The Taylor Stevens Show

The Taylor Stevens Show


Latest Episodes

TSS363: Taylor Responds to a Listener Question on Omniscient Narrators
December 26, 2022

Thanks so much for joining us again this week! In this weeks episode, Taylor shares her thoughts on writing using an Omniscient Narrator. Thanks for joining us again this week, and to John for sharin

TSS363: Taylor Responds to a Listener Question on Omniscient Narrators
December 13, 2022

Thanks so much for joining us again this week! In this week’s episode, Taylor shares her thoughts on writing using an Omniscient Narrator. Thanks for joining us again this week, and to John for sharin

TSS362: An in-depth discussion of genre with John Truby
November 29, 2022

Thanks so much for joining us again this week! Were thrilled to have John Truby join us this week for an in-depth exploration of genre. Hes written a book about the subject, The Anatomy of Genres: H

TSS361: Storytelling Lessons from the Screen and ….
November 22, 2022

Thanks so much for joining us again this week! In this weeks episode, shares some insights shes had from watching the Pennyworth series on HBO Max AND from watching some friends play a story-rich vi

TSS360: It’s All About Balance
November 15, 2022

Thanks so much for joining us again this week! In this weeks episode, Taylor responds to an interesting listener question about the timing for introducing a second primary point of view character. Th

TSS359: Taylor Responds to Listener Feedback
November 08, 2022

Thanks so much for joining us again this week! In this weeks episode, Taylor responds to listener feedback and to online writing comments that she collects. If you have questions or suggestions for f

TSS358: Opening Lines and Paragraphs
November 01, 2022

Thanks so much for joining us again this week! In this weeks episode, Taylor shares her thoughts on the importance of opening lines and paragraphs and provides a few specific examples. If you have qu

TSS357: The Importance of Character Agency
October 25, 2022

Thanks so much for joining us again this week! In this weeks episode, Taylor discusses the importance of character agency and how when your characters dont exhibit agency, the story disappointments.

TSS356: Taylor Talks Writing Process
October 18, 2022

Thanks so much for joining us again this week! In this weeks episode, Taylor discusses her writing process and how it needed to be tweaked in the writing of a new scene. If you have questions or sugg

TSS355: What Can Comedians Teach Novelists about Closing Story Loops?
October 11, 2022

Thanks so much for joining us again this week! In this weeks episode, Taylor and Steve discuss the opening and closing of story loops, and Taylor uses comedians as an example to explain the process.