Writer Unleashed

What’s the most overlooked way to show how a character feels?The vowel scale - the poet's secret weapon.  Just like musical notes, vowel sounds have frequencies that create vibrations in the reader's body, making them feel with your character. In today's episode, you'll learn how to use the frequencies of these vowel sounds to reinforce the emotion, tone, images, and meaning of your story. Also Listen  To:Episode 13:  How to Write For Emotional ImpactNot sure if your idea has what it takes to become a powerful story? This free quick guide will help you uncover the heart of your idea in just three simple steps. You’ll walk away with a one-sentence premise you can build your entire book on, and the clarity and confidence to keep going.Download Your Quick Guide HereWant to join a community of like-minded writers? Need inspiration and support? Join us in our private Writer Unleashed Community Facebook Group. It's totally free to join.

 How do you create the kind of suspense that keeps readers riveted to your pages, hanging on every sentence?  Suspense doesn't happen in the broad strokes - trouble, cliffhangers, sympathetic characters, etc. It's built sentence by sentence. And there are two simple techniques you can apply right now.  In today's episode, you'll learn how to orchestrate details that  bring tension and suspense right on the sentence level, creating insatiable readers.  Go to the show notes at nancipanuccio/com/66Not sure if your idea has what it takes to become a powerful story? This free quick guide will help you uncover the heart of your idea in just three simple steps. You’ll walk away with a one-sentence premise you can build your entire book on, and the clarity and confidence to keep going.Download Your Quick Guide HereWant to join a community of like-minded writers? Need inspiration and support? Join us in our private Writer Unleashed Community Facebook Group. It's totally free to join.

Readers crave novelty and surprise. They don't want the same cliched description of a sunset. Or the expected character response to betrayal.  But coming up with original ideas, especially  for ordinary things like sunsets, requires us to tap into our own creative reservoir. In today's episode, we'll explore 4 ways to keep your creative channels open. So you can access your original take on the world, and write stories that surprise and delight.  Dismantle 6 faulty mindsets coming between you and your best work, and unlock your voice with this FREE 6-Day Audio Course.  Go Here to access Lesson 1.Not sure if your idea has what it takes to become a powerful story? This free quick guide will help you uncover the heart of your idea in just three simple steps. You’ll walk away with a one-sentence premise you can build your entire book on, and the clarity and confidence to keep going.Download Your Quick Guide HereWant to join a community of like-minded writers? Need inspiration and support? Join us in our private Writer Unleashed Community Facebook Group. It's totally free to join.

How do you keep writing when you're paralyzed by self doubt?By reprogramming faulty thought patterns.In today's episode of Writer Unleashed, we'll re-frame common misconceptions about writing, and even misconceptions about your own abilities that are sabotaging you.  We'll explore:What's really at the core of writer's block3 Common thoughts that derail writersThe truth about talentAnd why there's no such thing as failureWant to dismantle more faulty thought patterns and unleash your voice?  Take my FREE 6-Day audio class. Click here to sign up.Not sure if your idea has what it takes to become a powerful story? This free quick guide will help you uncover the heart of your idea in just three simple steps. You’ll walk away with a one-sentence premise you can build your entire book on, and the clarity and confidence to keep going.Download Your Quick Guide HereWant to join a community of like-minded writers? Need inspiration and support? Join us in our private Writer Unleashed Community Facebook Group. It's totally free to join.

Style can be the downfall of an otherwise stunning story. That's because the writing calls  too much attention to itself and upstages the characters. It fights against your story and keeps your reader from getting fully engrossed. Worse, it keeps you from getting deeply involved with your own story. In today's episode, we'll talk about the elements that make up your writing style, and how to make sure your style integrates with your story. You want style to complement your story, not fight against it.   We'll explore:Core elements that make  up styleThe reader's experience when style is amissCommon style errors4 solutions to using style to amplify your storyWant FREE writing resources and workbooks?  Grab them now at NanciPanuccio.comNot sure if your idea has what it takes to become a powerful story? This free quick guide will help you uncover the heart of your idea in just three simple steps. You’ll walk away with a one-sentence premise you can build your entire book on, and the clarity and confidence to keep going.Download Your Quick Guide HereWant to join a community of like-minded writers? Need inspiration and support? Join us in our private Writer Unleashed Community Facebook Group. It's totally free to join.

