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Back to SearchEp 170: How to Be a Better Writer (Pt 5) - Four Writing Tips
Last time, we talked about the 6+1 Traits. When you take time to evaluate your work in each one, you can begin to identify areas of strength and weak…
7 years, 8 months ago
How to Be a Better Writer: Boost All 7 Traits of Great Writing
[Ep 169] I’m glad to be back after an unexpected and lengthy break when I needed to care for a relative during a complicated emergency. I’m sorry I d…
7 years, 8 months ago
How to Be a Better Writer: Write Tight
In a recent release of Revisionist History, Malcolm Gladwell introduces his podcast listeners to Dr. Bernadine Healy. In this episode, he asks Johann…
7 years, 9 months ago
How to Be a Better Writer: 3 Simple Tweaks You Can Try Today
Last week I talked about the mindset that believes growth is possible—that you are neither stuck at your current level nor have you arrived at master…
7 years, 10 months ago
How to Be a Better Writer: Start with the Right Mindset
Last week, we started to explore a fear that haunts many writers, which is the fear that they aren’t good enough. Or they think they aren’t enough. I…
7 years, 10 months ago
Writing Fears and How to Overcome Them: Feeling Not Good Enough
A few times I brought my high school English papers to my dad for him to look over. Trained as a newspaper editor, he’d reach into his desk drawer an…
7 years, 10 months ago
Writing Fears and How to Overcome Them: Fear of Rejection
Over the past week I followed several women on Instagram as they traveled to London for a literary-themed trip. One woman on the trip, Bri McKoy, pos…
7 years, 10 months ago
How to Write When You Work Full Time
I love that today’s theme comes from a newsletter subscriber who responded when I asked for ideas to address on the podcast or in articles. So this i…
7 years, 11 months ago
Ep 162: What Do You Do with Story Ideas?
Last week I told my email subscribers I'd love for future content to be inspired by the very issues that trip them up or hold them back. Today I’m go…
7 years, 11 months ago
Ep 161: Subscribe to Podcasts to Learn on the Go
When I was in college, I bought a small recorder. A Sony, I think. You’re wondering the year? Well, let’s just say I bought packs of cassette tapes f…
7 years, 11 months ago