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We look at the body language of action beats and breakdown how it can be used to build tension in a scene and look at multi-layering your dialogue for better pacing, and less predictable lines. Email: Pleasestartwriting@gmail.com jbendoski@gmail.com Patreon.com/startwritingpodcast

Sandra Montanino talks about her new book, The Weight of Salt: A Gripping Story of Love and Courage and how she crafts dialogue. Email: Pleasestartwriting@gmail.com jbendoski@gmail.com Patreon.com/startwritingpodcast

We continue our discussion on dialogue. This time we dig into action beats, one-actor-per-paragraph, subtext, stuffing for emphasis vs. shuffling for rhythm. Website: Joseph-bendoski.com/start-writing Email: Pleasestartwriting@gmail.com jbendoski@gmail.com Patreon.com/startwritingpodcast

We begin our journey into dialogue and start with the basics. Email: jbendoski@gmail.com Web: JosephBendoski.com/Start-Writing

We discuss some of the ways Micheal Abramson handled exposition is his novel Dominant Trait. www.Joseph-Bendoski.com/Start-Writing      jbendoski@gmail.com

We talk with Mark Everglade, T. K. Young, and Joseph Hurtgen about their views on exposition, and how they handled it in their own novels. Website: Joseph-Bendoski.com/Start-Writing Email: jbendoski@gmail.com

We cover interiority and the essential parts of the exposition that are needed for the story to work. Email us at: jbendoski@gmail.com or visit our website Joseph-Bendoski.com/Start-Writing

We are still talking about exposition, backstory, and flashbacks. email: jbendoski@gmail.com   website: Joseph-Bendoski.com/Start-Writing

We continue our discussion on EXPOSITION with examples from The Expanse and John Updike. Email: jbendoski@gmail.com Website: Joseph-Bendoski.com/Start-Writing

If Start Wars cut all exposition we wouldn't get this line, "Luke, I am your father." We talk about techniques to make exposition work and bring more life into your work. Visit our site JosephBendoski.com/Start-Writing  or send us an email: jbendoski@gmail.com. Pick up the material for the examples on our website and help support the show.

We discuss how to end chapters with cliffhangers, and what are the essential components that make a cliffhanger work, and what needs to come after. Website: Joseph-Bendoski/Start-Writing  Email:jbendoski@gmail.com

We discuss why ambiguous endings are used, and how to make them work, and how to know if they are right for the story you are working on. Contact:jbendoski@gmail.com website: JosephBendoski.com/start-writing

We discuss why you would end a book with a cliffhanger, the risks, and rewards of doing it, and look at some examples that have ended stories with cliffhangers successfully. Contact us: jbendoski@gmail.com or visit us for show notes at JosephBendoski.com/Start-Writing   

We continue our discussion of ending with a specific focus on happy ones. email us jbendoski@gmail.com or visit our site www.josephbendoski.com

We look at how to make an ending satisfying, different types of endings, and the reason they work. email: jbendoski@gmail.com Website: Joseph-Bendoski/Start-Writing.com

We discuss the differences and importance of political villains and physical villains among other things. Email us at jbendoski@gmail.com  Website: joseph-bendoski.com/start-writing

We discuss the chemistry and style behind writing for specific genres and what emotional experiences readers are looking for. Website: Joseph-Bendoski.com/Start-Writing     Email: jbendoski@gmail.com

We discuss how to slow down and expand scene, and which type to use for different kinds of scenes and stories. joseph-bendoski.com/start-writing   email:jbendoski@gmail.com

We discuss the making of great villains and antagonist and why it's such an important part of the story. joesph-bendoski.com/start-writing    jbendoski@gmail.com

www.joseph-bendoski.com/start-writing  We discuss how the protagonist builds the structure of the story and why it's important.