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Writer in the Making — 451 episodes

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How to Find Time to Write When Your Schedule Is Already Full (with Lissa Figgins)

2

How to Keep Writing When Self-Doubt Comes Out of Nowhere

3

How to Keep Writing During the Holidays Without Burning Out

4

You and Novel November

5

Writing Feels Like a Luxury? Think Again

6

This Summer, Finish the Book That’s Been Waiting on You

7

You Budgeted for Everything But This

8

Summer Isn’t a Break from Your Book—It’s Your Breakthrough

9

Will I Show Up This Time?

10

The Courage to Start Again

11

Overcoming the “Busy Author” Myth

12

The Writing Career You Deserve

13

Why Now is the Only Time that Matters to Write

14

Writing Through the Lows: How to stay motivated even when creativity feels like a struggle.

15

Breaking Free from Bogged-Down Writing Days

16

How I Wrote Over 40,000 Words in 6 Weeks

17

Should I Dictate My Novel? How Dictation Can Transform Your Writing Process

18

How to Write Consistently (Even When Life Feels Like Chaos!)

19

Are You Really Ready to Write That Book?

20

Write Like a Pro—Even When Life Won’t Slow Down

21

Have You Decided Yet? Stop Waiting and Write with Purpose

22

Your Story Needs to Be Told—Here’s How to Make It Happen

23

Why You Haven’t Finished Your Book—And How to Fix It

24

Master Your Time & Write with Intention: A Beginner's Guide to No Time Writer

25

The Missing Piece in Your Writing Journey: Why a Tailored System Can Be the Game-Changer You Need

26

Bust the Myth: "I Don’t Have Time to Write"

27

Sneak Peek: Inside the No Time Writer Framework

28

Bust the Myth: Writers Don’t Need Hours to Be Productive

29

Your Mindset Matters More Than Your Schedule. Here’s Why

30

A Message from Your Unwritten Book (Final 2024 episode)

31

Master Your Schedule: 4 Tips to Make Time for Writing Without Sacrificing What Matters

32

Stop Settling: There's Hope for Your Writing Part 2

33

There's Hope for Your Writing: Finish Strong

34

Mac & Cheese and Writing: Ready to Stop Self-Sabotaging?

35

Editing During the Holidays: Should You Start or Wait?

36

Why the Holiday Season is the Perfect Time to Write

37

Should You Write During the Holidays?

38

Stop Waiting: Start Writing Now

39

Binging or Writing? Overcoming the Knowledge-Action Gap

40

Act Like Your Writing Matters: Last Chance to Claim Your $500 Voucher!

41

Writing Rituals: The Secret to Consistent Creativity (Even When Life's Busy!)

42

Why Writing Every Day Isn't a Must: How to Stay Consistent Without the Stress

43

Consistency vs. Inspiration: Why Waiting to Write Is Holding You Back

44

What Happens When You Finally Publish

45

Recommit to Your Writing: What to Do When You Miss a Day

46

Keys to Author Success: The 4 Pillars with Author & Book Coach Emma Dhesi

47

Embrace Your 'Selfish' Writing Goal: Make Writing a Priority

48

The Hidden Cost of Waiting: Why Your Writing Can't Wait

49

Reached Your Limit as a Writer? Time for a Change!

50

Conquer Your Writing Fears & Beat Imposter Syndrome

51

Last Call: Back to the Basics - Build a Bulletproof Writing Routine

52

Back to the Basics: Build a Bulletproof Writing Routine for 2024 Success

53

Master Your Writing Journey with Gabriela Pereira from DIY MFA

54

Why Less is More in Writing: Mastering Writing Consistency

55

The True Impact of Your Words

56

Choose Your Book Over Regrets

57

The Real Cost of Neglecting Your Writing

58

Why Your Story Deserves Your Time

59

Treat Your Writing Like a Business: Invest, Commit, and Succeed

60

Finish Summer Strong: Write Your First Draft Now

61

If Not Now, When? With Paula Judith Johnson: Overcoming the 'Perfect Time' Myth

62

How to Stay Disciplined and Write Consistently, No Matter What

63

Writing Beyond Yourself: The Power of Consistency

64

How to Stay Committed to Your Writing for the Long Haul

65

Overcome Fear of Failure: Building a Strong Writing Mindset

66

Author Reset: Overcome Writing Blocks and Boost Your Productivity

67

Author Reset: Break Through Mental Barriers

68

Be an Active Writer

69

Breaking the 'Stop and Go' Writing Cycle

70

How to Maintain Motivation and Energy for Writing

71

How to Start and Finish Unfinished Writing Projects

72

How to Write Consistently Minus the Overwhelm

73

Write for the Joy of Writing with Anne Montgomery

74

Micro Writing Sessions + Big News!

