Tame Your Book!: Recent Episodes
Grant Ferguson
One minute trailers about how to write a book readers will love. Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tame-your-book/support
Visit https://tameyourbook.com/discover-breakthrough-writing-teachers-and-resources/ to read the latest post.
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Visit https://tameyourbook.com/how-to-take-control-of-your-story-themes/ to read this week's post. Learn how to take control of your story themes.
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Visit https://tameyourbook.com/create-and-structure-your-plot-with-7-step-storytelling-tools/ to read this week's post. Learn how you can create and structure your plot with 7-Step Storytelling tools.
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This week, Grant challenges you to create diverse characters, and gives examples from the popular 1985 movie, Clue. To learn more, visit https://tameyourbook.com/unique-character-descriptions-and-distinct-voices/.
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Don't let busyness steal your dream to write a book readers will love. Read the post at https://tameyourbook.com/overcome-busyness-and-become-a-better-writer/.
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Learn the nine essential steps to create a premise for your story. Write a book readers will love. Visit https://tameyourbook.com/premise-guides-your-story/ to view the post.
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To get the four free checklists for writers, visit https://tameyourbook.com/what-can-free-checklists-for-writers-do-for-you/.
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Visit Tame Your Book and learn how to create a book trailer with Canva Pro. You'll find detailed instructions and a link to a 30-day free trial so you can get hands-on experience at no cost. Read the post at https://tameyourbook.com/create-a-book-trailer/.
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Looking for gift ideas? Learn more at https://tameyourbook.com/holiday-gifts-for-writers/. Click the link in the post to see a dozen gift ideas for writers, perfect for Christmas or a treat-yourself day.
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See the story hook example based on Death of an Heir. Visit https://tameyourbook.com/story-hook/. The post explains the scene beats and reviews four Thanksgiving-themed novellas.
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In the past, I just wanted to write and skip all the technical stuff, but once I understood how beats pump the narrative blood throughout the story body, my approach to storytelling changed. Learn how you can use Global Story Beats to write your novel’s essential scenes. Visit https://tameyourbook.com/story-beats/.
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A short trailer about this week's blog, helping your envision your entire narrative using the Story Body format. Read the post at https://tameyourbook.com/plot-a-story-using-the-story-body-structure/, and get your free download of the Story Body example.
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A short trailer about this week's blog helping you turn your idea into a novel. Read the post at https://tameyourbook.com, and be sure to get your free Character Profile.
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A short trailer about this week's blog. Visit TameYourBook.com, read the full article, and get the free Character Profile.
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People measure writing success by different yardsticks, such as audience size, money, and fame. What's your benchmark? Explore in this podcast the five behaviors that reveal the top three traits of successful writers. To read the expanded post, visit https://tameyourbook.com/3-traits-of-successful-writers/.
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A beat describes a unit of action or change, but you might wonder, what are Global Story Beats? Learn more at https://tameyourbook.com/how-to-use-global-story-beats-with-scrivener/.
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James Scott Bell, an excellent author and teacher wrote: We start to care about characters when trouble—or the hint of it—comes along. Get the FREE Conflict & Tension Checklist: 60-plus captivating ideas you can use to increase reader engagement. https://tameyourbook.com/what-is-the-difference-between-conflict-tension-and-suspense/
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Listen to how Publisher Rocket can help you sell more books. And for an in-depth Publisher Rocket Review, visit https://tameyourbook.com/reviews/publisher-rocket-review/.
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By the end of this podcast, you’ll grasp a technique for writing page-turners. After the podcast, visit https://tameyourbook.com/how-to-foreshadow-with-scrivener/, and let me show you step-by-step How to Foreshadow with Scrivener.
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Today I’m going to answer a frequently asked question: Is Scrivener better than Word? Visit Tame Your Book and let me show you why Scrivener is the preferred app for writing full-length novels. https://tameyourbook.com/is-scrivener-better-than-word/
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In this multi-post series, you’ll discover techniques and technology to help you self-edit. Part 3 offers questions to uncover plot problems and opportunities. To read the full post with examples, visit https://tameyourbook.com/self-edit-your-novel-part-3/.
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In this multi-post series, you’ll discover techniques and technology to help you self-edit. Part 2 offers advice on scene-by-scene editing of characters. To learn more, visit https://tameyourbook.com/self-edit-your-novel-part-2/.
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In this multi-post series, you’ll discover techniques and technology to help you self-edit your novel. Today's podcast discusses how you can use Scrivener's Custom Metadata to write and edit using deep point-of-view techniques. For more information, visit https://tameyourbook.com/self-edit-your-novel-part-1d/.
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Are you drowning in a sea of post-it-notes? You find answers to writing questions, but then must choose how to keep track of them. Knowledge retention comes one choice at a time—decide how you'll use technology to preserve your hard-earned education. To learn more, visit https://tameyourbook.com/knowledge-retention-comes-one-choice-at-a-time/.
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In this multi-post series, you’ll discover techniques and technology to help you self-edit your novel. Today I’ll show how Custom Metadata can help you: add, update, and track essential story information, perform a scene-by-scene content review, enhance the bond between readers and characters, and avoid distracting readers with the author’s voice. Visit https://tameyourbook.com/self-edit-your-novel-part-1c/ to view the online post and examples.
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In today’s podcast, I’ll cover how ProWritingAid can help you decrease reader frustrations, reduce critical reviews caused by embarrassing errors, improve the writing consistency, and edit Scrivener scenes with no copy and paste. To view the entire post with examples, visit https://tameyourbook.com/self-edit-your-novel-part-1b/.
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In this multi-part series, you’ll discover techniques and technology that will help you self-edit your novel. To see the story blueprints and spreadsheet mentioned in this podcast, view this post at https://tameyourbook.com/self-edit-your-novel-part-1a/.
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Character descriptions can take on lives of their own. Some writers map out every little detail while others list only the highlights. Regardless of your preference, with a series, you’ll want to organize your character profiles. For more information, visit https://tameyourbook.com/organize-your-character-profiles/.
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H. R. D’Costa’s book, Story Stakes, shows writers how to increase tension by leveraging the negative consequences of failure. For more information, visit https://tameyourbook.com/add-stakes-to-the-story-spine/.
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The Story Spine is a multifaceted writer’s tool, enabling you to improvise a narrative quickly, identify what it’s about, and edit a bloated draft. To view the written post and explore the writing resources, visit https://tameyourbook.com/build-a-story-spine/.
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Bring your story settings to life. Read the full post at https://tameyourbook.com/personify-your-story-settings/.
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To explore how technology can improve your writing, visit https://tameyourbook.com/what-can-technology-do-for-you/.
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This episode is also available as a blog post at https://tameyourbook.com/villains-are-heroes-in-their-stories/.
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