If you want to deepen the complexity of your story's theme, one tool you can employ is Robert McKee's thematic square.

If you want to deepen the complexity of your story's theme, one tool you can employ is Robert McKee's thematic square.

Ep. 589: Deepening Your Story's Theme With the Thematic Square

Use these six ways to find your best ideas for writing your book, as you cultivate, channel, and honor your deeper inspiration.

Use these six ways to find your best ideas for writing your book, as you cultivate, channel, and honor your deeper inspiration.

Ep. 588: 6 Ways to Find Your Best Ideas Before You Start Writing

Examines the role of the antagonist in the second half of a story's structure--the Second Pinch Point through the Resolution.

Examines the role of the antagonist in the second half of a story's structure--the Second Pinch Point through the Resolution.

Ep. 587: The Role of the Antagonist in Story Structure, Pt. 2 of 2

The major plot beats in a story are interwoven with the protagonist's journey. But what is the role of the antagonist in story structure?

The major plot beats in a story are interwoven with the protagonist's journey. But what is the role of the antagonist in story structure?

Ep. 586: The Role of the Antagonist in Story Structure, Pt. 1 of 2

Should writers make it a habit to write every day? Here are five pros of writing every day, as well as five potential cons.

Should writers make it a habit to write every day? Here are five pros of writing every day, as well as five potential cons.

Ep. 585: Do You Have to Write Every Day? 10 Pros and Cons

Writing a second novel can often be surprisingly harder than the first one. Check out six challenges sophomore writers often face.

Writing a second novel can often be surprisingly harder than the first one. Check out six challenges sophomore writers often face.

Ep. 584: The 6 Challenges of Writing a Second Novel

Ask these important questions to make sure the passage of time in a story is strengthening rather than weakening its narrative power.

Ask these important questions to make sure the passage of time in a story is strengthening rather than weakening its narrative power.

Ep. 583: 14 Tips for Dealing With the Passage of Time in a Story

Here are six important considerations to keep in mind when amping up your story's most important scenes--its set-piece scenes.

Here are six important considerations to keep in mind when amping up your story's most important scenes--its set-piece scenes.

Ep. 582: 6 Ways to Craft Spectacular Set-Piece Scenes

The question of "how to know when you're a successful author?" offers some obvious answers--and yet the subject is far more complex.

Ep. 581: How to Know When You're a Successful Author?

When should you take a break from writing? And once you've taken that step, what in heaven's name are you going to do with yourself?

When should you take a break from writing? And once you've taken that step, what in heaven's name are you going to do with yourself?

Ep. 580: Should You Take a Break From Writing? 5 Red Flags

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Creating an amazing supporting cast that can offer important relationship dynamics in fiction will also help develop your protagonist.

Creating an amazing supporting cast that can offer important relationship dynamics in fiction will also help develop your protagonist.

Ep. 579: 9 Ways to Approach Relationship Dynamics in Fiction

Learn how archetypes and story structure mirror each other in any individual book and can be used to further strengthen your story.

Learn how archetypes and story structure mirror each other in any individual book and can be used to further strengthen your story.

Episode #578: Archetypes and Story Structure: How They're Connected

Here are a five important questions you, as a writer of fiction, can ask yourself to help you in making story structure your own.

Here are a five important questions you, as a writer of fiction, can ask yourself to help you in making story structure your own.

Ep. 577: Making Story Structure Your Own

There’s nothing incorrect in using confrontation to create conflict in fiction. But to understand conflict as only confrontation is too narrow a definition.

There’s nothing incorrect in using confrontation to create conflict in fiction. But to understand conflict as only confrontation is too narrow a definition.

Ep. 576: Conflict in Fiction: What It Really Is and Why It's Important to Plot

Learn how to increase the health and effectiveness of the writer's inner critic while diminishing toxic effects.

Ep. #575: The Writer's Inner Critic: 10 Ways to Tell if Yours Is Healthy

Here are this writer's New Year reflections, focusing on six "gifts" I gave myself and why I believe they were profoundly life-changing.

Here are this writer's New Year reflections, focusing on six "gifts" I gave myself and why I believe they were profoundly life-changing.

Ep. 574: A Writer's New Year Reflections: The 6 Gifts I Gave Myself in 2021

The two halves of the Climactic Moment require the story's final sequence to offer two very specific beats: Sacrifice and Victory/Failure.

The two halves of the Climactic Moment require the story's final sequence to offer two very specific beats: Sacrifice and Victory/Failure.

Ep. 573: The Two Halves of the Climactic Moment

The two halves of the Third Plot Point work together to create a scene arc that moves from the False Victory to the Low Moment.

The two halves of the Third Plot Point work together to create a scene arc that moves from the False Victory to the Low Moment.

Ep. 572: The Two Halves of the Third Plot Point

The halves of the Midpoint are unique in story structure in that they mark the dividing line between the two halves of the entire story arc.

The halves of the Midpoint are unique in story structure in that they mark the dividing line between the two halves of the entire story arc.

Ep. 571: The Two Halves of the Midpoint

The First Plot Point is often referred to as a threshold, a visual metaphor representing the native two-sidedness of all structural beats.

The First Plot Point is often referred to as a threshold, a visual metaphor representing the native two-sidedness of all structural beats.

Ep. 570: The Two Halves of the First Plot Point

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