75

Prioritize your Writing

76

Overcome Writer’s Overwhelm

77

When Writing Feels Impossible

78

Dream Big: Planning Your Writing Legacy

79

RSVP for No Time Writer's 2nd Anniversary Event

80

Writing with Confidence

81

How Mastering Time Management Can Transform Your Career

82

Updates coming your way

83

How do you find time to write in your busy schedule?

84

Beat the Clock: 2024 Goal Setting for Busy Authors

85

Just show up

86

Have you rsvp’d yet?

87

Getting motivated to write

88

You don’t have to write everyday

89

3 Common Objections to No Time Writer

90

What’s the big vision of No Time Writer?

91

The Unshackled Writer Event!

92

Maximize your Focus: Focus Better as a Writer

93

Skyrocket Your Writing Productivity: The Ultimate Time Management Hack for Busy Writers

94

Master your Writing Routine: How to Create & Stick to a Writing Schedule

95

5 Must Have Tools to Empower Authors & Writers

96

5 ways writers can manage their time when working on multiple writing projects

97

5 reasons why setting realistic writing goals is essential

98

5 ways to organize & prioritize your writing time

99

5 ways to stay accountable with your writing

100

5 reasons customized schedules help you gain writing freedom (Plan your Novel)

101

Know your Writing Process with Guest Chris K. Jones

102

5 ways to take back control of your writing schedule

103

4 Reasons Weekly Plan Sheets Work (Plan your Novel) Part 1

104

My 5-Step Writing Process (Finish your First Draft)

105

4 Things to Dump as an Author

106

Plan out your writing in 2023 with Guest Stacy Juba

107

Plan your Novel with Plottr (Guest Troy Lambert)

108

2nd Sprinters Challenge

109

When your writing momentum slows down

110

Something incredible for authors!!!

111

3 Ways to Tap into your Author Identity

112

Blogs & Hangouts

113

Write 50K in a Month!

114

I’m going LIVE!

115

Write. Publish. Profit 5.0!

116

This is HUGE news for NTW!

117

I planned it and it still didn't work

118

Thank you & Announcements!

119

We’re on Facebook!

120

3% finish—my reaction

121

Cozy Mystery Update & Instagram

122

No Time Writer Training!

123

Are you coming to the summit?

124

Find your Next Reader Summit

125

Guess who? (Interview with Dave Chesson)

126

A No Time Writer Story

127

No Time Writer is HERE!

128

How to finally win Camp NaNoWriMo!

129

The #1 Thing you need to Finish your First Draft

130

Sound familiar writers?

131

No Time Write (New Online Course)

132

Preorder No Time Writer

133

Announcements & updates!

134

No Time to Write?

135

Style & Voice Summit!

136

Style & Voice: The Writers Summit 2022

137

Gathering Writer Data

138

Make Your Writing Come Alive

139

Promote any Book on BookBub

140

Last Chance Writers!

141

Writers Craft 3.0 is Back!

142

Have you heard?

143

The Wedding Report promo!

144

Post Book Launch Tips

145

Killer Runway is here!

146

What was the Hardest Part?

147

Daria’s Cybershop

148

Happy New Year & Updates

149

Killer Runway updates

150

10 Top Book Marketing Articles from BookBub in 2021

151

5 Fun Writing Exercises for Amazing Characters

152

BookBub Ads

153

Thanks for your support!

154

Have you heard of Wisdom?

155

Hurry! Only 12 Hours left before this Black/Cyber Monday deal ends for good!

156

The #1 Reason You Should Pick up Writters Craft 3.0 today!

157

Don’t Miss my #1 Black Friday sale for writers!

158

Writers & storycrafters. Everything. You. Need

159

Black Friday just came early this year!

160

Something Big is Coming!

161

New Look for Writer Merch and Courses!

162

Timelines, Timelines, Timelines

163

Hardcovers and Books2Read

164

3 Tips for your Author Newsletter

165

A Much Needed Break

166

Killer Runway is finished!

167

Updates & Announcements

168

Romance Writers’ Week

169

Increase Holiday Book Sales

170

Book Discovery Services Can Help You Find Readers

171

13 Mistakes First-Time Romance Authors Make

172

Updates & Killer Runway

173

BookBub—Authors on Social Media

174

What Mackenzie Needs is here!

