Jax Solomon Podcast

Embracing Critique 06.09.2022 25:22 ↓

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The writer's brain advantage, 5th level order 05.09.2022 11:20 ↓

Our ability to infer what someone else is thinking

Foreshadowing, subplots, backstory, flashback 03.09.2022 12:22 ↓

The cause needs to be clear

Subplots and Flashbacks 02.09.2022 15:02 ↓

Subplots must connect to the Story

Subplots 01.09.2022 8:24 ↓

Better connect to main storyline

Subplots 31.08.2022 13:01 ↓

Unless we remember, we don't understand.

The Importance Between Payoff And The Setup 30.08.2022 13:55 ↓

Don't kill conflict, anticipation and payoff

The setup 29.08.2022 17:25 ↓

Setups read like fate

They Look For Patterns 28.08.2022 7:54 ↓

Everything To the reader is part of a pattern

Put your Character In Impossible Situations 27.08.2022 14:46 ↓

Reader wants to be put into the situation without any threat

Ways To Put your Character in dilemma 26.08.2022 14:12 ↓

Get them embarrassed

No Pain No Gain. Give Her Problems 25.08.2022 12:09 ↓

The harder she tries, the harder it gets

The And SO Test, Story Relevance 24.08.2022 10:27 ↓

And I need to know that why?

Don't Digress 23.08.2022 11:42 ↓

Build Story Momentum

Cause and Effect, Reaction. Example Story. 22.08.2022 9:23 ↓

The Story moves forward because of the internal struggle of the protagonist.

"Show", Don't Tell 21.08.2022 9:58 ↓

Showing is storytelling cause and effect, how they arrive at that decision

We're Wired For Story, Narrative 20.08.2022 5:04 ↓

Let's learn to put narrative in ideas

Cause and Effect, If This Then That, Therefore 19.08.2022 13:35 ↓

Things hard to read aren't read

Reveals Often Obscure. Give Clues. 18.08.2022 8:56 ↓

First we have to want to know the secret.

Reveals Must Be Pre Empted 17.08.2022 11:06 ↓

A sudden reveal is dull

Versus Versus Versus. How conflict appears and goals 16.08.2022 9:22 ↓

Does her goal require a solution to the internal conflict

Conflict On Story, Conflict Is The Story, Gives Urgency 15.08.2022 11:50 ↓

Naturally we hate conflict, so we turn to story!

Conflict, Agents of Change 14.08.2022 5:57 ↓

Change is only from unavoidable conflict

Chapter 6 Checkpoint. Scenery, Location. 13.08.2022 6:35 ↓

Story are about people.

Specifics, Details and Sensories 12.08.2022 11:34 ↓

And examples of how they read.