Homestead on the Corner
One part short-form anthology, one part fiction writing course, Homestead on the Corner is the original podcast from Wray Van Winkle, creator of Tales of the Echowood and The Sheridan Tapes. Tune in for new stand-alone audio dramas or lessons on plot, character, and other writing techniques. “Have a great day, and keep writing!”
- Update frequency
- every 19 days
- Average duration
- 24 minutes
- Episodes
- 60
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2025
Lesson 27: Act 3 - Restoration
In this episode, we address the paradox of showing genuine change in the third act: if true character is only revealed through action in conflict, then how do you demonstrate the completion of a char…
00:22:33 |
Wed 09 Sep 2020
Lesson 26: Act 3 - Return
In this episode, the protagonist reaches the final, and perhaps most difficult, threshold in the journey: the return to the ordinary world. Learn how and why characters must come home at the end of t…
00:22:47 |
Wed 26 Aug 2020
Lesson 25: Act 3 - Resolution
In this episode, we arrive in the final act of the story, and discuss how and why the resolution should not just be an afterthought to your climax. Learn how to create a resolution that serves your r…
00:23:18 |
Thu 13 Aug 2020
Lesson 24: Act 2 - Climax
In this episode, Act 2 comes to an explosive end, as the effects of the crisis decision ripple out into a final confrontation between protagonist and antagonist. Learn how to use the climax's connect…
00:23:02 |
Wed 29 Jul 2020
Lesson 23: Act 2 - Crisis
In this episode, Wray discusses what is perhaps the most important part of any story -- the final crisis before the act 2 climax. Learn how to bring your characters to their lowest point using their …
00:22:59 |
Wed 15 Jul 2020
Lesson 22: Act 2 - Midpoint Marvels
In this episode, Wray talks about what to do when you hit the halfway point in your story: how to use this moment to increase the effect of your crisis and climax, improve pacing in the second act, a…
00:22:26 |
Wed 08 Jul 2020
Lesson 21: Act 2 - Revelations and Reversals
In this episode, Wray talks plot reversals and revelations, how to twist your story without losing your reader, and ways to effectively set up big story payoffs in your own writing.
For more info abo…
00:25:20 |
Wed 01 Jul 2020
Lesson 20: Act 2 - Subplots and Somebodies
In this episode, Wray talks about how to develop your supporting cast, create compelling subplots, and find the organic structure of your narrative. Learn how to humanize the bit parts of your storie…
00:23:53 |
Wed 27 May 2020
Lesson 19: Act 2 - The Big Bad
In this episode, Wray talks about the distinction between villains and antagonists, how to humanize them in the story, and ways to create memorable, necessary opponents for your protagonist.
For more…
00:22:21 |
Wed 20 May 2020
Lesson 18: Act 2 - Whole New World
In this episode, Wray discussed how to use the tools of effective world building to create the extraordinary world of the second act. Learn how to utilize your story's premise to inform your design, …
00:22:26 |
Wed 13 May 2020
Lesson 17: Act 2 - Friends and Foes
In the first episode of our Act 2 series, Wray talks about how to use allies and enemies in the extraordinary world to move your protagonist towards the change they need to undergo. Learn how to bala…
00:25:20 |
Wed 06 May 2020
Lesson 16: Act 1 - Liftoff
In the final episode in our act 1 series, Wray discusses the break into act two: how to send your characters into the unknown and prepare the reader for their journey of change. See how the classical…
00:29:51 |
Wed 29 Apr 2020
Lesson 15: Act 1 - Countdown
In this episode, Wray discusses techniques and ideas for developing characters within the first act of your story. Learn how to create empathy for your protagonist, demonstrate the problems with thei…
00:26:26 |
Wed 22 Apr 2020
The Sheridan Tapes - Teaser
www.homesteadonthecorner.com/sheridantapes
A quick teaser for our new weekly fiction podcast! The Sheridan Tapes begins April 24, 2020.
In 2018, famed horror writer Anna Sheridan disappeared, leaving…
00:01:30 |
Fri 17 Apr 2020
Lesson 14: Act 1 - Ignition
In this episode, Wray talks Inciting Incidents: what they are, how they work, and ways to use them to generate strong narrative momentum. Learn how to put story in motion and pull in your audience wi…
00:22:55 |
Wed 15 Apr 2020
Lesson 13: Act 1 - The Hook
In this episode, Wray discusses ways to use the opening of your narrative to pull readers into your story with effective hooks, questions, and setups that will strengthen and enhance your plot, chara…
00:29:54 |
Wed 08 Apr 2020
Lesson 12: Keep Writing
In the season finale of Homestead on the Corner, Wray offers advice and encouragement on how to keep writing in difficult times, ways to make creative writing a habit, and strategies to stick with an…
00:24:00 |
Wed 01 Apr 2020
A few Quick Announcements
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A few quick announcements as one chapter of this podcast comes to an end and another begins. Featuring music by Lauren Baker.
For more info about the sho…
00:06:49 |
Sun 29 Mar 2020
Lesson 11: The Power of Premise
In this episode, Wray talks about how finding and strengthening the central thematic premise of your story can help direct creative choices, strengthen and clarify your plotline, and create a stronge…
00:23:00 |
Wed 18 Mar 2020
Story 10: The Silver Age
CONTENT WARNING: Depiction of a disaster, discussions of suicide, gun violence, and some strong language.
After she is saved from a devastating earthquake by the superhero Silverman, reporter Lera Ly…
00:50:34 |
Sat 07 Mar 2020
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