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About Story Strategy

Dawn and Nancy - story coaches and editors at indie fiction house Evident Ink - discuss how to make your fiction writing stronger. We explore topics of craft (characterization, plot, pacing, etc.), marketing (audience identification, rules of the genres, and understanding your comps), and more.

29 Episodes

Episode 78: In Which Kristan Higgins Contemplates Lad Lit And Po-Fam Romance
Fri, 01 Nov 2024


Episode 77: In Which Cecelia Mecca Juggles
Fri, 04 Oct 2024


Episode 76: In Which Julia Jarrett Talks About Hanson. (Dreamy Sigh.)
Fri, 30 Aug 2024


Episode 75: In Which Mona Shroff Waits Beneath Clerys Clock
Fri, 16 Aug 2024


Episode 74: In Which Ines Johnson Enters Her Godmother's Pantry
Fri, 02 Aug 2024


Episode 73: In Which Denny S. Bryce Time Travels
Fri, 26 Jul 2024


Episode 72: In Which Lena Hendrix Discusses Whether Mafia Cowboys Will Ever Be A Thing
Fri, 19 Jul 2024


Episode 71: In Which Kait Nolan Talks About Talking To Herself
Fri, 12 Jul 2024


Episode 70: In Which Pippa Grant Ponders Rage
Fri, 21 Jun 2024


Episode 69: In Which Sylvie Discusses Superpowers
Fri, 14 Jun 2024


Episode 68: In Which Marika Ray Searches For The Secret Sauce
Fri, 07 Jun 2024


Episode 67: The One Where International Bestseller Kelly Collins Ponders The Pepper Rating
Sat, 01 Jun 2024


Episode 66: Delancey Stewart - Exploring Writing Process
Tue, 21 May 2024


Episode 65: Talking Tropes And Building Better Stories
Wed, 13 Mar 2024


Episode 64: Marketing Focus - Understanding Comps
Tue, 05 Mar 2024


Episode 63: What The Heck Is Deep Point Of View?
Mon, 26 Feb 2024


Making Readers Care With Melanie Harlow
Sun, 10 Jul 2022


Build A Book Blurb That Sells Your Book
Tue, 21 Jun 2022


Mini-Story Coaching Chat With Author Daniela Romero
Tue, 07 Jun 2022


Story Strategy 60: Mini Episode - Live Coaching Session With Author Rae Fields
Thu, 19 May 2022


Live Story Coaching With Authors Aria Wyatt And Erin A. King
Wed, 04 May 2022


Story Strategy 58: Building Story From Character
Mon, 14 Mar 2022


Story Strategy Episode 57: Writing Stories, Starting From Plot
Tue, 22 Feb 2022


Story Strategy - Episode 56 - Story Structure
Thu, 20 Jan 2022


Story Strategy 55: How To Begin...
Fri, 07 Jan 2022


Episode 6 (reboot) - Busting Writing Myths With Becca Syme
Wed, 05 Jan 2022


Story Strategy Episode 54 - Finding Your Readers
Tue, 07 Dec 2021


Story Strategy Episode 53: Co-Writing With Marika Ray And Delancey Stewart
Fri, 21 May 2021


Story Strategy Live Episode 41: Real Love Stories To Fuel Your Romance
Fri, 12 Feb 2021


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