Episode 233 - Peeling the onion.
Episode 233 - Peeling the onion.  
Podcast: Essential Guide to Writing a Novel
Published On: Fri Sep 04 2026
Description: We writers can train ourselves to peel the onion: to look more deeply at places and people, and so set forth our discoveries in lovely language in our stories.  Here's how the masters do it.  Also, F. Scott Fitzgerald's "action is character" is a strong technique for revealing our characters' personalities to readers, and I talk about "action is character" here.Support the showBuy the master class.