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• Episode #422: How to Decide Between Plain Prose and Beautiful Prose: Writers must know how to craft words that are beautiful because they are true and words that true because they are beautiful. Consider eight principles of writing both plain prose and beautiful prose.
• Episode #423: Your Ultimate First Chapter Checklist, Pt. 1: Hooking Readers: Here’s a first chapter checklist to help you provide the setup for a solid story and pique your readers’ curiosity with amazing hooks.
• Episode #424: Your Ultimate First Chapter Checklist, Pt. 2: Writing the Opening Chapter: The opening scene is special in many ways. It takes the normal duties of a normal scene and amplifies them into a microcosm of the entire story to come. Here are five things your opening scene needs to ace.
• Episode #425: Your Ultimate First Chapter Checklist, Pt. 3: Introducing the Story: What does it mean to introduce your story in the first chapter? A successful introduction of your story is an introduction of the deeper subtext–the thematic principle, the character arc, and the aspects of the plot that will drive or be driven by it. Find out how!
• Episode #426: What Should Your Characters Talk About?: Let’s take a look at what meaningful dialogue looks like and how you can find answers to “what should your characters talk about?” on every single page.