How Dungeons and Dragons can help us become better storytellershttp://www.paullytle.comOne of my novels, The Yellow Canary:https://amzn.to/2D9ojXHxHa5BJ8PweMQEm9kLlzo

HOW: Seeking Out Criticism

Feb 14th, 2019 15m 28s

As writers, it is critical that we get criticism for our work.This being November and therefore National Novel Writing Month (https://nanowrimo.org/) thought we would chat a little about keeping a writing schedule and minimum word count.Pod

HOW: Where Do Ideas Come From?

Feb 7th, 2019 17m 17s

Where does a writer gets ideas? Where kinda from everyone. How do you develop them is a better question.Podcast version of the show: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-art-of-ages-the-how-and-why-of-writing/id1441023257?mt=2http://www.

HOW: The Look of the Page

Jan 31st, 2019 17m 16s

Writers of works that are required to be read have a particular issue that they have to face - what the does the page look like? Does it help with the reading or distract from it? How do we know?http://www.paullytle.comOne of my novels, The

HOW: Exposition and Narration

Jan 23rd, 2019 19m 17s

Using Orson Welles' masterpiece Citizen Kane as our guide, we look at exposition and narration and how to use each one.http://www.paullytle.comOne of my novels, The Yellow Canary:https://amzn.to/2D9ojXH

WHY: The Art of the Ages in the Art of the Ages

Jan 9th, 2019 13m 36s

Explaining the title of the podcast whiel delving a little more into Tolkien's concept of sub-creation.http://www.paullytle.comOne of my novels, The Yellow Canary:https://amzn.to/2D9ojXH

HOW: Ending a Story when the Book Ends

Jan 2nd, 2019 20m 41s

Yeah, it's totally possible to end a story long before a story is over, and it is something we should be guarding against.http://www.paullytle.comOne of my novels, The Yellow Canary:https://amzn.to/2D9ojXH

HOW: Read Poetry (and not Free Verse)

Dec 27th, 2018 22m 19s

If you learn how to control word choice, rhythm, and pacing, you can make the reader read your work in the way that you want him to. But to do that, we have to read poetry. And not free verse poetry.http://www.paullytle.comOne of my novels,

WORKSHOP: A Christmas Carol

Dec 19th, 2018 15m 43s

Looking at the structure and strategy of Dickens' A Christmas Carol.http://www.paullytle.comOne of my novels, The Yellow Canary:https://amzn.to/2D9ojXH

WORKSHOP: The Milky Way

Dec 12th, 2018 16m 52s

Discussing when and how to deal with repeatative phrasing by using my own work as an example and also Train's "Drops of Jupiter."http://www.paullytle.comOne of my novels, The Yellow Canary:https://amzn.to/2D9ojXH

HOW: Swoopers and Bashers

Dec 5th, 2018 15m 35s

Talking about Swoopers and Bashers, a concept described by Kurt Vonnegut in his book Timequake.This being November and therefore National Novel Writing Month (https://nanowrimo.org/) thought we would chat a little about keeping a writing sche

WHY: Does God Like It?

Nov 28th, 2018 18m 27s

Great timing as a Douglas Wilson blog post was released that parallels what we've been doing quite nicely:https://dougwils.com/books-and-culture/s7-engaging-the-culture/modern-art-and-the-dearth-of-culture%EF%BB%BF.htmlhttp://www.paullytle.c

WHY: Order from Chaos

Nov 22nd, 2018 20m 8s

Playing off our episode last week on sub-creation, we now delve a little farther into what we create and to what end.http://www.paullytle.comOne of my novels, The Yellow Canary:https://amzn.to/2D9ojXH

WHY: Sub-Creation

Nov 14th, 2018 14m 8s

A little on why we write, really focusing on Tolkien's amazing essay "On Faerie-stories" (https://amzn.to/2PWKbw2)http://www.paullytle.comOne of my novels, The Yellow Canary:https://amzn.to/2D9ojXH

HOW: Keeping a Schedule

Nov 7th, 2018 14m 57s

This being November and therefore National Novel Writing Month (https://nanowrimo.org/) thought we would chat a little about keeping a writing schedule and minimum word count.http://www.paullytle.comOne of my novels, The Yellow Canary:https