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Ann Kroeker, Writing Coach — 290 episodes
Don’t have blocks of time to write? Pockets work great!
”I don’t have time to write”- Ah, where does the time go?
”Oh no! My book was written by someone else!”
Dear [favorite author]
Are Abandoned Projects a Sign of Creative Weakness?
Don’t want to say it yourself? Put a frame around it!
Do you really want to write “quietly”? (It’s an AI favorite)
Whose Voice Is on Your Pages? Human vs. AI Writing
Self-Publishing vs. Traditional: Janyre Tromp's Real-World Experience with Both (and Clear Favorite)
What's your role in your reader's life?
Why Writers Get Lost in Research (And How to Find Your Way Back)
Start with Your Ideal Audience: Insights from Janyre Tromp
Don't Wait to Share Your Message
Write Your Way Forward
Afraid to Click “Publish”?
Organize Your Notes with the Seek, Sort and Stack Approach
You Deserve a Place That Feels Like Home: Literary Matchmaking with Deidra Riggs
10 Years of Podcasting for Writers: From Fearful Beginnings to Global Impact
4 Mistakes I See Nonfiction Authors Make (and How to Fix Them)
When did you stop writing?
Is Substack the Best Platform for Writers? Jane Friedman’s Expert Opinion
Use what's happened to you, to shape your writing
Let Life Inspire Your Next Great Piece
Metaphor Magic: Wield Your Pen Like a Wand
15 Tips to Make the Most of Your Next (or First!) Writers' Conference...While at the Event
Prep, Plan, and Pack to Get the Most out of Your Next (or First!) Writers’ Conference
How to Choose Your Next (or First!) Writers' Conference
To Be More Creative, Write a Letter to Your Reader
Are Creative Writing Prompts a Help or Hindrance?
Beat the Blank Page: 7 Clever Tricks to Pack It with Words
Who Cheered You on throughout Your Writing Journey?
Writers Who Make You Furiously Jealous Are Your Best Mentors
Come to Your Senses as You Write
Want to Become a Better Writer? Journal Before You Write
No time to write? Make solid progress in just 5 minutes
To Share or Not to Share: Which Personal Stories Should You Include in Your Writing?
You’ve Spotted Another Writer’s Typo. Now What Do You Do?
Save Time and Headaches: Create Citations as You Write
Find your muse in nature with this inspiring poetry prompt
From Idea to Contract: The Inspiring Story of a First-Time Author, with Merideth Hite Estevez
Trauma-Informed Writing Transforms You and Your Words, with Michelle Stiffler
What's Your Christmas Reflection?
AI writing tools keep getting better. How can writers keep up? (Interview with ChatGPT)
Do You Need Stephen King's Pencil?
How to Make Time to Write and Develop a System to Take Notes, with Bryan Collins
Poetry as a Playful and Pleasurable Creative Practice, with Mark McGuinness
Try This Writing Prompt to Get the Creative Juices Flowing!
Prepare for Publishing with Insights from Literary Agent Lucinda Halpern
What's a Writing Coach (and what kind do I need)?
Find Your Book Midwife, Say “Yes” Before You’re Ready, Pitch to Build Platform, and Authentically Engage with Readers (interview with author Clarissa Moll)
10 Ways to Start the Writing Process When You’re Staring at a Blank Page
Embrace These 4 Key Roles for a Flourishing Writing Life
How Simple Systems Can Unlock Your Writing Productivity, with Kari Roberts
Decoding Greatness: Discover the Fast Track to Writing Success
Do you view your writing life as a profession?
It's fun to write with others!
Develop a Daily Writing Practice to Find Your Voice: Interview with Allison Fallon
Shawn Smucker & Maile Silva on creative legacy, rejections, and being faithful to the work
Winning Book Proposals Need These 3 Things
Resolved to Write a Nonfiction Book This Year? Let’s Do the Math!
How to Structure Your Nonfiction Book
How Do You Read Like a Writer?
5 Writing Strengths You Need to Succeed
Validate Your Idea to Produce Your Best Project (Back to Basics)
Back to Basics: 6 Methods to Right-Size Your Next Writing Project
Back to Basics: Generate Ideas to Find What You Have to Say
Ep 225: Improve Your Writing by Getting Back to Basics
Ep 224: Find What You Need and Write What You Can
Ep 223: One Thing Writers Can Do in a Pandemic: Document the Days
Ep 222: Can a Poem a Day Make Us Better Writers?
What's a Book Proposal (and why do I need one)?
How to Get Your Nonfiction Book Traditionally Published
Build Your Platform: To Be More Findable, Find Your People
Ep 218: Do writers really need to do *all the things* for a successful career?
