
Story Nerd
Melanie Hill, Valerie Francis
For novelists, memoirists and screenwriters who want to write stories their readers will love. Each week literary editors, Valerie Francis and Melanie Hill, use films to explain how to craft a story that hooks the reader on page one and holds their attention all the way to the end. The goal is simple: to learn from writers who have come before us...what worked well and what didn't work so well. If you're a writer who loves to write, this podcast is for you!"The only thing that matters, and that...
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Episodes (493)
Your Opening Pages MUST do this
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Close Encounters: fixing saggy middles
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The Trick to Holding a Reader's Attention is...
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Sex and the City (archive)
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Prologues...Yes or No?
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Bridget Jones's Diary (archive)
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The AI Witch-Hunt (Part 2)
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The AI Witch-Hunt (Part 1)
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Using Flashbacks and Flashforwards
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The Good Liar (archive)
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Querying Too Soon?
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The Courier (archive)
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Worldbuilding in the Opening Pages
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Vertigo: does it live up to the hype?
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Knowing When to Query (this is a BIG deal)
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What Went Wrong: jason bourne
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How do agents see genre?
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Best Advice: protagonist types and premises
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Spielberg listens to Story Nerd
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Serenity: object of desire MIA
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What Agents Wish Authors Knew BEFORE They Query
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Choosing Comp Titles (it’s an art!)
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Birds of Prey: writing unlikeable characters
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Ronin: what is an antihero?
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Identifying Genre is Trickier than You Think!
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Hidden Figures: your reader’s expectations?
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Notting Hill: why we love it
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Is this a mystery?
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Mrs.Harris Goes to Paris: toothless antagonists
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Sicario: not what we expected
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Killer Opening Lines
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Murder She Said: sex or murder?
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What Went Right: anora
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The best time to send a query
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What Went Wrong: 80 for Brady
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Best Advice: heroes and villains
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AI in Writing and Publishing
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We have news! And it benefits you.
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Thunderbolts: 2 surprising twists
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Men In Black (archive)
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The Devil Wears Prada (archive)
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Dirty Dancing (archive)
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Conclave: a masterclass in nuanced characters
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Do this to Hook an Agent - Interview with Kathleen Foxx
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Mulholland Drive: trippy
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Darkest Hour: darkest villain
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Amour: looks easy, but isn’t
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Amour: looks easy, but isn’t!
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Invitation to a Murder: there’s no plot!
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Erin Brockovich: writing underdogs
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