The Taylor Stevens Show

Thanks so much for joining us again this week! In this week’s episode, Taylor explains how being specific with character description can add emotional impact to your story. If you have questions or suggestions for future shows, we’d love to hear from you. You can leave your suggestions as comments or find our contact information on […] The post TSS285: Adding Emotional Impact with Specific Character Insights appeared first on The Taylor Stevens Show.

Thanks so much for joining us again this week! In this week’s episode, Taylor shares her thoughts on using visual queues as storytelling shortcuts, or as she likes to describe it as an easy way to describe how a character knows something or has figured something out without using a lot of words. If you […] The post TSS284: How to Use Visual Cues as Storytelling Shortcuts appeared first on The Taylor Stevens Show.

Thanks so much for joining us again this week! In this week’s episode, Taylor again shares and discusses some internet memes she’s captured over the years on the topic of storytelling. If you have questions or suggestions for future shows, we’d love to hear from you. You can leave your suggestions as comments or find […] The post TSS283: A Series of Random Insights into Storytelling Part II appeared first on The Taylor Stevens Show.

Thanks so much for joining us again this week! In this week’s episode, Taylor reacts to an online dustup involving her friend, Lauren Hough, and her book, Leaving Isn’t the Hardest Thing. Taylor discusses some thoughts on what happened, why it might have happened, and how it turned out. It’s an interesting tale of what […] The post TSS282: Taylor Reacts to an Online Publishing Dustup appeared first on The Taylor Stevens Show.

Thanks so much for joining us again this week! In this week’s episode, Taylor shares and discusses some internet memes she’s captured over the years on the topic of storytelling. The memes were shared by Scott Myers, and you can find him on Twitter here. If you have questions or suggestions for future shows, we’d […] The post TSS281: A Series of Random Insights into Storytelling appeared first on The Taylor Stevens Show.

Thanks so much for joining us again this week! In this week’s episode, we discuss the importance of character voice and how the voice and the variety of character voices can affect the reading experience. If you have questions or suggestions for future shows, we’d love to hear from you. You can leave your suggestions […] The post TSS280: The Importance of Character Voice to your Readers appeared first on The Taylor Stevens Show.

Thanks so much for joining us again this week! In this week’s episode, Taylor discusses ways to ensure you don’t fall into the assumptions trap and some steps to take which will help you avoid “experting yourself to 1-star reviews.” If you have questions or suggestions for future shows, we’d love to hear from you. […] The post TSS279: Getting the Details Right, the Danger of Assumptions appeared first on The Taylor Stevens Show.

Thanks so much for joining us again this week! In this week’s episode, Taylor discusses the importance of having space in your life for creativity, and what happened with her when she was unable to have enough margin for her mind to function at its best. If you have questions or suggestions for future shows, […] The post TSS278: The Importance of Making Space for Creativity appeared first on The Taylor Stevens Show.

Thanks so much for joining us again this week! In this week’s episode, Taylor we did deeper into intellectual property rights, including movie rights, language rights, publishing rights, and more. We mentioned and discussed an article about the rights to Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan character in the Hollywood Reporter. You can read the article here: […] The post TSS277: Part Two of the Discussion on Copyrights and Intellectual Property Rights appeared first on The Taylor Stevens Show.

Thanks so much for joining us again this week! In this week’s episode, Taylor shares a social media discussion she had as a launch point to a discussion of what copyright really is, and then we dive into a discussion of the various intellectual property rights authors have for their work. If you have questions […] The post TSS276: A Discussion on Copyrights and Intellectual Property Rights appeared first on The Taylor Stevens Show.

Thanks so much for joining us again this week! In this week’s episode, Taylor and Steve discuss a recent blog post on the Crimereads.com website titled, My First Thriller: Randy Wayne White. In the article, Randy mentions the speed at which he wrote books under the name of Randy Striker in the early 1980s, versus […] The post TSS275: Comparing writing speeds in two different situations appeared first on The Taylor Stevens Show.

Thanks so much for joining us again this week! In this week’s episode, Taylor shares her thoughts on moving the goalposts, or, your main character’s objective, in your stories. In our chit chat Taylor mentions a recent Patreon post which is available here: Random Musings (From the Farm): A Post – Snowpocalypse Wrap If you […] The post TSS274: Moving the Goalposts In Your Story appeared first on The Taylor Stevens Show.

Thanks so much for joining us again this week! In this week’s episode, recorded during the heart of the Texas cold snap, we discuss the idea of reviewing subplots within your manuscript by pulling them apart from the rest of the story to see how they hold up. If you have questions or suggestions for […] The post TSS273: Reviewing subplots within your manuscript appeared first on The Taylor Stevens Show.

Thanks so much for joining us again this week! In this week’s episode, recorded during the heart of the Texas cold snap, Taylor shares some cold weather farm stories between power outages at the farm. If you have questions or suggestions for future shows, we’d love to hear from you. You can leave your suggestions […] The post TSS272: Weather Woes, Farm Stories and More appeared first on The Taylor Stevens Show.

Thanks so much for joining us again this week! In this week’s episode, Taylor continues her response to a series of listener questions about having too much information on characters and the story world, and how to know how much detail and backstory to include. If you have questions or suggestions for future shows, we’d […] The post TSS271: How Do You Know How Much Detail and Backstory to Include appeared first on The Taylor Stevens Show.

Thanks so much for joining us again this week! In this week’s episode, Taylor responds to a great listener question about having too much information on characters and the story world, and determining where to actually begin the story. If you have questions or suggestions for future shows, we’d love to hear from you. You […] The post TSS270: How to Find the Start of a Story or Scene appeared first on The Taylor Stevens Show.

Thanks so much for joining us again this week! In this week’s episode, Taylor discusses the choices and psychology involved when including and more specifically harming animals in fiction. If you have questions or suggestions for future shows, we’d love to hear from you. You can leave your suggestions as comments or find our contact […] The post TSS269: Animals in Fiction appeared first on The Taylor Stevens Show.

Thanks so much for joining us again this week! In this week’s episode, Taylor discusses her reaction to a book she’s recently read and draws some lessons from her experience. If you have questions or suggestions for future shows, we’d love to hear from you. You can leave your suggestions as comments or find our […] The post TSS268: Every Scene Needs a Purpose and Know Your Audience appeared first on The Taylor Stevens Show.

Thanks so much for joining us again this week! In this week’s episode, Taylor and Steve discuss the process of building a story framework for The Short Story Project. If you have questions or suggestions for future shows, we’d love to hear from you. You can leave your suggestions as comments or find our contact […] The post TSS267: Short Story Project – The Story Framework appeared first on The Taylor Stevens Show.

Thanks so much for joining us again this week! In this week’s episode, Taylor and Steve discuss the response she received from an email she sent to her email list about fear, more specifically, what would you try if you knew you could not fail. If you have questions or suggestions for future shows, we’d […] The post TSS266: The Fear Factor appeared first on The Taylor Stevens Show.