Ep 217: How to Gather Momentum When Your Writing's at a Standstill
Ep 216: An Easy Structure for Your Chaotic Work in Progress
Try This Classic Structure for Your Next Nonfiction Writing Project
Ep 214: Are Outlines a Writer’s Greatest Gift...or Curse?
Ep 213: How to Hook and Hold Your Readers
Ep 212: Productive Writers Build Their Body of Work - Pillar Three
Ep 211: Be More Creative to Enjoy Your Best Writing Life: Pillar Two
Ep 210: Cultivate Curiosity for Your Best Writing Life, Pillar One
Ep 209: Curiosity, Creativity, Productivity: Three Pillars to Building Your Best Writing Life
Ep 208: Children’s Book Author Sharon Stohler’s Path to Self-Publishing
Ep 207: How to Sort and Stack Your Ideas and Tasks to Transform as a Writer and Person
Ep 206: A Writer's Guide to ROI (Part 4)
Ep 205: A Writer's Guide to ROI (Part 3)
Ep 204: A Writer's Guide to ROI (Part 2)
Ep 203: A Writer's Guide to ROI (Part 1)
Ep 202: Enjoy Creative Freedom with the Modular Approach to Writing
Next-Level Writer - Have You Emerged at the Next Level? (Ep 201)
Ep 200: Next-Level Writer - Relentlessly Execute Your Plan to Level Up
Ep 199: Insights into Christian Publishing with NavPress Publisher Don Pape
Ep 198: Next-Level Writer - Organize, Schedule, and Enact Your Plan to Level Up
Ep 197: Next-Level Writer: Is This a Season to Slow Down or Surge Ahead?
Ep 196: Next-Level Writer - Plan and Persist
Ep 195: Next-Level Writer - Develop Your Macro Plan to Level Up
Ep 194: Next-Level Writer - Where Are You Now?
Ep 193: Next-Level Writer - To Start, You've Got to Get in the Game
Ep 192: (Re)Write to Discover How to Improve Your Drafts
Ep 191: Write to Discover Your Voice
Ep 190: [Interview] Author & Literary Agent Jeff Herman
Ep 189: Write to Discover New Skills and Techniques
Ep 188: Write to Discover What You Really Want to Say
Ep 187: Write to Discover Your Ideal Reader
Ep 186: Write to Discover Your Favorite Type of Writing
Ep 185: [Interview] Poet Tania Runyan
Ep 184: [Interview] Jennifer Dukes Lee - Author, Acquisitions Editor
Ep 183: Write to Discover Your Top Themes & Topics
Ep 182: Write to Discover Your Reason for Writing
Ep 181: Write to Discover the Courage You Need to Confront Your Fears
Ep 180: Write to Discover - Start with Yourself
Ep 179: Time to Schedule Your Writing Life Tune-up
Ep 178: The Writer at Work - Use Freewriting to Give It Some Thought
Ep 177: [Interview] Alison Hodgson on Boiling a Story Down to Its Essence, One-Star Reviews, and Perseverance
Ep 176: What Do You Know to Be True?
Ep 175: How to Use Lists to Transform Your Writing (and your life)
What Lies Beneath the Surface of Your Life?
Ep 173: [Interview] Patrice Gopo on Meaning Making on the Page and Studying the Craft
Ep 172: 4 Simple Ways to Put Your Own Writing First
Ep 171: [Interview] Shawn Smucker on Cowriting, Ghostwriting, and Prioritizing Your Own Work
Ep 170: How to Be a Better Writer (Pt 5) - Four Writing Tips
How to Be a Better Writer: Boost All 7 Traits of Great Writing
Ep 168: How to Be a Better Writer (Pt 3): Write Tight
Ep 167: How to Be a Better Writer (Pt 2): 3 Simple Tweaks You Can Try Today
Ep 166: How to Be a Better Writer (Pt 1): Start with the Right Mindset
Ep 165: Writing Fears and How to Overcome Them: Feeling Not Good Enough
Ep 164: Writing Fears and How to Overcome Them - Fear of Rejection
Ep 163: How to Write When You Work Full Time
Ep 162: What Do You Do with Story Ideas?
Ep 161: Subscribe to Podcasts to Learn on the Go
Ep 160: Ways to Rebrand Yourself as a Writer - Cold Turkey
Ep 159: Ways to Rebrand Yourself as a Writer - Slow Transition
Ep 158: Ways to Rebrand Yourself as a Writer: Integrate
Ep 157: Ways to Rebrand Yourself: Trial Run
Ep 156: In a World of Author Branding, What If You Want to Rebrand?