What's one of the quickest way to get your manuscript in the reject pile? Too many adjectives and adverbs.  Writers often think adjectives and adverbs describe vividly. But nothing could be farther from the truth.  Instead, they bloat your story with empty filler.  And bore your reader. In today's episode, you'll learn how to eliminate or minimize adjectives and adverbs and replace them with more vivid language that activates the reader's imagination. Have your manuscript handy to start editing. You'll learn how to:Choose adjectives that surprise Replace adjectives with imagesRid your dialogue of  unnecessary adverbs, and use dialogue, gestures, and body language to carry the emotion insteadBoost your nouns and verbs so you're not relying on adjectives and adverbs.  Also Listen To: 3 Quick Editing Tips to Craft Riveting SentencesWant FREE writing resources and workbooks?  Grab them now at NanciPanuccio.comNot sure if your idea has what it takes to become a powerful story? This free quick guide will help you uncover the heart of your idea in just three simple steps. You’ll walk away with a one-sentence premise you can build your entire book on, and the clarity and confidence to keep going.Download Your Quick Guide HereWant to join a community of like-minded writers? Need inspiration and support? Join us in our private Writer Unleashed Community Facebook Group. It's totally free to join.

Don't  think or write chronologically? No worries. Stories bend to their own laws of time. In today's episode, we'll look at 4 ways to manipulate time in your story. These will give you more range as the author,  and more tension and suspense for your reader. We'll explore:Using  flashbacks to frame your storyUsing the figure 8 structure around an image or eventCreating suspense through flash forwards Reverse Chronological OrderAlso Listen to:3 Common Flashback Mistakes and How to Avoid ThemFor more  free resources, visit Nancipanuccio.comJoin our Free private Facebook Group  by clicking hereNot sure if your idea has what it takes to become a powerful story? This free quick guide will help you uncover the heart of your idea in just three simple steps. You’ll walk away with a one-sentence premise you can build your entire book on, and the clarity and confidence to keep going.Download Your Quick Guide HereWant to join a community of like-minded writers? Need inspiration and support? Join us in our private Writer Unleashed Community Facebook Group. It's totally free to join.

Flashbacks need to be handled with craft and intention. Just like any other interruption from the present story, a flashback can kick your reader out of the story.  And that's precisely what we want to avoid.In today's episode, I'm sharing 3 common missteps writers make with flashback, and how to avoid them. We'll explore how to:Reign in overused flashbacksPlace flashbacks where they matterUse repetition and variation to give your story a memoryKeep your reader grounded in time shiftsAlso listen to: Episode 12: Four Ways to Write Effective FlashbackNot sure if your idea has what it takes to become a powerful story? This free quick guide will help you uncover the heart of your idea in just three simple steps. You’ll walk away with a one-sentence premise you can build your entire book on, and the clarity and confidence to keep going.Download Your Quick Guide HereWant to join a community of like-minded writers? Need inspiration and support? Join us in our private Writer Unleashed Community Facebook Group. It's totally free to join.

Bonnie Lykes Bigler is a writer and spoken word performer and host of The Writers' Voice on WIOX 91.3 FM.  In this radio re-broadcast,  we talk all things writing - why we write, what stops us in our tracks  and how to keep writing in the face of rejection, loss of motivation, and writer's  fatigue. We talk about the importance of learning how to read like a writer, and the ship and learn approach I learned from one of my coaches, and more. Not sure if your idea has what it takes to become a powerful story? This free quick guide will help you uncover the heart of your idea in just three simple steps. You’ll walk away with a one-sentence premise you can build your entire book on, and the clarity and confidence to keep going.Download Your Quick Guide HereWant to join a community of like-minded writers? Need inspiration and support? Join us in our private Writer Unleashed Community Facebook Group. It's totally free to join.

Show, don’t tell has got to be the most canned advice bandied about.Yes, you should show. But that doesn’t mean you never tell. Telling does have its place.So the question becomes, when is it better to show rather than tell?In today’s episode, I’ll share the three main ways writers tell when it’s better to show, and how to convert telling into showing.  There's also a quick writing exercise at the end, so  have your pen and paper handy.Here’s what we’ll cover:Why showing helps your story become your reader's story, and why this is a major gainThe difference between scene and summary and when to write scene vs summaryHow to use action, language, and metaphor to reveal characterHow to recreate setting so the reader drops right into the world of your storyAlso Listen To:Episode 13: How to Write For Emotional ImpactNot sure if your idea has what it takes to become a powerful story? This free quick guide will help you uncover the heart of your idea in just three simple steps. You’ll walk away with a one-sentence premise you can build your entire book on, and the clarity and confidence to keep going.Download Your Quick Guide HereWant to join a community of like-minded writers? Need inspiration and support? Join us in our private Writer Unleashed Community Facebook Group. It's totally free to join.