SWRT 177 | The Role of Agency in Reader Satisfaction
This week on the Story Works Round Table podcast, Alida, Kathryn, & Robert discuss the ways in which character agency is relevant to the whole of your story and the ways in which how well you handle agency could determine how much readers like your book.
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SWRT 161 | Grants for Writers
What is a grant? And what can they do for you as a writer? What is the process of application? And what can the funds be used for? Susan leads us through the entire process from application to acceptance for a grant, including giving her experience as both a judge, and recipient.
SWRT 150 | Art in the Time of Corona
How soon is too soon to talk about something like the Coronavirus in our fiction? And how is the emotional impact of everything that is going on affecting everyone? How can we use this situation to benefit our craft? And what is the role of fiction in times like these?
An Audience of None
One’s journal is a sanctuary, a space wherein a writer can simply self-express. Its unassuming blankness offers a container for philosophizing, ranting, sentimentalizing, weeping, and creating. It is a repository of one’s truth, if not always of fact. The words...I'm Alida
I help people express their gifts to the world.
I do not believe in formulas. I believe that the stories we are compelled to tell the world make demands on us, and it is our privilege to meet those demands in order to reach the most people in the most authentic and compelling way possible.
