Category: podcast

Lesson 06: Want, Need, and Plot – Designing Character Driven Plots

October 30, 2019

Listen on Apple Podcasts Listen on Spotify Listen on Google Podcasts Learn how to design compelling plots for your stories based on the relationship between character wants and needs, utilizing character development to give your narrative momentum and structure. For more info about the show, check out www.homesteadonthecorner.com Help support the show at www.patreon.com/homesteadcorner Script Outtakes

Story 06: Blindsights

October 16, 2019

CONTENT WARNING: Strong language, violence, and disturbing elements. Listen on Apple Podcasts Listen on Spotify Listen on Google Podcasts A blind gunslinger flees his violent past, finding solace in the small town of Santa Lucia… but when a gang of outlaws appears in town, he must defend the place and the people he’s come to … More Story 06: Blindsights

Lesson 05: Wheels, Arcs, and Circles of Character Development

September 30, 2019

Listen on Apple Podcasts Listen on Spotify Listen on Google Podcasts Learn how characters can change, grow, and evolve in the course of a story by using the character wheel, character arcs, and the Value Circle. Self-published author Wray Van Winkle discusses her methods for understanding and creating interesting character journeys. Character Development Diagram: www.homesteadonthecorner.com/podcastextras For … More Lesson 05: Wheels, Arcs, and Circles of Character Development

Lesson 04: Exploring Planet Character

September 3, 2019

Listen on Apple Podcasts Listen on Spotify Listen on Google Podcasts Learn to create compelling, multilayered, and deeply human characters using the Planet Character model. Self-published author Wray Van Winkle shares techniques to develop psychologically realistic characters for your own books, stories, and screenplays. Planet Character Diagram: www.homesteadonthecorner.com/podcastextras For more info about the show, check out www.homesteadonthecorner.com … More Lesson 04: Exploring Planet Character

Story 04: Disquiet

August 20, 2019

CONTENT WARNING: Some strong language, gun violence, and frightening elements Listen on Apple Podcasts Listen on Spotify Listen on Google Podcasts When famed horror novelist Anna Sheridan discovers strange radio signals emanating from Spirit Mountain Cave in Cody, Wyoming — the only abandoned National Monument in America — she finds herself embroiled in a hundred-year-old … More Story 04: Disquiet

Lesson 03: Building the Character Web

August 6, 2019

Listen on Apple Podcasts Listen on Spotify Listen on Google Podcasts Learn to develop complex characters in your book, script, or screenplay using the Character Web – the network of supporting characters built around the protagonist. Self-published author Wray Van Winkle breaks down basic character types and ways to show, rather than tell, the reader … More Lesson 03: Building the Character Web

Story 03: Worlds Apart

July 22, 2019

Listen on Apple Podcasts Listen on Spotify Listen on Google Podcasts When the Earth’s magnetic field reverses without warning, two arctic scientists – one at the North Pole, one in Antarctica – find themselves unexpectedly connected by the anomaly. Cut off from any hope of rescue with only each other’s voices on the radio, they … More Story 03: Worlds Apart

Lesson 02: “The Process” – Finishing your Story

July 8, 2019

Listen on Apple Podcasts Listen on Spotify Listen on Google Podcasts Wray Van Winkle shares her 7 steps for finishing a writing project, whether it be a novel, screenplay, or podcast. A great first step for anyone with a great new idea and a long list of incomplete creative projects they don’t want to repeat. … More Lesson 02: “The Process” – Finishing your Story