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Interview on writing novels and believing in yourself

February 11, 2020 by Nathan Bransford 2 Comments

I was very excited to sit down with my friend Natasa Lekic of New York Book Editors for a forty minute (!) interview on novel writing and editing.

Some of the things we covered:

  • Believing in your own creativity
  • Motivation and stakes
  • Dialogue and writing cinematically

Here’s the full interview!

(Don’t worry, I got a haircut the day after we recorded this.)

And if you don’t have time to watch the whole thing, here are some clips.

On character motivation and making readers care:

How to raise the stakes:

Common mistakes with dialogue:

Thanks so much to Natasa, and hope you enjoy!

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  1. Jana Atwood says

    February 11, 2020 at 10:20 pm

    Loved it! Super helpful!!

    Reply
  2. Kathy Nickerson says

    February 12, 2020 at 11:52 am

    Thank you for this. So helpful. Especially the information about dialogue.

    Reply

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