This week we’re exploring how a simple three-column chart can help increase your sentence fluency and word choice, making your[…]
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These videos were produced for people who supported Brad and the podcast through Patreon. Since we’ve discontinued our Patreon affiliation, we’ve also stopped producing these videos. We’ve left them up here for the benefit of everyone, though!
VIDEO: Real-Time Revision 27 – Demystifying Colons and Semicolons
Today we’ll look at a different way of thinking about colons and semicolons that helps a lot of writers FINALLY[…]
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VIDEO: Real-Time Revision 26 – A Deep Dive into Scene Revision using “Story Grid” Techniques
This week I’m deep into analyzing and reconstructing each scene of my initial draft so that it’s working in tandem[…]
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VIDEO: Real-Time Revision 25 – What is Theme and How to Explore It in Your Writing
The concept of “theme” is, for whatever reason, one of the hardest writing elements to understand. In today’s Real-Time Revision,[…]
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VIDEO: Writer’s Room 4 – OPEN CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS!
Every month, one podcast listener’s manuscript is chosen for a free 2-3 page critique and review! It’s a great chance[…]
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VIDEO: Behind-the-Scenes Journal 7: Rethinking Patreon
In another informal check-in video, Brad talks about how he’s rethinking the way he’s been using Patreon and a few[…]
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VIDEO: Real-Time Revision 24 – How to Use the “Third Thing” Technique to Write Subtext
This is a companion video for episode 27 of the Inside Creative Writing Podcast where we explore the technique of[…]
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VIDEO: Real-Time Revision 23 – Experimenting with the “Story Grid” Editing System
I’ve just finished reading Shawn Coyne’s Story Grid about editing and revision. In this week’s Real-Time Revision, I use some[…]
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VIDEO: Real-Time Revision 22 – How to Use the S.W.B.S. and the S.N.B.S. to Develop a Scene
Today’s video is a companion piece to podcast episode #24 available here. You’ll get an insider’s view of how I[…]
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VIDEO: Real-Time Revision 21 – How and Why to Get Rid of Directional Words (Like Down, Up, Back & Around)
What’s wrong with words like “up,” “down,” “back,” and “around?” Like so many other words on the Kill List, they[…]
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