Podcast Episodes
Back to Search#59: Your Writing Can Change the World
Have you ever attempted the “I Am From” exercise? I’ll give you some links in the Resources section below to templates and lists you can use to write…
9 years, 11 months ago
#58: How to Affirm Your Own Writing Life
Some days, you wake up and feel like you can finish a novel in a month—and it’s not even November, National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo)! Or you f…
9 years, 11 months ago
#57: Go Ahead and Play to Your Strengths
If you want to expand your reach, gain new skills, stretch yourself and take your writing to the next level, you can dance at the edge of your comfor…
10 years ago
#56: To Learn How to Write, You Have to Write
Writers become writers because they read something that made them want to pick up a pen or open a laptop and do the same thing. They read some piece …
10 years ago
#55: Writers Should Say Yes to New Experiences
It seems like writers are encouraged to do three things: Apply bottom to chair, write regularly, and read a lot. This is great advice, and I encourag…
10 years ago
#54: It's Good for a Writer to Ask Why
When’s the last time you asked yourself "Why?" Why am I pursuing writing? Why am I writing this particular project? Why am I working on this book pro…
10 years ago
#53: Need Writing Ideas? Take Inventory of Your Life!
In the first creative writing course I took in college, I felt like my life was boring. I had nothing interesting to write about. The professor told …
10 years, 1 month ago
#52: Open Your Heart and Invite Your Reader In
The inspiration for the 50-Headline Challenge that I introduced back in Episode 50 came from an interview with Jon Morrow, who wrote 100 headlines a …
10 years, 1 month ago
#51: Make the Most of Your 50 Headlines
How’s the challenge going? If you’ve just discovered the podcast and haven’t listened to Episode 50, “Stop Waiting for Last-Minute Writing Inspiratio…
10 years, 1 month ago
#50: Stop Waiting for Last-Minute Writing Inspiration
My life presents numerous complications making it hard to plan ahead or get ahead. One simple practice I’ve begun is to stop waiting around for last-…
10 years, 1 month ago