Ep 155: In a World of Author Branding, uh…What's an “Author Brand”?
Ep 154: In a World of Author Branding, Be Consistent at Your Core
Ep 153: In a World of Author Branding, Find a Place to Play
Ep 152: 20 Generous (and Easy!) Ways to Encourage a Writer Today
Ep 151: Your Best Mother’s Day Gift Ever - A Written Tribute
Ep 150: Write Your One-Line Legacy
Ep 149: Write Your Own Obituary
Ep 148: Increase Writing Quality by Both Filling and Stilling Your Mind
Ep 147: You and Your Writing Deserve the Grand Gesture
Ep 146: Your Writing Life Beginnings
Ep 145: My Writing Life Beginnings, Pt 2
Ep 144: My Writing Life Beginnings, Pt. 1
Ep 143: If You Want to Be a Writer, Keep Showing Up
Ep 142: If You Want to Write, You Have to Get Started
Ep 141: Writers Help the World Begin to See
Ep 140: Listen for the Music - More Self-Editing Tips from 'The Artful Edit'
Ep 139: Tips on Self Editing from The Artful Edit
Ep 138: Beware of These 5 Ways Curiosity Can Ruin Your Writing
Ep 137: What Do I Write Next - Experiment and Expand Your Repertoire
Ep 136: What Do I Write Next - Enjoy Your Vein of Gold
Ep 135: What Do I Write Next - Why Not a Series?
Ep 134: What Do I Write Next - Why Write Small When You Want to Go Big?
Ep 133: How to Decide What to Write Next (Introduction to What Do I Write Next series)
Ep 132: This Is the Year to Tackle That Complicated, Unfamiliar New Writing Project
Ep 131: Reverse Engineer Your Editorial Calendar
Ep 130: The Simple Way to Clarify Your Content
Ep 129: Repurpose Your Writing to Reach More People
Ep 128: Write in the Middle of the Holidays
Ep 127: The Paralysis of Perfectionism
Ep 126: From On-The-Page to Face-To-Face
Ep 125: No Time to Write? Do This Every Day
Ep 124: No Time to Write? A Simple Solution to Kickstart Your Work
Ep 123: This Is How to Write Real Copy for Real People
Ep 122: The Role of a Gatekeeper in the Publishing World
Ep 121: Out of Ideas? Be an Idea Machine
Ep 120: Plotters and Pantsers for All Genres
Ep 119: If a Writing Nemesis Holds You Back, It's Time to Be Free
Ep 118: How Inexperienced Writers Can Supercharge Their Growth
Ep 117: How to Dredge up the Memories You Want to Write About
Ep 116: Can You Write Your Story Before It's Become a Story?
Ep 115: You'll Write More When You Use an Editorial Calendar
Ep 114: Make the Most of Your Time with a Writing Pipeline
Ep 113: An Easy Solution for the Writer with Big Goals and Little Time
Ep 112: My Best Writing Tools to Get More Done (at Home and on the Go)
Ep 111: Build Your Email List with a System That Fits the Way You Think
Ep 110: You Want to Be a Writer Who's Read? Learn Something New Every Day.
Ep 109: Improve Your Writing with a Growth Mindset
Ep 108: When Writers Compare - The Good, Bad, and Ugly
Ep 107: Learn from the Best: Copywork for Grownups
Ep 106: Learn from the Best - Imitate but Don't Plagiarize
Ep 105: There was never yet an uninteresting life - Visiting Mark Twain's Hannibal, Missouri
Ep 104: Learn from the Best - The Book Is Yours When You Write in Its Margins
Ep 103: The Trouble with Memoir Is a Wiggly Mind
Ep 102: Grow as a Writer - Surround Yourself with Excellence
Ep 101: Energize Your Writing by Memorizing Poems
Ep 100: Submissions - How to Bounce Back After an Editor Turns You Down
Ep 99: Submissions - To Get a Yes, You Risk a No
Ep 98: Quick Fixes for Comma Splices
Ep 97: How a Simple Comma Can Save a Life
Ep 96: When You Really Need Next-Level Edits
Ep 95: Focus on Your High-Level Edits First
Ep 94: Grammar Matters: Why Concern Ourselves with Commas?
Ep 93: Why I'm Committing to the Work-Ahead Advantage
Ep 92: How to Compose the Perfect First Draft
Ep 90: The Long-Term Results of a Faithful Writing Life
Ep 89: The Rush to Publish - How to Pace Your Career
Ep 88: How to Develop Your Own Self-Study Writing Course
Ep 87: You Can Impact Readers Right Now through Social Media
Ep 86: Your Writing Platform - First Steps to Launching Your Social Media Presence
Ep 85: Now Is the Time to Start Building Your Platform
Ep 84: Your Writing Platform - Do People Expect Writers to Be Speakers?
