The Dialogue Doctor Podcast

In this episode, Jeff sits down with new author Liz Mason to talk about Liz's work in process. The talk about how the reader experiences emotion in a story, why it is important to have characters interacting, and how to find a scene if you have written a lot of summaries. For more on the craft of writing, check out https://dialoguedoctor.com/

In this episode, Dialogue Doctor Coach Laura Humm holds an Office Hour with four different authors. Together they discuss, how to keep track of the details in your book, how to manage flashbacks, should you add emails or letters to your narrative, the benefits and draw backs of having more than one POV, and more. For more on writing craft, go to https://dialoguedoctor.com/summer-fall-2024-events/

In this episode, we share a webinar from the Spring Dialogue Dash. We talk about how to build a main character. We discuss developing a character's personality and the character's voice. We then dive into what happens when you have more than one vehicle and why it is important to provide variety. Finally, we get into voice modulation and how it interacts with the plot of the story. To join us for the next Dialogue Dash, you can sign up here: https://dialoguedoctor.teachable.com/p/dialogue-dash-80-days-until-done-fall-2024

In this episode, Jeff sits down with members of the community to analyze the cast of Knives Out. They discuss how the multiple vehicle structure works, how the cast members impact one another, and what we can learn from the script for our own work. For more on the craft of writing, check out https://dialoguedoctor.com/

In this episode, Jeff sits down with author Holly Lyne to look at her work in progress. They talk about laying out the emotional beats of a scene, world building in dialogue, creating mystery in a book and a scene, and using body language and inner thoughts to pull the reader into the emotional experience. For more on the craft of writing, check out https://dialoguedoctor.com/

In this episode, Jeff sits down with author and Enneagram guru Claire Taylor. Jeff and Claire talk about why author's should know their number, how the Enneagram compares to other personality assessments, why the Enneagram is good for self understanding, and then ways you can use the Enneagram as a writer. You can find all things Claire Taylor at FFS Media - https://www.ffs.media For more on the craft of writing, check out https://dialoguedoctor.com/

In this episode, Dialogue Doctor Coach JP Rindfleisch IX sits down with author AG Bowman to discuss AG's opening scene. They discuss how to show the scene over telling facts, how to maintain a gritty noir narrative voice, how to help the reader experience the Vehicle character's feelings, working with an unreliable narrator, and managing journal entries. For more on the craft of writing, check out https://dialoguedoctor.com/

In this episode, JP sits down with Author Ann Garvin. Ann is a scientist turned humorist, a USA TODAY and #1 Amazon Charts bestselling author of five books. JP and Ann discuss her journey from science to writing, how she helps writers enchant readers with high concepts, keeping characters centric to your writing, asking what the purpose of a story is, and her writing group the Tall Poppy Writers. To find more about Ann and check out her work, go to https://anngarvin.com/ For more on the craft of writing, go to https://dialoguedoctor.com/

In this episode, Dialogue Doctor Coach Laura Humm sits down with new author Dixie Williams to look at a scene Dixie has written. They talk about writing well known family tropes, making sure the reader knows who is in the scene so the reader can imagine the scene, orienting family relationships at the opening of the scene so we understand the family's dynamic, and paying attention to the family dynamics when creating flash backs. For more on the craft of writing, head over to https://dialoguedoctor.com/

In this Time with Tom, Editor, Bookstore Owner, and author Tom Holbrook takes time out of his vacation to talk books and personal updates with Jeff. To find Tom's work, check out his services here https://holbrookauthorservices.com/ For more on the craft of writing, check out https://dialoguedoctor.com/