A good theme can provide the heart and glue that binds your story together. Characters, dialogue, setting, and symbolism are important in conveying your theme to the reader. In this episode, Russ and Tim dive into the common themes and how they used them in their writing.
Book swap! In this episode, Russ and Tim trade books from their favorite genres and give a review. Russ read Nick Cutter’s The Troop while Tim read Lee Child’s The Killing Floor.
Is that an adverb? Ditch it. Overly verbose exposition? Delete. Detailed descriptions of everyday objects? Get rid of it! In this episode, Russ and Tim discuss killing their darlings and reflect on what they left Read more…
