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The Writerly Bites Podcast — 134 episodes · page 1 of 2
139: Mark Your Entrances and Exits
138: Find Your Writing Flow
137: What Do Your Characters Want? Really?
136: Back to School, Back to Cool
135: Don't Wait for Good Luck
134: What Makes You Reject a First Page?
133: 5 Nice Little Things You Can Do for Your Novel
132: Let an unlikely hero have their day
131: Make it Personal
130: Only Write it if You Love It
129: Reconsider what Power Means
128: Cut the first half of what you write
127: Be a Detective for a Day
126: Trust Your Story Instincts
125: Print Your Story Out Differently, and Something Magic Happens
124: Put Your Butt in the Chair
123: Most Writers Write Past Their True Ending
122: Life will Disappoint You
121: Everyone's Story is Complex
121: Make everyone's story more complex
120: Imagine Yourself in the Room
119: My Favorite Reads of 2025
118: Cut "I thought"
117: Turn the Eye Outward
116: Cut One Weak Sentence from Every Paragraph
115: Revive an Old Project
114: Write from a Place of Compassion
113: Make the Bad Guys Come Back
112: Re-connect with Your Writing
111: Write about What Was Going on in School
110: What Wakes You in the Night?
109: Make an Index Card Wall
108: Send a Friend Your Story
107: Go on a Retreat
106: Have Your Character Tell a Story
105: Find the Person Who Will Hold You Accountable
104: My Favorite Reads of 2024
103: Don't Forget to Write
102: Spark Joy with Your Writing
101: Trace the Threads of Your Story
100: Begin Again
99: Have One Character Tell the Truth and One Character Tell Lies
98: Try Second Person
97: Watch Out for Third Person
96: Try Third Person
95: Watch Out for First Person
94: Re-think Point of View
93: Interview with Rachel Cantor
92: My novel, MINOR PROPHETS, is now available
91: My Favorite Reads of 2022
90: The Magic of Showing Up
89: No Place Like Home
88: Tell a Ghost Story
87: Tell a Story Backwards
86: Break Your Story's Form
85: Make a New Pair
85: Make a New Pair
84: Spiral into Your Story
83: Remember How it Feels
82: Write a Discovery Draft
81: Interview with Valerie Lute
80: Ending Your Story, Part II
79: If the Ending Isn't There Yet, the Story Isn't Either
78: Don't Write an Origin Story
77: Two Summer Favorites
76: Revision is Revolution
75: Find the Dark Room
74: Give it Structure
73: Type it Up!
72: Are You Writing a Story, Or Are You Writing About a Story?
71: It's All Just Vibes: Build Your Story's Mood
70: Break Your Writing Loop
69: Interview with Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan
68: Ten Minutes to a Better Five Pages
67: Interview with Hillary Jordan
66: Don't Run Away from the Story that Scares You
65: Show What Your Character Loves
64: Writers Love Having Written
63: Walk One Block to the Left
62: You Don't Have to Be Everything
61: Dialogue is Like a Horse Race
60: Embrace the Unexpected
59: Make Writing Resolutions That Will Stick
58: Two Favorite Episodes in One
57: Make a Holiday Plan for Writing
56: Write the Scene You've Been Avoiding
55: Interview with Thea Lim
54: Art is About Making Choices
53: Don't Neglect the Middle
52: One Hour is Just for Writing
51: Have You Earned That Ending?
50: All the Bad Advice I've Gotten
49: Creativity is Putting Two Things Together
48: Remember the Excitement
47: Draw from Another Story
46: Mix the Bitter and the Sweet
45: Schedule Time for Nothing
44: Really?
43: Let Music Make the Mood
42: Find the Missing Ingredient