes need them? This week, Story Grid Certified editor Leslie Watts discusses the people, places, things, and events that stand between your characters and their goals within the context of the opening of Anna Ferguson’s YA science fiction novel, The Empire of Saffron. The editorial mission encourages you to collect progressive complications by reading and watching stories—and from your own life. The Writership Podcast is designed to help you develop self-editing skills and write a better story. In every episode, Leslie critiques a f ..read more
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Ep. 132 Inciting Incidents for Your Scenes
The Writership Podcast | Editing Tips For Fiction Authors
by Leslie Watts, Story Grid Certified fiction editor
5y ago
What are inciting incidents? Why do our stories and scenes need them? What are the elements of a solid inciting incident? This week, Story Grid Certified editor Leslie Watts discusses these story event catalysts in the context of the opening of Drew Horstman’s fantasy novel, Nicholas Crumb. The editorial mission encourages you to collect inciting incidents by reading and watching stories—and from your own life. The Writership Podcast is designed to help you develop self-editing skills and write a better story. In every episode, Leslie critiques a fiction submission from a real writer who is, o ..read more
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Ep. 131 Analyzing Your Scenes
The Writership Podcast | Editing Tips For Fiction Authors
by Leslie Watts, Story Grid Certified fiction editor
5y ago
You’ve written lots of scenes for your work in progress, but how do you know whether they work? In this episode, Story Grid Certified editor Leslie Watts shows you how to analyze your scenes by looking at the opening of AW Moyer’s YA fantasy story, The Grim Book. The Writership Podcast is designed to help you develop self-editing skills and write better stories. In a typical episode, my guest-host and I critique a fiction submission from a real writer who is, or hopes to be, a published author. These writers want to find out what's working and not in their stories and are brave enough to share ..read more
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130. Writing with Abandon with Grant Faulkner
The Writership Podcast | Editing Tips For Fiction Authors
by Leslie Watts, Story Grid Certified fiction editor
5y ago
In this episode, Story Grid certified editor Leslie Watts discusses writing with abandon with Grant Faulkner, the Executive Director of National Novel Writing Month. They talk about what it means to write with abandon, how to go about it, and why it’s important. In lieu of an editorial mission, Grant shares the word sprint, an old NaNoWriMo practice to help you get your words down—just in time for Camp NaNoWriMo in July. Click here for the full show notes ..read more
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Ep. 129 Essential and Literal Action in Your Scenes
The Writership Podcast | Editing Tips For Fiction Authors
by Leslie Watts, Story Grid Certified fiction editor
5y ago
In this episode, Story Grid Certified Editors Leslie Watts and Anne Hawley discuss literal and essential action in the context of “Madeline,” a short horror story by Nathaniel Patterson. They show you how to identify the essential action (the character’s scene goal) and literal action (what the character does to achieve it) within your own scenes. You’ll find out why the essential action should be consistent and aligned with the character’s story goal (or conscious object of desire). In the editorial mission, they encourage you to identify the essential and literal action of a scene from a sto ..read more
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