

The Dialogue Doctor Podcast
Jeff Elkins
Writing great books is critical to generating sales and building a following of readers. On the Dialogue Doctor Podcast, Jeff Elkins and other writers discuss how to write dialogue that will excite readers and help you sell more books.
Episodes
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Oct 14, 2024 • 1h 4min
Episode 244 - Plotting Your Story with JP Rindfleisch IX and Payton Lyle
In this episode, Dialogue Doctor Coach JP Rindfleisch the IX holds and Ask Me Anything session with Payton Lyle. After hearing what Payton wants from her story, JP breaks down her story with her. They talk about her Story Hypothesis, her characters' growth arcs, deepening the romance, and much more. Get your copy of the Story Hypothesis here: https://www.amazon.com/Story-Hypothesis-Missing-Fiction-Puzzle/dp/1958924121 For more on the craft of writing, check out https://dialoguedoctor.com/

Oct 9, 2024 • 55min
Episode 243 - How to Pitch Your Work with Lindsey Hughes
In this episode, Jeff sits down with The Pitch Master, Lindsey Hughes to talk about pitching your story. They discuss the difference between a screenplay and a novel. Lindsey gives networking tips, and Lindsey walks Jeff through give long and short pitches to stories. For more of Lindsey's work, check out https://thepitchmaster.com/ Also, come and get coaching at https://dialoguedoctor.com/coaching/

Oct 7, 2024 • 1h 20min
Episode 242 - Character Growth and Building Tension with JP Rindfleisch IX and Farriz Mashudi
In this episode, Dialogue Doctor Coach JP Rindfleisch IX sits down with Farriz Mashudi to look at her first chapter and talk about her story. JP and Farriz discuss how to increase tension, ensuring the reader understands where all the characters are, character growth arcs, the Story Hypothesis, and making a first chapter as powerful as possible while being aware of word count. To get a copy of the Story Hypothesis, go to https://shop.jprindfleischix.com/products/story-hypothesis-ebook? For more on the craft of writing or to hire JP as a coach, go to https://dialoguedoctor.com/

Oct 2, 2024 • 1h 16min
Episode 241 - Michele Berger, Short Stories, and Walter Mosley's Crime Fiction
In this episode, Jeff sits down with author Michele Berger. They discuss Michele's new book Doll Seed and then pivot to examining the writing of Walter Mosley. Michele is the Eric and Jane Nord Family Professor in the Department of Religious Studies and director of the Baker-Nord Center for the Humanities at Case Western Reserve University. If you are interested in Michele's new book, you can find it here: https://www.amazon.com/Doll-Seed-Michele-Tracy-Berger/dp/1951874072/ If you are interested in the Leonid McGill book we discussed (Trouble is What I Do), go to: https://www.amazon.com/Trouble-What-Leonid-Mcgill-Book-ebook/dp/B07SLY7D5Y/ If you want to learn more about the craft of writing, come and join us at https://dialoguedoctor.com/

Sep 30, 2024 • 1h 15min
Episode 240 - Writing Action Scenes and the Big Cast with Phil Yates
In this episode, Jeff sits down with author Phil Yates look at a historical fiction novel Phil is writing. They discuss writing action scenes and managing a big cast. They look at how dialogue empowers combat scenes, switching POVs in the middle of a chapter, keeping track of characters, picking the pain for the reader, and cast combinations. For more on the craft of writing, check out https://dialoguedoctor.com/

Sep 25, 2024 • 1h 15min
Episode 239 - Dialogue Doctor Coaches Unite!
In this episode, the three Dialogue Doctor Coaches (Jeff, Laura, and JP) unite to talk about what they are learning, what they are working on, and why everyone should sign up for the Dialogue Dash. To sign up for the Dash, click here: https://dialoguedoctor.teachable.com/p/dialogue-dash-80-days-until-done-fall-2024 For more on the craft of writing, click here: https://dialoguedoctor.com/

Sep 23, 2024 • 1h 6min
Episode 238 Maximizing Dialogue in Your Story with Mendi
In this episode, Jeff and Mendi look at the beats of her story and talk about how to create a powerful emotional experience by using dialogue. They how the size of the cast in each scene changes what you should do with the scene, how the number of characters in the scene impact the intimacy with the reader, and where to put exposition in the story. For more on the craft of writing, check out https://dialoguedoctor.com/

Sep 18, 2024 • 1h 20min
Episode 237 - An Office Hour with Laura Humm
In this episode, Laura Humm takes questions from the Dialogue Doctor Community. They discuss how to use interior monologue and building emotion, the difference between prose and dialogue and how both things impact the reader, how to use body language to build emotion, tips on having to read and edit your own work, how to make sure your character voices sound different from one another, and much more. For more on the craft of writing, check out DialogueDoctor.com - https://dialoguedoctor.com/

Sep 16, 2024 • 1h 13min
Episode 236 - How to Build a Cast with Victoria Tait
In this session, Jeff and Victoria Tait take a deep dive into building a cast. They talk about building characters across a series, the VEAH system, how to direct character change over a single books and multiple books, designing characters for your genre, and more. For more on the craft of writing, check out the DialogueDoctor.com - https://dialoguedoctor.com/

Sep 11, 2024 • 55min
Episode 235 - Character Growth and Building Characters - an Office Hour with JP Rindfleisch IX
In this episode, Dialogue Doctor Coach JP Rindfleisch IX holds and office hour. He and the other Dialoggers on the call discuss JP's book the Story Hypothesis, how to plot character change, what the length of a novel should be, and how to let the reader know a character's background without just telling them the character's background. For more on the craft of writing, check out https://dialoguedoctor.com/


