Tiffin Inn Writing Workshop (with Imposter Syndrome & Unlimited Refills)

Art presents four ways to recharge your creativity when your discipline is high but the quality or quantity of your writing output is just not cutting it. Tim and Art are here to help, so email the show at TiffinInnWritingWorkshop@gmail.com to get your conversation started.

Tim and Art explore how vignettes, brief episodes within your larger narrative, and flashbacks, small stories from a character's past, can help illuminate character or create tension in the forward action. Tim and Art are here to help, so email the show at TiffinInnWritingWorkshop@gmail.com to get your conversation started.

Tim and Art are here to help you with your fiction. Yes, yours! E-mail us at TiffinInnWritingWorkshop@gmail.com to inquire about our wrtiting coaching, proofing, copyediting, and workshop services.

Tim explores some best practices on how to choose where to submit your fiction for publication. Reach out to us with questions at TiffinInnWritingWorkshop@gmail.com to get the conversation started.

Tim and Art welcome guest Scott Farrin to the corner booth to discuss honing your writing process. Scott Farrin has taught writing in varied forms for over twenty years, composition, technical writing, journalism and creative writing. A writer himself as well as a professor of English at Collin College, Scott Farrin has published in journals such as The South Carolina Review, Puerto del Sol, and P...

Art explores how he has shifted his mindset from writing to "drafting" as a clever way to trick his brain into enjoying the rough draft process. Art offers seven steps for his process to keep the work engaging.  Tim and Art are here to help, so email the show at TiffinInnWritingWorkshop@gmail.com to get your conversation started. 

Tim and Art explore ways you can discover your writing voice through playing with different forms within your early drafts. Adopting new forms (such as prose poetry, screenplays, haiku, etc.) as an avenue of play can unlock new directions in your work. Even if you try and discard or try and adopt, the work of trying can lead to new ideas and help you discover your style. Tim and Art are here to he...

Art explores how he uses the Refill episodes as a rationale for dispelling doubt and continuing to push forward in improving his craft. Tim and Art are here to help, so email the show at TiffinInnWritingWorkshop@gmail.com to get your conversation started.

Tim and Art welcome guest author Kalynn Applewhite to the corner booth to discuss her process in staying disciplined year-round in writing as well as a glimpse into her self-publishing successes. Kalynn Applewhite is a writer at heart with a lifetime love of fantasy. She is a work-at-home mom and lead creator for Applewhite Games. Through her books she pursues her passion for exploring feminist th...

Tim explores how to process constructive feedback and turn that into action on a future draft. Tim and Art are here to help, so email the show at  TiffinInnWritingWorkshop@gmail.com to get your conversation started.

Tim and Art demonstrate best practices of giving and receiving feedback with an unscripted feedback session on Tim's flash fiction! Join us as we hear Tim's story read into the record, Art asking open-ended questions about choices Tim made in the story, Art's impression of the work, written feedback from editors who passed on the story, and finally Tim's decision on how to proceed. We hope this de...

Tim and Art transport you back in time to Season 1 with a new segment we are calling a "REWIND." We plan to release our regularly scheduled REFILL episode as a Bonus later this month whenever Art's voice no longer crackles like a campfire (thanks, mystery virus!). This episode originally aired on April 25, 2023.  Ever struggled to find the time (or energy) to write after a full shift on the job? H...

Tim and Art discuss the hallmarks of quality feedback to writers, especially how to sort out good advice from bad. They offer tips on how to deliver helpful feedback to your peers as well as how to convert bad advice into something useful. We're here to help, so e-mail us at  TiffinInnWritingWorkshop@gmail.com with any questions, success stories, or to just get the conversation started.

Art introduces the distinction between Heroes and Anti-Heroes, specifically how their decision-making defines them.   We're here to help, so e-mail us at  TiffinInnWritingWorkshop@gmail.com with any questions, success stories, or to just get the conversation started.

Tim and Art welcome the talented Cat Hammons into the corner booth to discuss best practices on collaborating with a writing partner as well as tips on writing for film and TV.   Cat Hammons is an actor and writer born and raised in Ogden, UT. Her acting career includes the award-winning film For When You Get Lost and a variety of television shows such as Yellowstone and The Big Bang Theory . Alon...

As writers, we all need the right tools in our toolbelts. This season, Tim and I are using the refill episodes to discuss fundamental literary tools. These tools could be important terminology, useful literary devices, or foundational concepts that we think every writer can find valuable. In each refill episode, we plan to tackle two at a time. This episode features "Narrative Hooks" and "In Media...

Tim and Art are back with an all-new season of discussions, tips, and ways to progress your stories! In this season 3 opener, Tim and Art discuss practical strategies for approaching your 2nd draft. Art offers three major steps including how to approach big note-taking when you read your 1st draft back, when and how to approach revising scenes, and why starting with gaps is more pleasing than stri...

With the end of NaNoWriMo 2023, Tim and Art discuss what they learned about themselves and the process of writing after the month-long sprint, how they plan to use their time now that it is over, and what to do differently going forward.  Stay in touch during the hiatus at  TiffinInnWritingWorkshop@gmail.com. Feel free to share your thoughts on your own journey or make requests for future show top...

Tim and Art discuss their experience with NaNoWriMo 2023 as they look back on their personal successes and improvements resulting from Season 2. Tim and Art make a case for using the competency map as a fresh approach to educating fiction writers while teasing the editorial direction and some of the guests they expect to join them in Season 3. Tim and Art are on hiatus until Q1 of 2024. In the int...

Tim recaps using subtext, imagery and symbolism to imply a complementary layer of meaning that enhances the literal story, with emphasis on a practical approach.   To connect with Tim and Art directly, email the show at  TiffinInnWritingWorkshop@gmail.com .

Tim and Art discuss subtext in fiction, including what it is, why you would want to use it, and some best practices on how to deploy it in your stories.   To connect with Tim and Art directly, email the show at TiffinInnWritingWorkshop@gmail.com .

BONUS: Art kicks off NaNoWriMo 2023 with 1,721 words! Follow along with Art's progress on www.nanowrimo.org by sending a Buddy request to MyCoachArt. Let's keep each other motivated! To connect with Tim and Art directly, email the show at TiffinInnWritingWorkshop@gmail.com .

Art recounts how specific detail in his "gateway" Donald Barthelme story, "The Indian Uprising," lit a fuse that ultimately made him want to become a writer. To connect with Tim and Art directly, email the show at TiffinInnWritingWorkshop@gmail.com .

Tim and Art discuss the ways to create meaning in your manuscript through specific detail. Art offers a two-step process to creating memorable specific detail and a three-part justification of why you should do it. The episode ends with a list of three risks to avoid when deploying specific detail in your work. To connect with Tim and Art directly, email the show at TiffinInnWritingWorkshop@gmail....

Art recaps the two tips to writing a setting that sings, keeping your setting from feeling "arbitrary" and building your setting from the "inside out." Mastering these two techniques will help your setting complement your characters, action, and theme.   To connect with Tim and Art directly, email the show at TiffinInnWritingWorkshop@gmail.com .