175

What Mackenzie Needs

176

Update with Those We Love in Blue

177

BookBaby Article

178

Are you coming?

179

Thank you!!!

180

Photo Bombed releases tomorrow!

181

Did you get Photo Bombed?

182

Photo Bombed releases May 25th

183

Photo Bombed details!

184

An announcement about Photo Bombed!

185

Free Resources for Writers

186

How to Self Revise Mind-Blowing Novels

187

Book Revising 101

188

It’s Back!

189

Book Editing 101

190

Photo Bombed is done!

191

Almost there!

192

FictionFive Contest with Critique Match

193

Progress on Photo Bombed

194

30 Ways Authors use Videos to Engage Readers

195

LIVE with Me!

196

How to Lengthen Your Novel

197

A Winter Storm I’ll Never Forget

198

I’m Writing Two Books at the Same Time

199

Latest Merch Store Additions!

200

Do you have a writing schedule?

201

Can You Believe It?

202

A Blog Post I Wanted to Share

203

Pep Talk—You’ve Got What it Takes

204

Mapping out My Goals

205

Wishing You a Happy New Year

206

Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays

207

I Found this Interesting

208

Free Resources for Writers

209

It’s Story Time

210

It’s the last day!

211

My First Online Christmas Party

212

2020 Christmas Giveaway and more!

213

Grateful

214

In Case You Need a Cheerleader!

215

Updates and Encourgagement

216

Build Your Own Podcast

217

Another Webinar!

218

C.P.S. Checklist (WIM Plus +)

219

The Story behind WIM Plus+

220

My First Webinar!

221

WIM Plus +

222

SelfPub Conference 2020

223

CritiqueMatch

224

Thank you: The Wedding Report

225

New Release: The Wedding Report

226

A Free Short Story

227

The Unexpected Character: The Wedding Report

228

My favorite scene: The Wedding Report

229

Thank You!

230

Reflections on my Birthday!

231

Thinking of Zoe

232

Photo Bombed & Thinking of Zoe!

233

Thinking of Zoe & Those We Love in Blue

234

Hit the Betseller list?

235

COVID-19 and your Book

236

My First Cozy Mystery

237

Growing your Newsletter

238

Thinking of Zoe: an update!

239

Other Genres

240

Experience as a Judge

241

Christmas Therapy is here!

242

Experiences of a Black Writer

243

Tips from a Volunteer Judge

244

The Wedding Report, Thinking of Zoe, & FictionFive contest!

245

My First Contest as a Judge!

246

Thinking of Zoe is finished!

247

For Juneteenth

248

Christmas Therapy & continuing the conversation

249

Let’s Meet at the Bridge

250

Thank You from a Black Author

251

Ever done a Presale?

252

Revive an Old Writing Project

253

Still Writing...

254

Camp NaNoWriMo update

255

Anything for Noelle

256

Progress with Thinking of Zoe

257

The Unfinished Novel

258

Authors going Virtual

259

Camp NaNoWriMo April 2020

260

Authors helping Authors

261

Thinking of Zoe—Book 3

262

Anything for Noelle is finished!

263

Write a Pageturner (2)

264

Write a Pageturner

265

Meet the Cast—Anything for Noelle

266

Christmas Connection: Thank you!

267

Revisiting Imposter Syndrome

268

Christmas Connection is here!

269

Structuring Scenes

270

Big Announcement!

271

Behind the Scenes: Christmas Therapy

272

Christmas Connection Update

273

Christmas Therapy is coming!

274

Tips on Social Media

275

Character wounds—part 2

276

Happy New Year!

277

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

278

Character wounds

279

Save the Cat—The Princess Bride (Act 3)

280

Save the Cat—The Princess Bride (Act 2)

281

Happy Thanksgiving!

282

Save the Cat—The Princess Bride (Act 1)

283

Romance Rehab

284

Pep Talk—The Dripping Faucet

285

New Novella!

286

Plotting Your Novel—Save the Cat

287

Don’t be afraid to take risks

288

Revising some more

289

Are you doing Camp Nano?

290

Romance Summit Takeaway

291

Romance Writers Craft Summit

292

First Round of Revisions

293

More Writer’s Guides

294

Hallmark Review—An Unforgettable Christmas

295

We’re Close

296

Hallmark Review—A Royal Christmas Wish

297

Reader Magnet?

298

Hallmark Review—A Gingerbread Romance

299

Hallmark Review—Out of the Picture

300

Revising (Part 5)

301

Revising (Part 4)

302

In case you were wondering

303

Pep Talk—Your Writer’s Voice

304

Thanks for the support!

