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Beyond the Words

    Beyond the Words is a podcast that talks about writing, publishing and promoting your future bestselling novel. Join bestseller Holly Hunt as she talks to other authors and guides you,...

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    Beyond the Words is a podcast that talks about writing, publishing and promoting your future bestselling novel. Join bestseller Holly Hunt as she talks to other authors and guides you, step by step, through the process of writing a great novel. Each week, join us for a new episode discussing a part of the writing journey with a new wonderful author, and gain some insight into the mixed and varied world of publishing in the 2010s.

    Episode List:

    Chapter 1 - Components
    1.Deciding Why to Write
    2.Coping with perfectionism
    3.Your writing area
    4.Finding the time to write
    5.Developing characters
    6.Settings and conflicts
    7.Crafting a plot
    8.Researching your story

    Chapter 2 – Mechanics
    9.Crafting a beginning
    10.You've set off on your adventure – now what?
    11.The first conflict
    12.Initiating change in your characters
    13.Character development
    14.The Big Conflict/the final battle
    15.The Return Home
    16.The HEA/HFN: Can you finish a book without one?
    17.Planning for a sequel

    Chapter 3 – Techniques
    18.Description vs Action
    19.Clichés
    20.Archetypes
    21.The Villain You Wish You Could Strangle
    22.Dialogue and dialogue tags
    23.When is infodumping okay?
    24.Finding the Ending

    Chapter 4 - Polishing Your Book
    25.The rewrite
    a.Transitioning from Fiction to Non-Fiction: Why?
    26.Finding those pesky mistakes
    27.Grammar
    28.Fleshing out your world
    29.My hero is a sook – help!
    30.Finding good betas
    a.Relating to your editor

    Chapter 5 - Publishing
    31.You've written a book! Now what?
    32.Discovering publishers
    33.How to present your work
    34.The dreaded rejection
    35.I got a personalised rejection – now what?
    36.Rewriting again!
    37.Into the rabbit hole – presenting your work to publishers
    38.Self-publishing – Is it worth it?
    39.Amazon and other self-publishing tools
    40.Coping with bad reviews

    Chapter 6 – Promotion
    41.You're published! Wait, the journey's not over?
    42.Basics of promotion: How & Where
    43.Promotion for free
    44.Marketing in the Modern World
    45.Paying for promotion – is it worth it?
    46.Physical vs Online
    47.Book Tours and Author Appearances
    48.The Dreaded Convention
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