Helping Writers Become Authors
K.M. Weiland
Hosted by award-winning story coach K.M. Weiland, the Helping Writers Become Authors podcast will take you deep into story theory, writing techniques, and all the incredible wisdom of story. There is no such thing as "just a story." Come along to find out how to write YOUR best story, astound the world, and (just maybe) change your life!
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Feb 14, 2022 • 25min
Episode #578: Archetypes and Story Structure: How They're Connected
Learn how archetypes and story structure mirror each other in any individual book and can be used to further strengthen your story.
Feb 7, 2022 • 15min
Ep. 577: Making Story Structure Your Own
Here are a five important questions you, as a writer of fiction, can ask yourself to help you in making story structure your own.
Jan 31, 2022 • 12min
Ep. 576: Conflict in Fiction: What It Really Is and Why It's Important to Plot
There’s nothing incorrect in using confrontation to create conflict in fiction. But to understand conflict as only confrontation is too narrow a definition.
Jan 24, 2022 • 19min
Ep. #575: The Writer's Inner Critic: 10 Ways to Tell if Yours Is Healthy
Learn how to increase the health and effectiveness of the writer's inner critic while diminishing toxic effects.
Jan 10, 2022 • 19min
Ep. 574: A Writer's New Year Reflections: The 6 Gifts I Gave Myself in 2021
Here are this writer's New Year reflections, focusing on six "gifts" I gave myself and why I believe they were profoundly life-changing.
Dec 13, 2021 • 16min
Ep. 573: The Two Halves of the Climactic Moment
The two halves of the Climactic Moment require the story's final sequence to offer two very specific beats: Sacrifice and Victory/Failure.
Dec 6, 2021 • 16min
Ep. 572: The Two Halves of the Third Plot Point
The two halves of the Third Plot Point work together to create a scene arc that moves from the False Victory to the Low Moment.
Nov 29, 2021 • 16min
Ep. 571: The Two Halves of the Midpoint
The halves of the Midpoint are unique in story structure in that they mark the dividing line between the two halves of the entire story arc.
Nov 15, 2021 • 15min
Ep. 570: The Two Halves of the First Plot Point
The First Plot Point is often referred to as a threshold, a visual metaphor representing the native two-sidedness of all structural beats.
Nov 8, 2021 • 18min
Ep. 569: The Two Halves of the Inciting Event
A series examining the two important "halves" in each of story structure's major beats, beginning with the Inciting Event in the First Act.
