The Year in Review

by | Aug 17, 2014 | Podcast

Welcome back, loyal listeners! We’ve got a special treat lined up for you this week. As this is our fifty-second episode, it marks our one-year anniversary of doing Firsts in Fiction! While you won’t find them all on YouTube, you can find them all on iTunes. We’re...

Handling Interior Monologue

by | Aug 10, 2014 | Podcast

Welcome back to Firsts in Fiction, loyal listeners! This week Aaron and Heather discuss the best ways to handle interior monologue. How much is too much? To italicize or not to italicize? Check out the YouTube video below. Your comments are always welcome. Be sure to...

Keeping the Reader in the Story

by | Aug 3, 2014 | Podcast

Welcome back to Firsts in Fiction, loyal listeners! This week Steve and Aaron are joined by novelist Alton Gansky to discuss the mistakes writers make that push their readers out of their stories. We give tips and tricks to keeping your readers engaged in your fictive...

Balancing Dialog and Action

by | Jul 27, 2014 | Podcast

Welcome back to Firsts in Fiction, loyal listeners! This week Steve and Aaron discuss how to find the right balance between dialog and action. Check out the YouTube video below. Your comments are always welcome. Be sure to connect with Steve and Heather and Aaron on...

Character Creation Process

by | Jul 6, 2014 | Podcast

Welcome back to Firsts in Fiction, loyal listeners! This week, while Aaron is on vacation with his family, Steve and Heather follow up our talk on Character Psychology from last week with a broader look at Character as a whole, specifically how to create characters...