Helping Writers Become Authors

K.M. Weiland
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Jun 3, 2024 • 19min

S16:E18: 5 Strategies for Writing the Parts You Don't Like

Discover effective strategies for writing the parts you don't like and maintaining creative flow through elements that trigger resistance.
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May 20, 2024 • 17min

S16:E17: Troubleshooting Your Story's Ending

Learn how to troubleshoot your story's ending and craft a compelling climax. Tips on character arcs and themes for a satisfying conclusion.
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May 13, 2024 • 24min

S16:E16: Enneagram Types for Writers: Types 5-9

Discover how the Enneagram types influence writers' creative journeys. Explore the unique strengths and challenges of Types 5 to 9, including Type Six's struggle with analysis paralysis and their gift for community-building. Delve into emotional dynamics that drive storytelling and character development. Learn how Types Eight and Nine's traits shape their writing styles, offering insights into overcoming personal obstacles and enhancing the creative process through self-awareness.
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May 6, 2024 • 24min

S16:E15: Enneagram Types for Writers: Types 1-4

Explore how Enneagram types 1-4 impact writers, uncovering inner critics, perfectionist tendencies, and challenges faced by achievers and performers. Learn how understanding these types can enhance storytelling and navigate creative hurdles, with a preview of Type Fours' influence on character development in writing.
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Apr 22, 2024 • 27min

S16:E14: How to Use Symbolic and Archetypal Settings in Your Story

Explore how symbolic and archetypal settings elevate narratives and resonate with readers. Delve into meanings of settings like maze, forest, desert, cave, and castle. Discover power of settings in crafting compelling narratives. Explore character growth through transitions in familiar settings. Examine use of settings in showcasing cosmic truths and spiritual understanding in stories.
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21 snips
Apr 15, 2024 • 25min

S16:E13: Checklist for Beginning Your Story: Plot Considerations

Explore the checklist for beginning your story, focusing on plot development, character desires, conflicts, and establishing a strong beginning. Delve into the significance of setting the stage with foreshadowing, creating hooks, and engaging readers through action and dialogue.
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Apr 1, 2024 • 21min

S16:E12: How to Choose Story Settings: The 4 Basic Types of Setting

Learn about the critical role settings play in storytelling and how they influence character interactions, plot development, and thematic resonance. Explore the impact of character interactions on plot progression, choosing settings to enhance plot and character dynamics, the use of meeting grounds and shared spaces in storytelling, and how story settings shape character relationships
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17 snips
Mar 25, 2024 • 23min

S16:E11: From Lead to Gold: The Alchemy of Character Arc With Carl Jung

Delve into character arc alchemy with parallels to Jungian analysis. Explore stages of alchemy and character development. Discover how characters evolve from flaws to brilliance through psychological growth. Unveil transformative journeys akin to alchemical processes in storytelling.
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26 snips
Mar 18, 2024 • 27min

S16:E10: Checklist for Beginning Your Story: Introducing Your Characters

Learn how to master the art of introducing characters in your first chapter, hook readers with intriguing character moments, establish character arcs through lies and truths, set the stage for character development and plot conflict, and navigate the challenges and artistry of crafting the first chapter in writing.
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Mar 11, 2024 • 13min

S16:E9: Announcing the Shadow Archetypes Course! (+Giveaway)

Discover the power of shadow archetypes in character development. Join the Shadow Archetypes course to write stories of depth and complexity.

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