Displaying Episode 21 - 30 of 223 in total of Writing Tips and Writerly Musings with the tag “beta-reading”.
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5 Ways Stronger Verbs Can Improve Your Writing
June 9th, 2025 | Season 8 | 5 mins 23 secs
beta-reading, books, critique, grammar, stephen king, verbs, writers, writing, writing tips
Everyone talks about the importance of "strong verbs", and Stephen King is infamously quoted as recommending getting rid of your adverbs. So, let's do a quick grammar refresher and see exactly how to do this for your writing.
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Writing/Illustrating Comics
June 2nd, 2025 | Season 8 | 7 mins 1 sec
beta-reading, books, comic books, comics, critique, illustrator, writers, writing, writing tips
"Learn the ins and outs of what goes into creating a great comic book!" Or, at least, my notes from panelists talking about what they think makes a great comic book.
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Writing With Meisner
May 26th, 2025 | Season 8 | 4 mins 33 secs
beta-reading, books, critique, meisner, writers, writing, writing tips
Meisner is an acting method with the focus of staying in the moment and responding to present circumstances. By applying the basics of Meisner, authors can resolve or worsen the conflict, build deep characters, and avoid plot holes while staying dynamic, present, and responsive in their manuscript. While I usually don't usually write up workshops, I have to gush about the titular workshop with Ian Kirkpatrick at Imaginarium 2021.
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Writing Anthology
May 19th, 2025 | Season 8 | 5 mins 35 secs
beta-reading, books, critique, writers, writing, writing tips
A discussion on tips, steps, and guidelines to follow when writing for an anthology - Notes from Imaginarium.
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A Love Story: Tips on Writing Romance
July 1st, 2024 | Season 8 | 4 mins 28 secs
beta-reading, books, critique, writers, writing, writing tips
Tips from romance writers on how to write an enchanting love story that is fresh and will leave your readers wanting more.
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Imaginary Creatures, Real Biology
June 24th, 2024 | Season 8 | 7 mins 43 secs
beta-reading, books, critique, writers, writing, writing tips
What if the creatures of folklore existed alongside us? How would we need to rearrange our taxonomic systems to incorporate them? What sorts of diseases would we need to watch out for? And what could you do to keep them away from your magnolias?
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Character Creation: 8 Tips for Getting to Know Your Characters
June 17th, 2024 | Season 8 | 7 mins 43 secs
beta-reading, books, critique, writers, writing, writing tips
Learn how to create compelling characters for your story, here are 8 techniques for getting to know your characters
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Taming Your Squirrels (A Writer's Guide to Staying Focused)
June 10th, 2024 | Season 8 | 6 mins 49 secs
beta-reading, books, critique, writers, writing, writing tips
Writers often are full of ideas and have an ever-growing list of projects to work on. Day-to-day life can get distracting and staying focused long enough to finish drafting and polishing a project can be an ongoing challenge. Here are some tips and tricks from other writers on staying focused.
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Incorporating Critique
May 20th, 2024 | Season 8 | 6 mins 8 secs
beta-reading, books, critique, writers, writing, writing tips
Someone’s read your work in progress… and they have feedback. How do you know what should be worked in, and how can you do it so that changes feel consistent with what you’ve written? How can you deal with conflicting suggestions? What’s the difference between constructive feedback and a reader’s personal preference?
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Working with a 3 Act Structure
May 13th, 2024 | Season 8 | 7 mins 46 secs
balticon, beta-reading, books, critique, writers, writing, writing tips
The three-act structure has been the standard in Western storytelling for millenia. How can we create innovative, exciting work in a format the audience is expecting? How do we make the middle part powerful and lasting when most of the attention-grabbing moments are at the beginning and end?