Episode 4: Show, Don’t Tell (Scene Vs. Summary) ft. Rennie Dyball

In this episode of The Architecture of Story, authors Meg Rosenthal and Rennie Dyball dive into prose technique and the timeless advice us writers have received regarding showing, not telling your readers what is happening in your book. But what does that really mean, and how do you accomplish this? Through specific and sensory details as well as dialogue tips and tricks, Meg and Rennie walk you through how to stay in “scene” in your writing and when it is appropriate to slip into “summary.”

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Nailing the Finish Line ft. J.N. Kindig The Architecture of Story

In this episode of The Architecture of Story, authors Meg Rosenthal and J.N. Kindig discuss several archetypal ways that you can cross that final threshold and NAIL that finish line… or in other words, finish your story. Using a traditional three act story structure as the vehicle to arrive at the final image, Kindig brings to the conversation her own education from her recent masters in English degree to guide us all to different types of narrative endings we can employ. Click to learn more about Jeff VanderMeer and Wonderbook: https://wonderbooknow.com/about/Connect with Jordan:https://www.authorjnkindig.comInstagram @authorjnkindigTikTok @authorjnkindigConnect with Meg:https://megrosenthal.comInstagram @megrosenthalauthor TikTok @megrosenthal.author
  1. Nailing the Finish Line ft. J.N. Kindig
  2. Story Arc Within Genre: Mystery ft. Benjamin Bradley
  3. Character Driven Plots ft. Hannah Hamrick
  4. Story Arc Within Genre: Fantasy/ Plotting a Trilogy
  5. 7 Point Story Structure ft. Nicole Ryan

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