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

Art reviews the five "lenses" we can use to strengthen our first draft dialogue-Melody, Brevity, Plausibility, Tension, and Subtext-and how to use them to improve your dialogue in subsequent drafts.

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Tim and Art discuss the five main filters or "lenses" we can use to examine if our first draft dialogue is working hard enough. Join us for a discussion about Melody, Brevity, Plausibility, Tension, …

Tim recaps the four questions we can ask ourselves when inserting exposition into our narratives that can ensure the exposition is not too long or too short.

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Tim and Art explore some best practices in weaving exposition into your narrative, including four essential questions to ask yourself when presenting exposition in your initial drafts and revisions.

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Art tells a little story that helps him remember the sequence of steps in the "Dive the Trench" plot structure, then recaps how each section helps build the narrative of your story.

The steps of the …

Tim and Art deconstruct standard plot templates to uncover why they work. The result is a 10-point plot structure that chunks the larger story into manageable sections, thus allowing us to tackle the…

Conflict is the fuel that keeps the engine of your story running. Art explores how to use three different types of conflict: Character vs. Themselves, Character vs. their Environment, and Character v…

Tim and Art discuss how to develop meaningful conflict for your characters. They present a framework of three main sources of conflict, three ways characters experience conflict, and three best pract…

Have you ever been surprised by something one of your characters did? Ever been frustrated by an unexpected turn your character made off your cleverly paved outline? Art presents how giving your char…

Tim and Art expand on the 5 elements of main characters, discussing film and TV examples to explore how to achieve the desired results.

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We welcome author JL Lycette as our guest to the corner booth to discuss her experience as a first-time novelist with a small indie publisher. 

JL Lycette is a novelist, award-winning essayist, rural…

We welcome author J. Adams Oaks as our guest to the corner booth to discuss the craft of writing. J. Adams Oaks is a writer, editor, and translator from Chicago. His first novel, WHY I FIGHT (Atheneu…

Tim and Art explore the excitement and dread of committing to drafting their novels. Gain an inside look into how they are preparing to do the work, from outlining to version control to time manageme…

Tim and Art look back at how their writing process has changed as a result of Season 1 and what new focus you can expect in Season 2. 

Art's articles referenced in the show are below:

• AI and You: Em…

Tim recaps the five key elements of writing strong main characters and takes a jaunt into discussing how one-liners can help sum up your main character for the reader.

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Tim and Art outline their Top 5 Needs for a strong main character, listing notable examples from page to stage, from big screen to small screen.

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Every writer faces rejection. It is built into the process. Art tells the story of how he displayed his rejection letters and why it ultimately missed the mark in helping him write better fiction. Ar…

We welcome author David Alexander Baker as our guest to the corner booth to discuss the craft of writing. David Alexander Baker is a writer, photographer, and filmmaker. He's the author of the novel …

Art applies the concept of "neuroplasticity" to your writing practice, making the case that even brief bursts of practice can improve your performance over time. Art outlines a way to convert downtim…

Ever struggled to find the time (or energy) to write after a full shift on the job? How can we balance work and life to help us write new fiction?

Join Tim and Art in the corner booth as they discuss…