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“Stay Turned For Our Next Episode . . .” or Not.

By Larry Brooks via @StoryFix

You’re heard me rail and wail about episodic storytelling.  

I’ve called it toxic, referred to it as a dreaded story-killer.

Still think that, by the way.  But what the heck IS it?

The differentiation between what is episodic and what is not is thin and in constant motion.  It is made all the more complicated and obscured by the fact that, in any good story, there is indeed “stuff that happens” along the way… stuff that actually looks, smells and plays just like the very episodic context I’m preaching against.

Confusion becomes paradoxical.  But there’s a rule of thumb that helps: do you have a compelling CONCEPT in play?

Click here to read the complete article (see #1 below) 

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If you missed my writing & marketing tweets and retweets yesterday, here they are again: 

1. “Stay Tuned For Our Next Episode…” or Not. http://ow.ly/jJN1D via @StoryFix
2. Low quality content and Google penalties http://ow.ly/jJKPD via @madeleindasilva
3. 5 Cases of Faulty Parallelism http://ow.ly/jJMW2 via Daily Writing Tips
4. When Visibility Doesn’t Lead To Book Sales http://ow.ly/jKjfR
5. What Facebook’s New Feed Will Mean For Authors http://ow.ly/jKjqF via @AuthorMedia
6. What to Include in a Query Letter | The Editor's Blog via @Janice_Hardy | http://ow.ly/jeBQx Get to Know Your Characters http://ow.ly/jKk4s via The Editor's Blog
7. Self-publishing is the future — and great for writers: http://t.co/5twUIrCnPQ @Salon @hughhowey RT @elizabethscraig
8. Notes from Tabor Lane: 18 Links to Writing & Marketing Blog Posts http://ow.ly/jLQYl
9. Ten Secrets To Write Better Stories http://ow.ly/jKpFL via @write_practice
10. The Perfectly Balanced Story: http://t.co/SRWuE75WkB @mooderino RT @elizabethscraig:
11. 10 Dirty Fighting Tricks to Spice Up Your Fight Scenes: http://t.co/Mpy6ly8wNn @ajackwriting RT @elizabethscraig
12. How to Use Twitter to Supercharge Your Book Launch http://ow.ly/jKVKs via @AuthorMedia
13. Differentiating Through Dialogue http://t.co/DPXYwdWLxU What they say, not just how RT @evelyn_puerto
14. The Best Advice on Plotting I've Ever Heard: Two Tips That Will Make Plotting Easier
15.  http://ow.ly/jLStN via @Janice_Hardy
16. Les Edgerton Shows How to Write Amazing Dialogue http://t.co/QNCS7XsJAb RT @evelyn_puerto
17. Where Can Authors Advertise for the B&N, Apple, and Kobo Stores? http://ow.ly/jLTDW via @GoblinWriter
18. Social Media Marketing Lessons from 2013 (So Far) http://ow.ly/jLUfY 

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Happy writing & running, Kathy

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