Master Fiction Writing
oleh Stuart Wakefield
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The Aftermath Scene: What Happens After Something Happens
The Aftermath Scene: What Happens After Something Happens
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With 25+ years in theatre, media, and coaching, I’ve honed the art of storytelling. Now, I’m thrilled to share that expertise with you on “Master Fiction Writing.” Whether you’re crafting memorable characters or building gripping plots, each episode is backed by examples from literary pros. Recognised as a top book coach, my mission is to help your stories shine. Ready to master the craft? Subscribe today!
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- The Aftermath Scene: What Happens After Something Happens · 34 mntYou've spent chapters building towards a huge moment in your novel. A betrayal, a death, a shocking revelation, or perhaps a long-awaited victory. It happens, it's dramatic, and…
- Why Characters Who Make Bad Decisions Are Often Better Characters · 47 mntEver found yourself shouting at a fictional character because they're about to do something spectacularly stupid? We've all been there. But why do some terrible decisions make…
- Unreliable Narrators: How to Mislead Readers Without Cheating Them · 41 mntUnreliable Narrators: How to Mislead Readers Without Cheating Them Can your readers trust the person telling them the story? And if they can't, how do you make that part of the…
- Momentum Without a Ticking Clock: How to Keep a Story Moving Across Decades · 22 mntHow do you keep a story moving when there’s no ticking clock, no looming deadline, and the plot unfolds across decades? This week’s episode comes from a question sent in by Joan…
- The Reveal Is Not the Secret: How to Control What Your Reader Knows · 21 mntA great secret can give you material. The reveal is what turns that material into story. In this episode of Master Fiction Writing, I’m looking at how to control what your reader…
- The Conversation Under the Conversation: How to Write Subtext · 17 mntWhat makes dialogue feel alive? Very often, it’s what the characters aren’t saying. In this episode of Master Fiction Writing, I’m looking at subtext: the gap between what a…
- The Status Game: Who Really Has the Power in Your Scene? · 16 mntWho really has the power in your scene? Status is one of the hidden forces that can make a scene feel alive. It shapes who controls the conversation, who needs something more…
- The Hawksian Woman: What Writers Can Learn About Chemistry, Competence, and Equality · 23 mntWhat makes some characters instantly compelling to one another? Sometimes it isn’t vulnerability, physical attraction, or even conflict. Sometimes it’s the moment one character…
- The Human Cost of Magic, Monsters, and Machines · 1 jam 1 mntA magic system. A monster. A machine. A prophecy. A portal. A ghost. A dystopian regime. An impossible world. Speculative fiction often begins with a brilliant what if? But the…
- Why Romantasy Works: What Every Fiction Writer Can Learn From It · 51 mntRomantasy is everywhere right now. Dragons, fae courts, morally grey love interests, spectacular special editions - and sales figures that have made the publishing industry sit…
- Stop Explaining What Your Character Feels · 7 mntSometimes the best edit you can make to an emotional scene is to delete the sentence that explains why it was emotional. In this episode of Master Fiction Writing, I’m looking at…
- The Queer Story Engine: How Queerness Changes What a Story Wants · 29 mntWhat does this story want because this character is queer? That’s the question at the heart of this special episode recorded for ProWritingAid’s Write with Pride event. Too…
- How to Write Speculative Fiction That Stays With Readers · 41 mntWhat if the impossible is the best way to tell the truth? Speculative fiction isn’t really about dragons, spaceships, magic or dystopias. At its heart, it’s about asking one…
- How to Write Brilliant Argument Scenes · 29 mntIn the last episode, we explored why so many argument scenes feel artificial and discovered that arguments aren’t really conversations - they’re attempts to change another human…
- Why Your Argument Scenes Don’t Work (And What Great Writers Understand About Conflict) · 32 mntWhy do so many argument scenes feel strangely lifeless, even when characters are shouting, interrupting each other, and making excellent points? Because conflict isn’t about…
- The Quiet Scene: Why Low-Action Scenes Still Need to Move · 20 mntQuiet scenes are often where manuscripts go flat, not because nothing explodes, but because nothing changes. In this episode of Master Fiction Writing, Stuart Wakefield explores…
- The Phone Call Scene: Turning Distance into Drama · 25 mntA phone call scene can look deceptively small on the page. Two people talk, some information changes hands, then someone hangs up, but if that’s all the scene is doing, it may be…
- Before They Say a Word: The Power of the Doorway Scene · 13 mntA character walking into a room might seem like simple scene logistics, but an entrance can reveal far more than movement. It can show power, fear, desire, belonging, exclusion…
- Your Story Has to Change Its Mind: Why the Middle of a Novel Is Where the Real Book Reveals Itself · 31 mntThe middle of a novel is often where writers begin to worry. The opening had energy, and the ending may be in sight, but somewhere in between, the story starts to feel slow…
- Thriller: The Art of Pressure, Danger, and Page-Turning Dread · 37 mntWhat actually makes a thriller a thriller? It isn’t just murder, spies, guns, plot twists, or car chases. In this episode of Master Fiction Writing, we take a deep dive into the…
