5 Writers 5 Minutes
Five best-selling kids' authors in a five-minute masterclass. Every week, Deborah Abela, Tristan Bancks, Sarah Armstrong, Lian Tanner and Zanni Louise share their writing and editing secrets, reveal how their books developed and give tips on how to write your own story. Find this as a podcast or on YouTube by searching 5 Writers 5 Minutes.
Podcasting since 2023 • 54 episodes
5 Writers 5 Minutes
Latest Episodes
2.34 How to Create a Good Mindset for Writing
Staying connected to your creativity isn't always an easy thing. Besides just sitting down and actually WRITING (which sounds so easy... but is soooo not), we need to make sure we're prioritising practices that help the flow of inspiration. In ...
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Season 2
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Episode 34
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2.33 How Every Story Is Different
Sometimes, writing the second book is harder than the first! You think you've cracked the story-writing code and every book after your debut will be easy peasy... only to find yourself stuck in the mud! The team share some encouragement to help...
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Episode 33
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11:43
2.32 How does Scriptwriting Inform Our Writing Process?
Happy Tuesday, friends!Today we have Maryam Master with us to chat about how scriptwriting has shaped our writing. Whether it's through dialogue, writing action, or the three act structure, scriptwriting can be a useful technique to kee...
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Episode 32
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2.31 Making BIG Changes To Your Story
It's never fun when you receive feedback from agents and/or editors advising you to do big rewrites on your story. But you know what? After giving yourself the space to sulk, you almost always find that these rewrites make your story stronger. ...
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Season 2
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Episode 31
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11:27
2.30 Writing Cliffhangers and Closing Lines
Can you think of a cliffhanger from a story that got you so excited you had to keep reading? In this episode, the team chat about how they tackle cliffhangers in their own books, and what feelings they want to evoke when writing their closing l...
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Episode 30
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