Jun 30, 2025
In this episode, Dialogue Doctor Coach Laura Humm sits down with author Ted Atchley to look at a scene from his work in progress. They discuss character voices, writing YA, and leading scenes with emotion.
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Jun 23, 2025
In this episode, Jeff meets up with three of the members of the Dialogue Doctor Community to dissect and learn from the short story Sonny's Blues by James Baldwin.
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Jun 16, 2025
In this episode, Jeff sits down with author Dennis Kurlas to talk about his work in progress. They discuss the options you have when your novel is almost finished and you are tweaking it. Specifically, they discuss how to add emotional weight to scenes.
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Jun 9, 2025
In this episode, Jeff and Laura answer questions from the community. Questions include:
Where is the sweet spot between frustrating the reader by having the characters either over-explain or under-explain how their world works?
Do you have any advice on how to write movement without using the words directly associated...
Jun 2, 2025
In this episode, Jeff teaches the Dialoggers about plot structure. Together they work through plot styles for single vehicle and multi vehicle stories. Then they discuss the story Love Actually and examine how a Mosaic Plot style works.
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