All Episodes

S50E1 – Addressing Common Excuses

S49 Bonus – Writing Roots Blooper Reel

S49E8 – What Do I Do If All I’m Writing is Dialogue?

S49E7 – How Do I Determine Comp Titles for My Book?

S49E6 – If I Want to Be a Career Author, Should I Stick to One Genre?

S49E5 – Why Does My Writing Seem Basic Even When I Have a Big Vocabulary?

S49E4 – What is the Difference Between a Complete Monster and a Regular One?

S49E3 – How Do I Build a Military for a Spec Fic Story?

S49E2 – Is Having Multiple POVs the Same as Head Hopping?

S49E1 – Why Do You Have a Podcast?

S48E9 – How to Identify Sexism

S48E8 – How to Identify When Nothing Happens

S48 Bonus – How to Identify Progress in Writing, AKA The Blackmail Episode

S48E7 – How to Identify Head Hopping

S48E6 – How to Identify Contradictions in Writing

S48E5 – How to Identify Poor and Excessive Descriptions

S48E4 – How to Identify Sentences with Too Many Characters

S48E3 – How to Identify: Extra Adjectives and Adverbs

S48E2 – How to Identify a Confusing Timeline

S48E1 – How to Identify Good Writing

S47E9 – Adding Foreshadowing During Editing

S47 Bonus – How Not to Foreshadow

S47E8 – Foreshadowing a Descent into Villainy

S47E7 – How to Foreshadow Enemies to Lovers

S47E6 – Foreshadowing Through a Character’s Descent into Madness

S47E5 – Symbolic Foreshadowing

S47E4 – Prophecies and Omniscience as Foreshadowing

S47E3 – Foreshadowing Through Dialogue

S47E2 – Foreshadowing: Breadcrumbs and Misdirection

S47E1 – Using Passive Foreshadowing

S46 Bonus – About Writing Contests with Rebecca van Laer of Reedsy

S46E8 – Writing for Anthologies

S46E7 – A Look at Writing Contest Judging

S46E6 – The “Don’ts” of Writing Contests

S46E5 – Formatting for a Writing Contest

S46E4 – Editing for a Short Story Contest

S46E3 – Writing for Short Story Contests

S46E2 – Finding the Right Writing Contest

S46E1 – Different Types of Writing Contests

S45E9 – The Editor’s Toolkit

S45E8 – How to Charge for Editing

S45 Bonus – Being an Author Editors Want to Work With

S45E7 – Questions for the Author/Editor Interview

S45E6 – Personal Editing Cheat Sheets

S45E5 – Style Guides for Editing

S45E4 – The Job of a Proofreader

S45E3 – The Job of a Line Editor

S45E2 – The Job of a Developmental Editor

S45E1 – Becoming an Editor

Extended Archives: When a Story Meanders

Extended Archives: Choosing the Right Title

Extended Archives: The Problems with Bad Blocking

S44E9 – The Denouement and Epilogue

S44E8 – During Act III: The Interior Plot

S44 Bonus – Using AI in the Arts

S44E7 – During Act III: The Exterior Plot

S44E6 – During Act II: The Interior Plot

S44E5 – Plot: The Halfway Point

S44E4 – During Act II: The Exterior Plot

S44E3 – During Act I: The Interior Plot

S44E2 – During Act I: The Exterior Plot

S44E1 – Plot: Before Act 1

S43E9 – Characters: Inanimate Objects

S43 Bonus – Successes and Failure of the Characters

S43E8 – Characters: The Greek Chorus

S43E7 – Characters: The Society

S43E6 – Characters: The Villain’s Chorus

S43E5 – Characters: The Comedic Relief

S43E4 – Characters: The Secret Ingredient

S43E3 – Characters: Secondary Characters

S43E2 – Characters: The Mentor

S43E1 – Characters: The Sidekick

S42 Bonus – When Not to Worldbuild

S42E8 – Worldbuilding: Creating a Multiverse

S42E7 – Worldbuilding: Make it Accessible

S42E6 – Worldbuilding: Make it Explorable

S42E5 – Worldbuilding: Make it Immersive

S42E4 – Worldbuilding: Make it Real

S42E3 – Worldbuilding: Make it Small

S42E2 – Worldbuilding: Make it Personal

S42E1 – Pillars of Storytelling: Before You Begin

S41E9 – Writing Emotions: Confusion

S41E8 – Writing Emotions: Happiness

S41 Bonus – Playing it Close to the Chest

S41E7 – Writing Emotions: Guilty and Apologetic

S41E6 – Writing Emotions: Smugness

S41E5 – Writing Emotion: Vengeance

S41E4 – Writing Emotions: Physical Pain

S41E3 – Writing Emotions: Terror and Horror

S41E2 – Writing Emotions: Courage

S41E1 – Writing Emotions: Reverence

S40E8 – The Post-Launch Mindset

S40 Bonus – Crafting a Book Blurb with Jessie of Book Blurb Magic

S40E7 – The Pre-Launch Mindset

S40E6 – Why to Get a Sensitivity Reader

S40E5 – Writing an Author Bio

S40E4 – Meeting Target Word Counts

S40E3 – What Makes a Good Chapter

S40E2 – Finding Motivation to Edit

S40E1 – Accepting Imperfection