Episode 125 A conversation with Book Coach and Literary Agent Sandra O'Donnell (Part 2 of 2)

The Creative Writer's Toolbelt

Aug 03 2018 | 00:43:58

00:00 / 00:43:58

Show Notes

This episode is the second part of a conversation I had with Dr Sandra O'Donnell, founding partner of RO Literary. Sandra is a book coach and literary agent, and author of "Your first fifteen pages" an agent's guide to writing a novel that editors will publish and readers will buy. In this episode, we look at how the 'why' of your novel has to hook the reader, how character and place work with the inciting incident and Sandra gives us her advice on mastering 3rd person Point of View in the ensemble story. We also discuss three of the most useful tools a writer can use: Airtable, Grammarly, and Story Grid.

Other Episodes

Episode

July 08, 2016 • 00:44:45

Episode 71 - Interview with Ian McDonald

This episode is a conversation with Northern Ireland based author Ian McDonald. Ian has been a professional writer for over twenty five years, and...

Episode

November 27, 2016 • 01:06:27

Episode 85 - An interview with Anne Perry editor at Hodder and Stoughton

This episode is a wide ranging interview with commissioning editor Anne Perry from Hodder and Stoughton. Anne draws on her experience to talk about...

Episode 179

July 20, 2022 • 00:59:25

Episode 179: Escaping the submissions treadmill: could a service like Submitit be the way forward?

Erik Harper Klass is the founder of Submitit, a company that directly addresses the stress and uncertainty of the submissions treadmill. Submitting your work,...