HeyJaredMaster Fiction Writing
With 25+ years in theatre, media, and coaching, I’ve honed the art of storytelling. Now, I’m thrilled to share that expertise with you on “Master Fiction Writing.” Whether you’re crafting memorable characters or building gripping plots, each episode is backed by examples from…
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The Conversation Under the Conversation: How to Write Subtext (opens the original)
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What makes dialogue feel alive? Very often, it’s what the characters aren’t saying. In this episode of Master Fiction Writing, I’m looking at subtext: the gap between what a character wants from a conversation and what they’re actually prepared to say out loud. We’ll explore how subtext can create tension, intimacy, humour, conflict and emotional depth, and why it works best when characters have a genuine reason to avoid directness. We’ll also look at how silence, deflection, physical behaviour
The Status Game: Who Really Has the Power in Your Scene? (opens the original)
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Who really has the power in your scene? Status is one of the hidden forces that can make a scene feel alive. It shapes who controls the conversation, who needs something more, who can walk away, and how the balance between characters changes from moment to moment. In this episode of Master Fiction Writing, I explore how status works in dialogue, relationships, romance, comedy, conflict and quiet scenes. We’ll look at how power can shift even when a character’s official position stays exactly the
The Hawksian Woman: What Writers Can Learn About Chemistry, Competence, and Equality (opens the original)
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What makes some characters instantly compelling to one another? Sometimes it isn’t vulnerability, physical attraction, or even conflict. Sometimes it’s the moment one character looks at another and thinks: Oh. You’re good. In this episode of Master Fiction Writing , I explore the Hawksian woman , the confident, capable, quick-witted female character associated with the films of director Howard Hawks, and ask what this classic Hollywood archetype can teach contemporary fiction writers about creat
The Human Cost of Magic, Monsters, and Machines (opens the original)
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A magic system. A monster. A machine. A prophecy. A portal. A ghost. A dystopian regime. An impossible world. Speculative fiction often begins with a brilliant what if? But the idea becomes a story when that impossible thing collides with something deeply human. This episode of Master Fiction Writing is an audio version of my presentation for the WorldShift summit for speculative fiction writers. In it, I explore how to move beyond the “cool premise” and discover the emotional pressure hiding in
Why Romantasy Works: What Every Fiction Writer Can Learn From It (opens the original)
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Romantasy is everywhere right now. Dragons, fae courts, morally grey love interests, spectacular special editions - and sales figures that have made the publishing industry sit up very straight indeed. But what’s actually driving its extraordinary appeal? In this episode of Master Fiction Writing , I take a deep dive into the rise of romantasy: what the term means, where the genre came from, why authors such as Sarah J. Maas and Rebecca Yarros have become publishing phenomena, and why BookTok al
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