Tiffin Inn Writing Workshop (with Imposter Syndrome & Unlimited Refills)

Tim and Art look back at Season 3 for lessons learned and cast their gaze forward at Season 4.

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The ”ideal reader” is that one person in the world, whether real or imagined, who really GETS what we are trying to do and who LOVES our take on fiction. In this Refill episode, Art demonstrates how…

Have you ever been less than satisfied with your work in progress? Your latest drafts have you rethinking fundamental decisions you've made as a writer? Then join us as Tim cousels Art through his cr…

It can be worthwhile to journal about your flaws, whether real or imagined. This is one of the many obstacles we face on our journey to create art. Art demonstrates how to be introspective and criti…

Tim and Art discuss their submission goals and lay out how to mentally bounce back from rejections and stay focused on your fiction. 

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Tim and Art discuss how to get back into the right frame of mind to revise your fiction. When we decide to go back, why does that first draft read so much worse than we remember? How can you begin ag…

Art discusses the process of "Active Reading" as a way to pan for gold in published stories. Reading authors with intentionality and purpose can help unlock elements of style or voice that you want t…

Tim provides feedback on Art's story "Donut Fridays" from last week's Refill episode. This unscripted feedback session on Art's story is intended to demonstrate best practices of giving and receiving…

Art reads his 825-word short story "Donut Fridays" into the record in preparation for Tim's feedback during next week's episode. 

Art is open to your feedback, so if you want to share your thoughts o…

Tim and Art discuss their experiences in gaining (and losing and regaining) confidence in their writing output. They discuss how they know when a piece is “done” and ready for submission. They also r…

Art presents four ways to recharge your creativity when your discipline is high but the quality or quantity of your writing output is just not cutting it.

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Tim and Art explore how vignettes, brief episodes within your larger narrative, and flashbacks, small stories from a character's past, can help illuminate character or create tension in the forward a…

Tim explores some best practices on how to choose where to submit your fiction for publication.

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Tim and Art welcome guest Scott Farrin to the corner booth to discuss honing your writing process. Scott Farrin has taught writing in varied forms for over twenty years, composition, technical writin…

Art explores how he has shifted his mindset from writing to "drafting" as a clever way to trick his brain into enjoying the rough draft process. Art offers seven steps for his process to keep the wor…

Tim and Art explore ways you can discover your writing voice through playing with different forms within your early drafts. Adopting new forms (such as prose poetry, screenplays, haiku, etc.) as an a…

Art explores how he uses the Refill episodes as a rationale for dispelling doubt and continuing to push forward in improving his craft.

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Tim and Art welcome guest author Kalynn Applewhite to the corner booth to discuss her process in staying disciplined year-round in writing as well as a glimpse into her self-publishing successes.

K…

Tim explores how to process constructive feedback and turn that into action on a future draft.

Tim and Art are here to help, so email the show at [email protected] to get your conver…