305

Pep Talk—Consistency

306

Revising (Part 3)

307

Take Your Time

308

Revising (Part 2)

309

Revising (Part 1)

310

Read any good books lately?

311

Tips for your Book launch

312

It’s Okay

313

Bookfunnel

314

Celebrate where you are

315

Camp is over! How did you do?

316

The Final Countdown

317

The Home Stretch

318

Camp Nano—Hitting the Wall

319

Pep Talk—The Comparison Game (2)

320

Writing Dialogue

321

Plot Twists

322

Camp Nano Week 2 progress—12K!

323

Pep Talk—The Comparison Game

324

Camp Nano—Freedom with my Outline

325

Thank you—Match-Made Christmas!

326

Book Launch Time!!!

327

Hallmark Book Review

328

Author Confessions: Book launch

329

Camp NaNoWriMo is back!!

330

One week left!

331

Writing Short Stories?

332

July Camp NanoWriMo

333

How to Write from your Outline

334

Author Confessions: It’ll Come

335

Behind the Scenes of Match-Made Christmas

336

How did Booksprout do?

337

Pep Talk—Discouragement

338

The Bundle

339

Story Origin Update

340

Hallmark? What?

341

Story Origin

342

One or the Other

343

Meet the Cast: Wish for Love

344

Pep Talk—Confidence as a Writer

345

Change of Plans

346

Sometimes you need to think

347

Guest Blogging

348

Pep Talk—Dealing with Rejection

349

Sparingly

350

Past or present tense?

351

Confessions of an Author: My 100th Episode!!!

352

Stay coachable

353

Are you repeating yourself?

354

Blog Tours

355

We have another guest!

356

You May Need a Pen

357

Fear of Failure/Success

358

More Tips for your Author Newsletter

359

Underwriter Tips

360

I have a Newsletter!

361

The Write Track

362

Bad Reviews

363

When Should You Start Marketing?

364

WIP—Wish for Love

365

It’s a New Month! What now?

366

How Many Drafts Do I Need?

367

That Feeling You Get

368

Writing Camp: What Did I Learn?

369

Staying Focused

370

Are you Querying?

371

Pacing your story—part 2

372

Stop Procrastinating

373

Camp NaNoWriMo Update

374

The Waiting Game

375

Long or short book?

376

Writing 13K in 4 days

377

Pacing your story—part 1

378

WIP—Christmas Therapy

379

My Writing Sprints

380

A Mailing List?

381

How many words per chapter?

382

Should I Write in Sprints?

383

How I Write

384

Should I Fast Draft?

385

The Story behind Match-Made Christmas

386

Sizing your Paperback

387

The Middle

388

Just Don’t

389

Paperbacks? Ebooks? Both?

390

Launching your Book

391

Christmas & Paperbacks in July!

392

Can I Do it Alone?

393

Should I Be Exclusive?

394

Sifting through Feedback

395

Should I Do a Giveaway?

396

Camp NaNoWriMo

397

Our First Guest!

398

Never give up

399

I’m Stuck Now What?

400

Your Social Media Platform

401

Book Reviews

402

First person vs third person narrative

403

The Normal World

404

Necessity or Splurge?

405

Dealing with Writer’s Block

406

Just Get it Written

407

Do I need both?

408

Still looking for beta readers?

409

How do you know?

410

Story Map

411

If I knew then what I know now

412

When is my book over?

413

Booksprout update!

414

Booksprout?

415

Critique Match??

416

Imposter Syndrome

417

No Head-Hopping

418

SelfPubCon2019

419

What makes a great book?

420

Revising, Revising, Revising

421

Breakup with Backstory

422

Critique Partners—part 3

423

Self Publishing Conference 2019

424

Looking for Beta Readers?

425

What the hook? Part 2

426

Critique partners—part 2

427

Pricing my book

428

Self Publishing

429

yWriter???

430

To Outline or not to Outline?

431

Symbols and Motifs

432

What the Hook?

433

How do I approach cover design?

434

Getting to know your characters

435

What’s Wattpad?

436

One Stop—Part 3

437

One Stop?

438

Hit the Send Button—part 2

439

Hit the Send Button

440

Music and Prose

441

Backstory

442

When should I publish my book?

443

My Writing Process

444

Professional Editing

445

Scenes

446

Character Arcs

447

Writer’s Guides

448

Showing and telling?

449

Critique Partners

450

A little about me

451

Writer in the Making (Trailer)