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The Taylor Stevens Show

Kicking writing in the butt, one word at a time

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TSS136: Sentence Order, Navel Gazing and More – A Hack the Craft Episode

TSS136: Sentence Order, Navel Gazing and More – A Hack the Craft Episode

In this week’s episode, the first of a two-part series, Taylor digs into some listener submitted material and shares her... Read more

13 Mar 2018

26mins

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TSS123: Line Editing to Shape a Compelling Narrative (Part 2 of a 3 part series)

TSS123: Line Editing to Shape a Compelling Narrative (Part 2 of a 3 part series)

This week’s episode is the second of a three-part series where Taylor takes a deep dive into how removing detail can hel... Read more

5 Dec 2017

41mins

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TSS226: Adding your Worldview to your Stories

TSS226: Adding your Worldview to your Stories

We begin this week’s episode by discussing Taylor’s recent email / Patreon post about Covid-19. If you haven’t read it ... Read more

17 Mar 2020

42mins

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TSS096: Taylor’s Favorite Books on the Craft of Writing

TSS096: Taylor’s Favorite Books on the Craft of Writing

I think an illusion, is that if you did every single thing in this book you would write a novel that’s a breakout novel ... Read more

23 May 2017

30mins

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TSS131: Restructure Word Order for Maximum Impact – Part 3

TSS131: Restructure Word Order for Maximum Impact – Part 3

This week’s show is part three of a Hack the Craft series on the importance of word order to your to maximizing the impa... Read more

6 Feb 2018

49mins

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TSS089: Going from Concept to Story – A real time example

TSS089: Going from Concept to Story – A real time example

… I got to the end and I realized oh, somethings missing and as an author, you can go back and rewrite history in a way ... Read more

4 Apr 2017

31mins

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TSS146: Line Editing for Texture and Characterization

TSS146: Line Editing for Texture and Characterization

This tutorial is part 5 of a 5 part series in which, at the author’s request, we go through the process of converting a ... Read more

29 May 2018

19mins

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TSS158: How to Avoid Having ‘Moving Prop’ Characters In Your Stories

TSS158: How to Avoid Having ‘Moving Prop’ Characters In Your Stories

In this week’s show, we get into the importance of character motivation, and when (and why) to share it with readers.  I... Read more

28 Aug 2018

33mins

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TSS227: The Importance of Cause and Effect to Keeping Your Story on Track

TSS227: The Importance of Cause and Effect to Keeping Your Story on Track

In this episode, Taylor shares her thoughts on the importance of cause and effect in storytelling. Then she shares how ... Read more

24 Mar 2020

21mins

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TSS178: What Can Happen When You Allow Plot To Drive Your Characters

TSS178: What Can Happen When You Allow Plot To Drive Your Characters

In this week’s episode, Taylor shares a problem that she’s had for the past week or so with the way two of her point of ... Read more

12 Feb 2019

25mins

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TSS162: Line Editing to Strengthen Clarity and Prose (Part Two)

TSS162: Line Editing to Strengthen Clarity and Prose (Part Two)

This is part two of a two-part episode to show how your line editing can strengthen your clarity and prose.  Steve sent ... Read more

25 Sep 2018

41mins

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TSS192: What to do when your material isn’t working

TSS192: What to do when your material isn’t working

In this week’s show, we hear Steve’s reaction (recorded immediately after we recorded the four back-to-back Hack The Cra... Read more

2 Jul 2019

31mins

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TSS195: Keeping Your Scenes Connected to Your Story

TSS195: Keeping Your Scenes Connected to Your Story

In this week’s show, Taylor tackles a question from an author who is curious about the possibility of including scenes w... Read more

23 Jul 2019

30mins

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