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This week’s episode is the third and final episode of a three-part series where Taylor takes a deep dive into how removing detail can help to better develop your character and improve your story.  This week we work through the document and see (and hear) Taylor’s revisions of the document, and she explains why she chose the changes she made.  Thanks to S.M. Fedor for providing the source material.

We recorded this as one as video as well. If you want to watch as Taylor works through the material, you’ll find the video on Taylor’s Patreon Page.

You can also download a copy of the document Taylor worked from this week.

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This week’s episode is the second of a three-part series where Taylor takes a deep dive into how removing detail can help to better develop your character and improve your story.  This week we begin fresh with a second draft rewrite and begin the work of line editing to shape it into a compelling narrative.Thanks to S.M. Fedor for providing the source material.

We recorded this as one as video as well. If you want to watch as Taylor works through the material, you’ll find the video on Taylor’s Patreon Page.

You can also download a PDF version of the color-coded document Taylor worked from here.

Thanks so much for joining us again this week!

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Listener C.A. (Carol) Newsome is refreshing the first book in her Lia Anderson Dog Park Mystery Series, to try and bring the level of her craft up to that in the later books in the series.  Carol send the prologue and some of the first chapter to Taylor to get her input on a couple of issues she was dealing with.  THANK YOU, CAROL for sending in the material, which will be the source of our next two shows.

In this episode, Taylor shares some thoughts on adding depth to the sole character in the prologue.

There is video with this episode, which you can see as a public post on Taylor’s Patreon Page.

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That’s how, in writing, you turn chaos into flow. It cannot happen the same way that you would see it in your mind or on a movie screen. In writing, in order for it to make the proper movie it has to happen point by point by point, everything grouped together.

— Taylor

Show Notes

In this week’s episode, part two of our two-part series, we continue our deep dive into the importance of anchoring readers in a chaotic, action filled scene. Because of the detailed level of the material being covered, we have once again included a video version of the podcast so listeners could see what Taylor’s looking at as she speaks.  Please note that this week, the video includes Taylor’s teaching only.  It does not include our flub of the open or our sparkling banter during the chit-chat portion of the show.

We hope the video adds to the educational level of the material, but it’s an experiment. If you find this useful please let us know.  Check the connect page for the different ways in which you can share your thoughts, questions, and comments with the show.

Taylor was working from some first draft material that was generously supplied by author and friend of the show, Carol Newsome.  You can download the Word document with Taylor’s notes here.

Thanks so much for joining us again this week!

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