SPA Girls Podcast – EP121 – Interview with Scott King
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This week we had the pleasure of chatting to Scott King, author of non-fiction writing books The 5 Day Novel, Finish the Script! and his latest, Outline Your Novel.
Scott has a background in teaching writing, film and scriptwriting at a college level, and has published multiple books in a variety of genres, so he’s perfectly placed to write and talk about writing to other authors. He’s also brilliant at breaking down information and making it understandable, and there were several ‘a-ha!’ moments during this interview where Scott explained something we might have intuitively known, but couldn’t have put into words. We talked to him about outlining, sub-plots, writing a book in five days, and where to start if you’re a newbie. He’s a smart, articulate guest who we know will inspire you to get out there and write!
Scott’s written some fantastic non-fiction books for writers including his Writer To Author Series. His most recent publication (out Feb 20, 2018) Outline Your Novel: The How To Guide For Structuring And Outlining Your Novel , is the book we talk most about in the podcast. Instead of getting lost in the middle or never finishing, learn how structure works and how to use that structure to make and follow an outline.
After taking way too long to write a fantasy epic, Scott refined his writing process so that he could crank out a novel in five days!
A standard pitch is meant for marketing and selling, but a Story Pitch is a powerful tool meant to be used when pre-writing and writing. It can help you jumpstart your novel, screenplay, comic, or whatever type of story you are trying to tell and it can be used as a corrective measure if you get off track during the writing process.
Learn more about Scott King at:
Scott’s website: www.ScottKing.info
Scott’s podcast: The Creators Cast
