Writing Excuses

3.14: The Four Principles of Puppetry, with Mary Robinette Kowal

Aug 31, 2009
Professional puppeteer and award-winning author Mary Robinette Kowal shares insights on puppetry principles applied to writing, including controlling reader attention and conveying emotion through breath and rhythm. She explores the act of storytelling as telepathy and parallels the illusion of 'muscle' in puppetry to creating believable characters in writing.
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