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Writer's Block Writer's Block
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A writing podcast for dealing with writer's block while writing your book from start to finish. Updated every Sunday night. Email us questions, pitches, or anything you want feedback on!: write2writersblock@gmail.com
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35: The "LOCK" Plot Structure
35: In this episode, we discuss James Scott Bell's "LOCK" story structure from his book "Plot & Structure." L: Focus on making an interesting Lead character. O: Find an interesting Objective for your character/story. C: Make sure there is good Conflict. K: give your audience a knockout ending.
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34. Story Ideating
Want to come up with a new story idea? Check out James Scott Bell's book, "Plot and Structure." We discuss a few things to do when you're out of ideas: 1. Ask yourself, "What if?" 2. get inspiration from music, 3. start with a character, 4. do a rewrite, and 5. flip a genre.
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33. Writing Female Characters
This is for everyone who's working on writing female characters! (So yeah, that better be everyone). Sorry for the delay, please subscribe to see when new episodes come out, because apparently we're super unreliable...
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32: Revising Your First Chapter
WE'RE BACK! In this episode, Becky shares previous versions of the first chapter of her book and explains what and why she revised to improve her first chapter. New episodes coming your way once a month! Let's get ready for Nanowrimo! Spotify users: please take a second to answer our question and leave us a comment for any questions you may have. Or email us at: write2writersblock@gmail.com.
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31: Save the Cat (Breakdown Part 2)
*Republished.* In this episode, we share the rest of the beats of Blake Snyder's beat sheet from the Christmas Carol. We go into more depth about the beats after "break into two." So, this includes the second two acts of the three-act structure: 7. B Story, 8. Fun and Games, 9. Midpoint, 10. Bad Guys Close In, 11. All is Lost, 12. Dark Night of the Soul, 13. Break Into Three, 14. Finale, 15. Final Image. Anything you want to learn about? Anything you need advice on? Email us: write2writersblock@gmail.com.
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30: Save the Cat (Breakdown Part 1)
*Republished.* In this episode, we explain A Christmas Carol using the Blake Snyder's Save the Cat Beat Sheet. In part 1 we cover: 1. Opening Image, 2. Theme Stated, 3. Set-up, 4. Catalyst, 5. Debate, and 6. Break into Two. (We will explain the following beats in next week's episode). Do you use the Save the Cat? Let us know!: write2writersblock@gmail.com. Here's the beat sheet from the Save the Cat website: https://savethecat.com/beat-sheets/a-christmas-carol-novel-beat-sheet