- 66,000 words per week
- 140 titles published ~ novels and short stories.
- Of that number, 100 of them sold over one million copies EACH.
- Translated into dozens of languages
- Used pen names because he was so prolific he had to disguise his output from editors
Who is this great Defeater of Writer’s Block? Let’s try one more clue.
- 271 TV episodes produced with his trademark character Perry Mason.
Have you guessed the writer? Erle Stanley Gardner.
To write 66,000 words each week and to publish 140 titles, Gardner had to have methods and techniques to Defeat Writer’s Block.
In his early days, before he became best-selling, Gardner had to learn story-telling techniques, all the craft skills of character, plot, conflict, and resolution (endings). He discovered practical methods and adapted them, and those served him well over his long career as a professional writer.
Let’s analyze the ones we can adapt to super-charge our own Write Focus.
TIMINGS
00:00 Welcome
00:40 Introduction
03:08 Writing Life Work Habits
04:38 Gardner’s 1st Technique
07:48 His 2nd Technique
09:05 His 3rd Technique (& the most important)
10:30 Two Touchstones for Stories
13:40 These Touchstones Defeat Writer’s Block
15:03 Five Guides for any Story
20:05 Last Words / Closing
Total Run Time :: 22:48
LINKS
Secrets of the World’s Best-Selling Writer: the Storytelling Techniques of Erle Stanley Gardner. Francis L. and Roberta B. Fugate. Graymalki Media, 1975.
Lester Dent’s Plot Formula (1st episode) Audio https://eden5695.podbean.com/e/322-short-narratives-part-1-mixed-miscellany-summer-series/?token=787f587776d16329864e1540c7138c9e
Video on YouTube https://youtu.be/jA6xHr44XMw
Lester Dent’s Plot Formula / printable pdf / https://mgherron.com/2015/01/lester-dents-pulp-paper-master-fiction-plot-formula/
Plot 7 (1st episode) Audio https://eden5695.podbean.com/e/504-plot-7-part-a-discovering-plot/
Archetypal Story Pattern / Greatest Plot Structure in the World (1st episode) Audio https://eden5695.podbean.com/e/stages-1-2-greatest-plot-structure-discplot-447/?token=1f886de066cbc760395ba4fc6edb7519
Direct Link to the Audio https://eden5695.podbean.com/e/512-defeat-writers-block-how-one-pro-won-the-battle/?token=7646932b74d75be9cb8ce149782f7b58
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