Helping Writers Become Authors

Ep. 505: 7 Possible Hooks for Your Opening Chapter 11.05.2020 16:24 ↓

In order to grab readers, you'll need to consider several specific types of hooks for your opening chapter. You may want to use one--or all of them.

Ep. 505: 15 Productive Tasks You Can Still Do Even When You Don't Feel Like Writing 27.04.2020 17:23 ↓

If you find you don't feel like writing right now, here's a list of 15 important writing tasks you may be more in the mood for.

Ep. 503: 4 Ways Writing Improves Your Relationship With Yourself 20.04.2020 16:14 ↓

The more you learn to listen to the self that appears on the page, the more writing improves your relationship with yourself in an ever-deepening journey.

Ep. 502: How to Get Some Writing Done: Discipline vs. Enthusiasm 13.04.2020 21:06 ↓

Sometimes the hardest part of getting some writing done is just... doing it. Here are 10 tips for cultivating discipline and renewing enthusiasm.

Ep. 501: 7 Ways Writing Saves Us When Life Is Hard 06.04.2020 18:43 ↓

Writing and stories have the power to help all of us--but especially writers. Here are seven ways writing can help us keep going in times of uncertainty.

Ep. 500: 8 Challenges (and Solutions) When Writing From Home 30.03.2020 20:36 ↓

If you're writing from home (or honestly, trying to accomplish just about anything from home), here are eight tips for maximizing your daily routine.

Ep. 499: The Power of Hopeful Stories in a Stressful Time 22.03.2020 16:50 ↓

Want to put something good into the world right now? Here are five ways the power of hopeful stories can create change in a positive way.

Ep. 498: 5 Questions About How to Balance Multiple POVs in Your Story 15.03.2020 17:53 ↓

Knowing your story's ending will help you know the right answer to almost any POV question. Let's look at 5 questions about using multiple POVs.

Ep. #497: Critique: 6 Tips for Introducing Characters 08.03.2020 15:44 ↓

Your goal in introducing characters should be to do so with the least amount of info possible while still making the characters memorable. Here's how!

Ep. 496: Creativity vs. the Ego (Or, the Value of Unpublishable Stories) 01.03.2020 15:42 ↓

When creativity becomes a servant of the ego, rather than the other way around--we can get confused about what we're doing and why.

Ep. 495: The Professional Writing Resources I Use for All Parts of the Writing and Publishing Processes 23.02.2020 15:03 ↓

Here are fourteen professional writing resources to help with all parts of authorpreneurship: writing, editing, blogging/podcasting, book formatting, marketing.

Ep. 494: Thoughts on How to Be Critical of Stories in a Way That Makes a Difference 17.02.2020 17:23 ↓

Learn how to be critical of stories in a way that turns the potential for negativity into a positive force that drives your own creativity.

Ep. 493: 6 Steps to Create Realistic (and Powerful) Scene Dilemmas 04.02.2020 16:00 ↓

Of all the many aspects of scene structure, scene dilemmas are among the most powerful but also the most overlooked. Here are six steps to acing yours.