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Ep.16. The Three Types of Obstacles Your Character Must Overcome in Story
EPISODE DESCRIPTION – Obstacles to your character's main objective and how they deal with them are what drive your story. If you don't have obstacles, you won't have a story. This week, Zena breaks down the three...
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Ep.15. Let’s Get Crazy! How the Truest Character is Revealed Through Extreme Behavior
EPISODE DESCRIPTION – Negotiations between characters help to raise the stakes in your scenes, but how else can you use this technique in your story? Learn how to use this technique to help reveal true character and...
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SP01. SPECIAL EPISODE! Zena Spills It All in This Intimate Interview
EPISODE DESCRIPTION – In this SPECIAL EPISODE, Zena is interviewed by one of her students at Covenant College, with questions ranging from writing as a calling to the role of ADHD for her as a creative, and so much...
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Ep.14. Three Clever Ways to Up the Ante in Your Multiple Character Scenes
EPISODE DESCRIPTION – Are you looking to maximize the dramatic potential in your scenes between two or more characters? Do you want to take your conflicts between those characters to new heights? Listen to this week's...
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Ep13. It's All About Those Stakes: Engage Your Audience With This One Easy Tip
EPISODE DESCRIPTION – "Your story just doesn't grab me." Do you ever get that feedback? Want to fix it with one easy-to-remember tip? This week, Zena dives deeper into the negotiations between characters and their...
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Ep.12. Can You Be Too Healthy in Real Life to Write Good Conflict in Story?
EPISODE DESCRIPTION – Do you ever wonder if you can improve your interpersonal communication so much that it would impact your writing? Would you still be able to write good conflict if you knew and practiced good...
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Ep.11. Character Arc Hack: One Easy-to-Use Tool to Steer Your Character Towards Growth
EPISODE DESCRIPTION – What if we stopped trying to fix things, not only in our personal lives, but in our stories too? What does that even look like? How do you not fix something in your story? This week Zena will...
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Ep10. Stop Trying to Fix It: How Efforts to Rescue Those in Pain and Suffering Can Actually Make it Worse
EPISODE DESCRIPTION – You know that uncomfortable feeling when you know someone is hurting and you feel kind of awkward because you don't know what to say, but you want to help them somehow, just to fix it for them?...
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Ep9. Counterculture Boundaries: Five Key Indicators That Today's "Self-Love" Craze is Making You More Selfish
EPISODE DESCRIPTION – Are you setting boundaries in your personal life? Boundaries can be helpful and healthy, but they can also be a tool utilized to manipulate, whether we do it knowingly or not. This week, join...
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Ep8. Say What You Mean, But Don't Say it Mean: Finding Freedom in Radical Honesty
EPISODE DESCRIPTION – It can be a struggle to get off Karpman's triangle, it can be a struggle to take personal responsibility even if you're not on the triangle. It takes courage and strength. But by embracing the...
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Ep7. How to Stop Victimizing Yourself and Others with This One Essential Recovery Tool
EPISODE DESCRIPTION – Zena's back this week with a hard hitter. Do you own your stuff? I mean, do you take personal responsibility for your actions, feelings, etc.? Zena takes us on a journey this week down the road...
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Ep6. Called to be Bold: The Top Three Ways for Writers to be Courageous in the New Year
EPISODE DESCRIPTION – Do you feel intimidated by societal expectations to accept mainstream narrative as truth? Or even by our fellow Christians for standing against the grain? Are you tired of the dumbing down of...
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