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Tim and Art look back at Season 3 for lessons learned and cast their gaze forward at Season 4.
Even during the hiatus, Tim and Art are here to help. Email the show at [email protected] to get the conversation started.
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The ”ideal reader” is that one person in the world, whether real or imagined, who really GETS what we are trying to do and who LOVES our take on fiction. In this Refill episode, Art demonstrates how Q&A can help you define what your "ideal reader" looks like. Knowing this can help you stay focused on the kind of fiction you want to produce as well as refine the list of journals you want to submit to for publication.
Tim and Art are here to help, so email the show at [email protected] to get your conversation started.
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Have you ever been less than satisfied with your work in progress? Your latest drafts have you rethinking fundamental decisions you've made as a writer? Then join us as Tim cousels Art through his crisis of conscience about the quality of his work in progress. What should Art do to get back to the "good stuff"?
In this episode, we reference a published story from Tim Goodwin called "Must Love Eating" which can be read here.
Tim and Art are here to help, so email the show at [email protected] to get your conversation started.
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It can be worthwhile to journal about your flaws, whether real or imagined. This is one of the many obstacles we face on our journey to create art. Art demonstrates how to be introspective and critique your own work as a way to refocus and improve rather than giving in to negative thinking.
Tim and Art are here to help, so email the show at [email protected] to get your conversation started.
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Tim and Art discuss their submission goals and lay out how to mentally bounce back from rejections and stay focused on your fiction.
Tim and Art are here to help, so email the show at [email protected] to get your conversation started.
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Tim and Art discuss how to get back into the right frame of mind to revise your fiction. When we decide to go back, why does that first draft read so much worse than we remember? How can you begin again once you've lost the initial spark of creativity? What's the right way to resume work without messing up what you've already done?
Tim and Art are here to help, so email the show at [email protected] to get your conversation started.
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Art discusses the process of "Active Reading" as a way to pan for gold in published stories. Reading authors with intentionality and purpose can help unlock elements of style or voice that you want to adopt. Art presents a method for getting the most writing benefit out of your reading experience.
Tim and Art are here to help, so email the show at [email protected] to get your conversation started.
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Tim provides feedback on Art's story "Donut Fridays" from last week's Refill episode. This unscripted feedback session on Art's story is intended to demonstrate best practices of giving and receiving feedback with a trusted beta reader.
Tim asks open-ended questions about choices Art made in the story, resulting in a "to do" list of things for Art to think about before the next revision. The goal is to demonstrate how productive a session like this can be when ego, defensiveness, and competition are removed from the feedback process.
Tim and Art are here to help, so email the show at [email protected] to get your conversation started.
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Art reads his 825-word short story "Donut Fridays" into the record in preparation for Tim's feedback during next week's episode.
Art is open to your feedback, so if you want to share your thoughts on this draft of the story, email the show at [email protected] to help Art make this story the best it can be.
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Tim and Art discuss their experiences in gaining (and losing and regaining) confidence in their writing output. They discuss how they know when a piece is “done” and ready for submission. They also reveal how imperative it is to reject the arrogance that sustained them in their youth because ultimately it made it harder to improve as professionals.
Tim and Art are here to help, so email the show at [email protected] to get your conversation started.
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Art presents four ways to recharge your creativity when your discipline is high but the quality or quantity of your writing output is just not cutting it.
Tim and Art are here to help, so email the show at [email protected] to get your conversation started.
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Tim and Art explore how vignettes, brief episodes within your larger narrative, and flashbacks, small stories from a character's past, can help illuminate character or create tension in the forward action.
Tim and Art are here to help, so email the show at [email protected] to get your conversation started.
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Tim and Art are here to help you with your fiction. Yes, yours! E-mail us at [email protected] to inquire about our wrtiting coaching, proofing, copyediting, and workshop services.
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Tim explores some best practices on how to choose where to submit your fiction for publication.
Reach out to us with questions at [email protected] to get the conversation started.
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Tim and Art welcome guest Scott Farrin to the corner booth to discuss honing your writing process. Scott Farrin has taught writing in varied forms for over twenty years, composition, technical writing, journalism and creative writing. A writer himself as well as a professor of English at Collin College, Scott Farrin has published in journals such as The South Carolina Review, Puerto del Sol, and Prairie Schooner.
Remember, Tim and Art are here to help, so email the show at [email protected] to get your conversation started.
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Art explores how he has shifted his mindset from writing to "drafting" as a clever way to trick his brain into enjoying the rough draft process. Art offers seven steps for his process to keep the work engaging.
Tim and Art are here to help, so email the show at [email protected] to get your conversation started.
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Tim and Art explore ways you can discover your writing voice through playing with different forms within your early drafts. Adopting new forms (such as prose poetry, screenplays, haiku, etc.) as an avenue of play can unlock new directions in your work. Even if you try and discard or try and adopt, the work of trying can lead to new ideas and help you discover your style.
Tim and Art are here to help, so email the show at [email protected] to get your conversation started.
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Art explores how he uses the Refill episodes as a rationale for dispelling doubt and continuing to push forward in improving his craft.
Tim and Art are here to help, so email the show at [email protected] to get your conversation started.
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Tim and Art welcome guest author Kalynn Applewhite to the corner booth to discuss her process in staying disciplined year-round in writing as well as a glimpse into her self-publishing successes.
Kalynn Applewhite is a writer at heart with a lifetime love of fantasy. She is a work-at-home mom and lead creator for Applewhite Games. Through her books she pursues her passion for exploring feminist themes through fiction. Kalynn loves playing games, taking hikes, and eating super dark chocolate. She lives in Ohio with her husband and their menagerie of children, cats, chickens, and houseplants.
Her first book, Awakening Anne, is available now at Barnes & Noble and other outlets. The second book in her series, Piercing the Veil, is launching a Kickstarter Presale on April 9th with wider release starting May 14th. Click here to view the Kickstarter preview!
Kalynn Applewhite [email protected]
https://linktr.ee/kalynnapplewhite (socials / email sign up)
https://applewhitegames.com/pages/kalynn (website / RPG Materials)
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Tim explores how to process constructive feedback and turn that into action on a future draft.
Tim and Art are here to help, so email the show at [email protected] to get your conversation started.
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