In this episode of The Writing Coach podcast, writing coach Kevin T. Johns responds to a challenge issued by author Daniel Pease.

Pease challenged Kevin to watch a drum performance by El Estepario Siberiano and develop training advice for writers based on what he sees.

So that’s exactly what he did!

Kevin identifies 8 key things writers can learn from watching Siberiano’s video.

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In this episode of The Writing Coach podcast, writing coach Kevin T. Johns continues his examination of the Scene Alchemy Essentials Checklist tool and discusses the importance of:

• The four internal and four external literary elements
• Avoiding infodumps
• Ensuring your protagonist struggles to achieve their goals
• And why, even when your character achieves their scene goal, something else should go wrong

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In this episode of The Writing Coach podcast, writing coach Kevin T. Johns continues his review of the Scene Alchemy Essentials Checklist tool and discusses the importance of:

• Dialogue
• Sense Descriptions
• Theme
• Pushing drama, emotion, and tension to the max
• Coming into scenes late and leaving them early

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In this episode of The Writing Coach podcast, writing coach Kevin T. Johns continues his review of the Scene Alchemy Essentials Checklist tool and discusses the importance of:

• Scene Goals
• Proper Tense
• Scene Structure
• Decision Points
• Polarity Shifts
• Progressive Complications
• Openings and Closings
• Pacing

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In this episode of The Writing Coach podcast, writing coach Kevin T. Johns introduces his new scene Alchemy Essentials Checklist tool and discusses the importance of:

• Scene length
• Point of View
• Stakes
• Intern and External Conflict
• Causality
• Setting

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