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START WRITING

J Washburn, Joseph Bendoskijwashburn.com
Start Writing is a craft-focused podcast dealing with the art of telling stories. We look at the structure of plots, characters, worlds, scenes, word choice, and every other detail that goes into writing great novels.
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Episodes

SW068 DIS Relavent Setting

We begin our exploration of Lisa Cron's work on writing, starting with the setting.

Dec 22, 201722 min

SW067 INT Patrick Adams

We talked with Patrick Adams about indie publishing children's books. What he’s tried in marketing, what worked, and what didn’t. He explains how to approach writing for a child audience and why he chose self-publishing. He walks through his formating process for a image focused book, and what tricks he uses to

Dec 16, 201738 min

SW VOC 002

Weekly Vocabulary for writers. December 8th 2017

Dec 08, 20178 min

SW065 EX Revising Action Beats

We take an in-depth look at Action and rewriting them for a specific emotion. Also, creating an emotional map towards the chapter climax.

Dec 02, 201723 min

SW063 INT Dave Chesson

We talk to Dave Chesson about blurb writing for different markets and how to get better conversions.

Nov 18, 201722 min

SW062 MAR Blurb Theory

We talk about the different theories that exist for blurbs, and go through writing one to show how each works.

Nov 11, 201759 min

SW062 INT David Wright

We interview David Wright about the struggles of a common name as a writer.

Nov 04, 201753 min
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