Bonus: Be A Bestseller 3.0 Summit Interview with Emma Dhesi

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Savannah Gilbo

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🗓️ 15 March 2022

⏱️ 40 minutes

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In today’s extra special bonus episode, I'm sharing an interview I did earlier this year with Emma Dhesi for her Be A Bestseller Summit. We talked about genre and how your story’s genre can help you write a story that works. And specifically, we dove into the thriller genre and talked about how the key scenes and conventions of the thriller genre show up in The Silence of the Lambs. This was such a fun event to be a part of because it’s always fun to talk about writing, but also there wer...

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0:00.0	our content genres tell us how to construct a story. So they tell us things like what your
0:05.0	protagonist wants and needs because that's going to be, you know, different from a romance to a
0:09.9	thriller, right? The protagonist usually has a different goal. It's going to tell us what your
0:14.6	protagonist stands to lose or gain. So what's at stake? Because again, looking at romance and thriller
0:19.8	very different. And then it's going to tell us how to construct a general shape of our story because
0:25.3	it tells us what key scenes we need to have, which I know we'll go to in a minute. But it also
0:30.4	tells us like the shape of the beginning, middle and end. And then they tell us content genres tell
0:35.3	us what emotions our readers want to feel. So again, different from romance to thriller.
0:41.5	Welcome to the fiction writing made easy podcast. My name is Savannah Gilbo and I'm here to help you
0:46.7	write a story that works. I want to prove to you that writing a novel doesn't have to be overwhelming.
0:52.1	So each week I'll bring you a brand new episode with simple, actionable, and step-by-step
0:56.8	strategies that you can implement in your writing right away. So whether you're brand new to writing
1:01.6	or more of a seasoned author looking to improve your craft, this podcast is for you. So pick up a pen
1:07.0	and let's get started. In today's extra special bonus episode, I wanted to share an interview I
1:13.4	did earlier this year with Emma Desi for her Be a Best Seller Summit. We talked about genre and how
1:19.7	your stories genre can help you write a story that works. And specifically we dove into the thriller
1:25.3	genre and talked about how the key scenes and conventions of the thriller genre show up in the
1:30.6	silence of the lambs. This was such a fun event to be a part of because it's always fun to talk
1:35.7	about writing. But there were also 25 to 30 other speakers who all shared their insights, tips,
1:41.6	and strategies on the writing, editing, and publishing process too. It was an awesome event and I
1:47.1	heard a lot of really fantastic interviews. The event is officially over but if you want to check
1:52.4	out the recordings, I'll post the link in the show notes for you. So without further ado, here is my
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