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The Writership Podcast Editing Tips For Fiction Authors

by Story Editor Leslie Watts

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Ep. 138 World Building

February 8, 2019 · 27 min

In this episode, 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…
Ep. 137 Strengthen Your Setting

January 25, 2019 · 22 min

In this episode, story 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…
Ep. 136 Resolutions

January 18, 2019 · 50 min

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 editor Leslie Watts explores scene and story resolutions in the context of C. Gabriel Wright’s LBGTQ love story…
Ep. 135 Scene and Story Climaxes

January 11, 2019 · 48 min

What are story and scene climaxes? Why do you need them? In this episode, story 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…
Ep. 134 Crisis Questions for Your Scenes

October 20, 2018 · 47 min

What are crisis questions? Why do our stories and scenes need them? In this episode, story 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…

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Ep. 133 Progressive Complications for Your Scenes

September 28, 2018 · 58 min

What are progressive complications? Why do our stories and scenes need them? This week, story editor Leslie Watts discusses the people, places, things, and events that stand between your characters and their goals within the context of the…
Ep. 132 Inciting Incidents for Your Scenes

August 31, 2018 · 47 min

What are inciting incidents? Why do our stories and scenes need them? What are the elements of a solid inciting incident? This week, story editor Leslie Watts discusses these story event catalysts in the context of the opening of Drew…
Ep. 131 Analyzing Your Scenes

July 8, 2018 · 59 min

You’ve written lots of scenes for your work in progress, but how do you know whether they work? In this episode, story editor Leslie Watts shows you how to analyze your scenes by looking at the opening of AW Moyer’s YA fantasy story, The…
130. Writing with Abandon with Grant Faulkner

June 29, 2018 · 57 min

In this episode, story 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…
Ep. 129 Essential and Literal Action in Your Scenes

June 22, 2018 · 60 min

In this episode, 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…
128. How to Take Your Story from Pretty Good to WOW!

June 15, 2018 · 1 hr 9 min

In this episode, editors Leslie Watts and Lori Puma critique “Night Fishing,” a coming of age short story by Kevin Glasgow. They discuss how to take your story from pretty good to WOW. You’ll discover specific tools to improve a story…
127. Meeting Reader Expectations for Your Fiction Sales Category

April 13, 2018 · 53 min

Leslie welcomes James Thorn, an author of dystopian and post-apocalyptic fiction and Story Grid Certified editor, to discuss how you can discover reader expectations related to your sales category. They consider how dystopian and…

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About the show

On the Writership Podcast, professional book editor Leslie Watts critiques five pages of fiction from writers who are, or soon hope to be, traditionally or independently published. The submissions come from actual authors who understand they may need help seeing the flaws in their stories and are brave enough to share this experience so that you might improve your writing too.