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Write More with Simon K Jones — 75 episodes
We finished our books! Now what?
'Serialising your Novel on Substack' with Orna Ross & Simon Jones
Proof of Life
Breaking the rules is more important than ever
Payment models for newsletter fiction writers
The nuts and bolts of writing serial fiction
Writing serial fiction and short stories + witterings
Joys and perils of the short story
Nil sine labore: nothing without labour
Substack & enshittification: where are we at?
Triverse: Thanks & acknowledgements
2026 tech stack for serial fiction writers
Reading 'The Koth': Top in Fiction Summit 2026
Novel foundations: Iain M Banks, Kim Stanley Robinson, Sara Collins and more...
Television foundations: The Wire, Babylon 5, The Expanse, She-Ra
Things that inspired me to write Triverse
Nearing the end
That time my writing was censored by the British government
Figuring out the serial publishing model
Being a copywriter in the AI era
Is AI a cure for writer's block?
The best serial storytelling is not on TV
Third acts and meaningless spectacle
What is Tales from the Triverse all about?
Author + reader = story
Let's stick together
Developing your style can't be rushed
Be the judge of your own work
Be inspired by everything
Writing from a limited, subjective point of view
I forgot to be a writer (then remembered)
A utopian vision for fiction writers
A conversation with Eleanor Anstruther
Chatting with Neill Cameron
My 7 Pillars of World Building
Size matters
A book about writing that is actually useful
Celebrating 330,000 words with a live author reading
Unblock your writing with these literary plungers
Taking another look at genAI for 2025
The Novel vs The Serial: exploring the structural differences
The benefits of writing a lot of words
Three readings and a chat about genre
Algorithms, audiences and sub-cultures
How to create a simple podcast
The first chapter of No Adults Allowed
Landing the plane
Please don't ask for subs and follows
Foreshadowing in online serials
Choosing the right structure for a story
How to (slowly) cultivate a fiction newsletter: part 2
How to (very, very slowly) cultivate a fiction newsletter: part 1
How streaming broke television
Sneaky stories that wear disguises
How to construct a story
Substack is changing writing like YouTube changed indie filmmaking
How Substack's recommendations system can be used by fiction writers
The reader connection in serial fiction
Overcoming the fear of sharing your writing
How to build an online community
10,000 hours
How to help new readers get on board a long-running serial
Transforming a serial story into a book
The temporal aspect of serials
It's not artists who should fear AI
How to publish a serial story in a newsletter
How to plan and write serial fiction using Scrivener
Does publishing online ruin your chances of finding a traditional publisher?
Storytelling in Dungeons & Dragons
It's really hard to not sell out
Designing your newsletter's About page
Email platforms for writers in 2024
What is Scrivener?
Own your writing this year
My most useful articles from 2023