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Story Magic
Hey fiction writer! Want your readers to stay up until 2am, so engrossed in your story they just can’t put it down? Want to build a successful, fulfilling, and sustainable writing life that works for YOU? Story Magic is the place for you. Every week, professional book coaches and editors Emily and Rachel from Golden May dive into writing craft, community, and mindset tips, tricks, and advice so you can write and publish books you’re damn proud of, again and again. We cover craft topics like…
Episodes
Story Magic24 - Investing in your writing with Nicole Stork-Hestad (Part 2)
Today, Emily & Rachel talk about investing in your writing with guest Nicole Stork-Hestad. This is part 2 of our interview series with Nicole! What you’ll…
Story Magic23 - How money mindset is crucial to your writing journey with Nicole Stork-Hestad (Part 1)
Today, Emily & Rachel talk about money mindset in your writing life with guest Nicole Stork-Hestad. This is part 1 of our interview series with Nicole! What…
Story Magic22 - How to start a revision
Today, Emily & Rachel talk about how to start a revision. What you’ll learn from this episode: A little update about Rachel's and Emily's WIPs The revisions…
Story Magic21 - Theme, story, and character, oh my! with Emma Dhesi
Today, Emily & Rachel talk about theme and how it relates to story and character, with guest Emma Dhesi! What you’ll learn from this episode: What is theme?…
Story Magic20 - Internal goals give characters dimension
Today, Emily & Rachel talk about internal goals. What you’ll learn from this episode: What are internal goals and why your characters need them How to create…
Story Magic19 - Intro to Scene Structure
Today, Emily & Rachel talk about scene structure! What you’ll learn from this episode: what a scene really is how scenes break down into 4 major components…
Story Magic18 - When and why to table a story
Today, Emily & Rachel talk about when and why to table a story. What you’ll learn from this episode: how to know if/when you should table a story why it might…
Story Magic17 - Descriptive characterization
Today, Emily & Rachel talk about descriptive characterization. What you’ll learn from this episode: how to intentionally characterize your characters adding…
Story Magic16 - Art when the world is burning with Corrie Legge
Today we have a recording of an Instagram live discussion between Emily and actor / creative coach Corrie Legge where they discussed when art is worth doing in…
Story Magic15 - Staying true to your humanity
Today, Emily & Rachel talk about staying true to your humanity. What you’ll learn from this episode: How we bring our whole selves to the writing process No…
Story Magic14 - Our favorite plotting tool: pivot point plans
Today, Emily & Rachel talk about our favorite plotting tool: pivot point plans! What you’ll learn from this episode: Character plans Linking story goals to…
Story Magic13 - Writing is work
Today, Emily & Rachel talk about how writing is work. What you’ll learn from this episode: How writing is takes energy, even if it feels fulfilling We need to…
Story Magic12 - "How do I write faster?"
Today, Emily & Rachel talk about slow writing! What you’ll learn from this episode: why you feel the need to write fast how slow writing can actually result in…
Story Magic11 - Creating in Sequence with Kristen Kieffer
Today, Emily & Rachel talk with guest Kristen Kieffer about creating in sequence. What you’ll learn from this episode What does it mean to create in sequence?…
Story Magic10 - Do writers actually discover their stories?
Today, Emily & Rachel talk about whether writers discover or create their stories. What you’ll learn from this episode: discovering vs creating your story are…
Story Magic9 - Dialogue that feels natural
Today, Emily & Rachel talk about how to create dialogue that feels natural. What you’ll learn from this episode: how to create intentional and relevant…
Story Magic8 - Toxic positivity in your writing life
Today, Emily & Rachel talk about toxic positivity in your writing life. What you’ll learn from this episode: what toxic positivity is why it's NOT part of a…
Story Magic7 - Wtf is agency?
Today, Emily & Rachel talk about character agency! What you’ll learn from this episode: What agency actually is The difference between story and scene goals…
Story Magic6 - The balance between exposition + info dump
Today, Emily & Rachel talk about the difference between exposition and info dump. What you’ll learn from this episode: what is exposition? what is info dump?…
Story Magic5 - Feedback should never feel like this
Today, Emily & Rachel talk about what writing feedback should really be like. What you’ll learn from this episode: What feedback should NOT feel like What…
Story Magic4 - A stellar brainstorming technique
Today, Emily & Rachel talk about a brainstorming technique called divergent and convergent thinking. What you’ll learn from this episode: how divergent and…
Story Magic1 - The writing life you deserve
Today on our first official episode, Emily & Rachel talk about building a sustainable writing life. In this episode you'll learn: how to avoid the 'shoulds' in…
Story Magic2 - What if it could be easy?
Today, Emily & Rachel talk about our favorite trick to making your writing life easy. In this episode you'll learn: how you're probably making writing harder…
Story Magic3 - Flawed people are more interesting
Today, Emily & Rachel talk about character flaws. In this episode you'll learn: why character flaws are so important our definition of the Internal Obstacle…
Story MagicWelcome to Story Magic! - Trailer
Hey fiction writer! Want your readers to stay up until 2am, so engrossed in your story they just can’t put it down? Want to build a successful, fulfilling, and…