Ep 83: Your Writing Platform: What’s the Definition of Platform (and Do I Really Need One)?
Ep 82: Plan a Sustainable Year for Your Writing Life
Ep 81: A Gift of Writing
Ep 80: Your Writing as a Gift
#79: Your Writing Platform: Who Is Your Who?
#78: Your Best Material - The Practice of Remembering
#77: When You Don't Know What to Say, Try Poetry
#76: Your Writing Platform - How to Confirm Your Niche
#75: Your Writing Platform: What Fascinates, Captivates, and Energizes You?
#74: Your Writing Platform - The Need for Focus
#73: Your Writing Platform Needs a Home Base: An Author Website
#72: Don't Miss This Platform-Building Opportunity (like I did)
#71: Is the Wind Blowing You This Way and That? It's Time for a Plan.
#70: What to Do When You're Unsure How to Begin
#69: Have You Ignored the First Absolute in Nonfiction Writing?
#68: Write, Now
#67: Either Write or Nothing
#66: Olympic-Inspired Goal-Setting Strategies for Writers
#65: 6 Reasons People Stay Secretive About Their Writing Projects
#64: How Secretive Are You About Your Writing Projects?
#63: Three Things a Freelance Writer Needs to Succeed
#62: When You’re Not the Writer You Want to Be
#61: Why Writers Should Be Curious About People
#60: The Top 5 Ways Curiosity Can Ruin Your Writing
#59: Your Writing Can Change the World
#58: How to Affirm Your Own Writing Life
#57: Go Ahead and Play to Your Strengths
#56: To Learn How to Write, You Have to Write
#55: Writers Should Say Yes to New Experiences
#54: It's Good for a Writer to Ask Why
#53: Need Writing Ideas? Take Inventory of Your Life!
#52: Open Your Heart and Invite Your Reader In
#51: Make the Most of Your 50 Headlines
#50: Stop Waiting for Last-Minute Writing Inspiration
#49: Here's to the Writer Moms
#48: Why Do We Writers Put So Much Pressure on Ourselves?
#47: Don't Be Afraid to Evolve
Ep 46: What's the Big Idea?
#45: You Don't Have to Do It All
Ep 44: Why Every Writer Needs a Buddy
#43: How to Avoid Distraction and Manage Attention to Write
#42: Manage Your Energy So You Can Write
#41: 5 Steps to Find Time for Writing
#40: Take Charge of Your Writing Space, Tasks, and Projects
39: Manage Your Writing Space to Be a More Productive Writer
#38: Manage Your Writing Space, Time, Energy and Attention
#37: How Good Does My Writing Need to Be Online?
#36: Why Writers Need Five Fat Files
#35: Want to Be a More Creative Writer? Get Curious!
#34: Celebrate What's Done
#33: Start with Three Sentences
#32: What's the Thing You Really Want to Write...That Scares You?
#31: Plan a Playful Year
#30: Action Creates Clarity
#29 The Energizing Work of a Playful Writer
#28: In This Season of Big Dreams, Take Time to Write Small
#27: Pay Attention to Draw Attention
#26: Why Writers Need a Rut to Run In
#25: Stuck in the Middle
#24: Let It Go or Let It Grow
The Writing Life Podcast: Never, Never, Never Sit on a Story
The Writing Life Podcast: How Writers Increase Grit
The Writing Life Podcast: One Thing Every Writer Needs to Succeed
The Writing Life Podcast – How to Find and Generate Energy
The Writing Life Podcast: Find and Follow the Energy
Bless, Address, or Press
Offering Writing Input with the 6 to 1 Ratio (and Clicker Training for Writers)
The Writing Life Podcast – Affirm, Affirm, Affirm
The Writing Life Podcast – Non-Writing Writing Tasks
#14: Progress, Not Perfection
The Writing Life Podcast - Episode 13: Multi-Sensory Writing
#12: Rest and Productivity
The Writing Life Podcast - Episode 11: Learn the Lingo
#10: Food for Thought
#9: Start Where You Are
The Writing Life – Episode 8: Keep Calm and Carry On
Ep 7: Search and Destroy
The Writing Life – Episode 6: What’s the Next Action
The Writing Life – Episode 5: A Writing Space with a Door
The Writing Life - Episode 4: Goals vs Systems
The Writing Life – Episode 3: Collaboration with Charity Singleton Craig
The Writing Life - Episode 2: Rescue Lost Time
The Writing Life - Episode 1: Just Get Started