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

Tim and Art demonstrate best practices of giving and receiving feedback with an unscripted feedback session on Tim's flash fiction! Join us as we hear Tim's story read into the record, Art asking ope…

Tim and Art transport you back in time to Season 1 with a new segment we are calling a "REWIND." We plan to release our regularly scheduled REFILL episode as a Bonus later this month whenever Art's v…

Tim and Art discuss the hallmarks of quality feedback to writers, especially how to sort out good advice from bad. They offer tips on how to deliver helpful feedback to your peers as well as how to c…

Art introduces the distinction between Heroes and Anti-Heroes, specifically how their decision-making defines them.  

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Tim and Art welcome the talented Cat Hammons into the corner booth to discuss best practices on collaborating with a writing partner as well as tips on writing for film and TV.

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As writers, we all need the right tools in our toolbelts. This season, Tim and I are using the refill episodes to discuss fundamental literary tools. These tools could be important terminology, usefu…

Tim and Art are back with an all-new season of discussions, tips, and ways to progress your stories!

In this season 3 opener, Tim and Art discuss practical strategies for approaching your 2nd draft. …

With the end of NaNoWriMo 2023, Tim and Art discuss what they learned about themselves and the process of writing after the month-long sprint, how they plan to use their time now that it is over, and…

Tim and Art discuss their experience with NaNoWriMo 2023 as they look back on their personal successes and improvements resulting from Season 2. Tim and Art make a case for using the competency map a…

Tim recaps using subtext, imagery and symbolism to imply a complementary layer of meaning that enhances the literal story, with emphasis on a practical approach.

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Tim and Art discuss subtext in fiction, including what it is, why you would want to use it, and some best practices on how to deploy it in your stories.

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BONUS: Art kicks off NaNoWriMo 2023 with 1,721 words! Follow along with Art's progress on www.nanowrimo.org by sending a Buddy request to MyCoachArt. Let's keep each other motivated!

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Art recounts how specific detail in his "gateway" Donald Barthelme story, "The Indian Uprising," lit a fuse that ultimately made him want to become a writer.

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Tim and Art discuss the ways to create meaning in your manuscript through specific detail. Art offers a two-step process to creating memorable specific detail and a three-part justification of why yo…

Art recaps the two tips to writing a setting that sings, keeping your setting from feeling "arbitrary" and building your setting from the "inside out." Mastering these two techniques will help your s…

Tim and Art discuss the two biggest takeaways from building a quality setting in your book. Tim and Art make a case for not allowing your setting to be arbitrary and to build it from the "inside out"…

Theme is what your story is (in big capital letters) ABOUT... that central idea, untethered to the plot or characters, that emerges from the descriptions, situations, snippets of dialogue, symbols, a…

Tim and Art discuss how themes arrive in your work, whether intentional or accidental. Does the author fully control the themes that are present? Or is the reader essential as a co-creator of the the…

Art comes clean about how little progress he has made on his novel draft. The result is a hard look at why we let the everyday crowd out our writing time and, more importantly, how to recommit to the…

Tim and Art discuss how they are trying to keep pushing their manuscripts forward, from applying the "Draft Zero" concept to writing out your story's theme to planning (and achieving) incremental pro…