Hosted by James Thayer, the podcast is a practical, step-by-step manual on how to craft a novel. It presents a set of tools for large issues such as story development and scene construction (Kirkus Reviews said Thayer's novels are "superbly crafted') and it also examines techniques that will make your sentence-by-sentence writing shine. The New York Times Book Review has said Thayer's "writing is smooth and clear. it wastes no words, and it has a rhythm only confident stylists achieve.

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Episode 220 - Cut to the chase. 2026-06-05
Episode 219 - How to get our story going. 2026-05-29
Episode 218 - Our writer's voice. 2026-05-22
Episode 217 - Why and how to practice. And Edgar Alan Poe. 2026-05-15
Episode 216 - Too many characters is a scene. 2026-05-08
Episode 215 - The ratchet, a strong plotting tool. 2026-05-01
Episode 214 - Famous writers show us how to write and live. 2026-04-24
Episode 213 - Save the cat plotting. 2026-04-17
Episode 212 - Getting skilled with point of view. 2026-04-10
Episode 211 - How to have fun while writing. 2026-04-03
Episode 210 - Timeless plot patterns. 2026-03-27
Episode 209 - Avoiding blunders in our story. 2026-03-20
Episode 208 - How to paint pictures with words. 2026-03-13
Episode 207 - When the hero lies to the reader. 2026-03-06
Episode 206 - How to get lots of plot ideas. 2026-02-27
Episiode 205 - How to stop stalling and get going. 2026-02-20
Episode 204 - Meaningless modifiers and what to cut. 2026-02-13
Episode 203 - Argument makes our dialogue riveting. 2026-02-06
Episode 202 - How to have fun while writing. 2026-01-30
Episode 201 - A formula for strong sentences. 2026-01-23
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