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Episode 56 - Toolbelt EXTRA: Interview with Al Robertson
Toolbelt EXTRA is an additional episode outside of the usual fortnightly regular podcasts. In these longer episodes we take a deep dive into the...
Episode 55 - Don't just talk the talk! Squeezing everything out of your characters interactions
I'm responding to a listener question in this episode by looking at the issue of character interaction. How can we use it to best...
Episode 54 - Interview with crime writer Wendy H Jones
Wendy H Jones is a self-published crime writer and part of the controversial "Tartan Noire" movement of Scottish Crime Fiction. Wendy has published three...
Episode 53 - Perfecting the devil. How to create a deliciously wicked antagonist
This episode is all about the protagonist's nemesis, the antagonist. Traditionally seen as 'the bad guy' the antagonist's real function in a story is...
Episode 52 - Superfood for the writer's brain
In this episode, released on Christmas Day 2015, we take time out from the usual teaching and interviews for a few minutes to reflect...
Episode 51 - True to the End. The keys to developing your protagonist's character arc
Nothing holds the reader in your story like a compelling, authentic character, and an essential element of developing a character is developing their character...