Tiffin Inn Writing Workshop (with Imposter Syndrome & Unlimited Refills)

In the prior episode, Tim and Art discussed how writing successful fiction has its own kind of recipe, one that uses time and distance to your advantage. In this refill episode, Art outlines the steps of revising, editing, and proofing. To connect with Tim and Art directly, email the show at TiffinInnWritingWorkshop@gmail.com .

Ever felt that urge to click Submit on a piece the second you finish the draft? Wait! There's so much more to do! Join Tim and Art in the corner booth as they discuss the process of revising, editing, proofing, and submitting your work for publication.  To connect with Tim and Art directly, email the show at TiffinInnWritingWorkshop@gmail.com .

A great jacket blurb appears effortless, simple, and inevitable. Art presents how a well-written jacket blurb is as valuable as a Hollywood trailer in how it entices readers to buy your book and keep reading. Art identifies a writing task to help you stay focused on the most critical goal of your blurb.   To connect with Tim and Art directly, email the show at TiffinInnWritingWorkshop@gmail.com .

What about a title makes you pull a book off the shelf? How can the title convince you to flip the book over and read the blurb on the back? What goes in a blurb, and can blurbs be too long?   Join Tim and Art in the corner booth as they discuss ways titles and blurbs market your creative writing to the outside world.    To connect with Tim and Art directly, email the show at TiffinInnWritingWorks...

Tim offers some tips and best practices about finding early editors of your work, how to approach that editor's feedback, and who not to include in your stable of early readers.   To connect with Tim and Art directly, email the show at TiffinInnWritingWorkshop@gmail.com .

Can you go it alone and publish without an editor? Does an editor make a difference in your work? What is it an editor does anyway? Join Tim and Art in the corner booth to talk about the value a good editor can bring to your work when there is trust and mutual respect.   To connect with Tim and Art directly, email the show at TiffinInnWritingWorkshop@gmail.com .

Weavers & textile workers, answering services, factory workers, the old "typing pool" – countless professions have seen technology reshape their disciplines, automating the human out of the work. And now we have ChatGPT (and other AIs) threatening the human writer. What is the role of AI in future writing?   To connect with Tim and Art directly, email the show at TiffinInnWritingWorkshop@gmail.com...

Ever wondered what secret tools others writers use to create their work? How do you keep it all straight? From storage solutions to organizational products, whether physical items or digital software, Tim and Art explore their favorite ways to use technology to keep the drafts flowing. Fee free to read Tim's published story mentioned in the conversation! To connect with Tim and Art directly, email...

Tim recaps the sources of procrastination and the tactics he uses to push past the fear and immediately get to work.  To connect with Tim and Art directly, email the show at TiffinInnWritingWorkshop@gmail.com .

Ever stopped yourself from writing for no good reason? Ever invented reasons to not write? Got an idea you want to work on but can't muster the energy to begin? Join Tim and Art in the corner booth as they discuss why we procrastinate and how we can stop it from taking over our precious writing time! To connect with Tim and Art directly, email the show at TiffinInnWritingWorkshop@gmail.com .

When we talk about simplicity, we don't mean plain, boring, average stories. Simplicity is about providing all of what is needed and very little of what is not. We also assert that finding and safeguarding an instructional text can be invaluable when the work gets harder than it used to be, when you lose your way, or when your strength wanes. To connect with Tim and Art directly, email the show at...

Ever had someone read your work and give you awful advice? Have you gotten great advice you just couldn't take? How does anyone know when the advice given to them is worthwhile? Join Tim and Art in the corner booth as they discuss the worst and best advice they have received, often from the most unexpected places!  To connect with Tim and Art directly, email the show at  TiffinInnWritingWorkshop@g...

Writer's block is the manifestation of fear that prevents you from creating art. Though invisible and intangible, it is a fierce and worthy opponent. We review the Menu of four main "food groups" of tools, tips, and tactics to break through writer's block: WRITE TANGENTIALLY, BANISH YOUR STRESS, RECHARGE YOUR BRAIN, and CURATE YOUR WRITING EXPERIENCE. A challenging writing exercise is waiting for...

Tim and Art strategize on how to crack writer's block. Turns out, it can be done! Join the corner booth as we discuss specific, real-world tactics for breaking writer's block with four distinct approaches: Writing Tangentially, Banishing Your Stress, Recharging Your Brain, and Curating Your Writing Experience. To connect with Tim and Art directly, email the show at TiffinInnWritingWorkshop@gmail.c...

"Refill" episodes are bonus episodes that call you to action on last week's biweekly long form, deep dive. This week's "Refill" focuses on two tasks you can take on to build a community and replicate some of the successes Tim and Art experienced in their writing programs. Find your people and start reading!

Tim and Art discuss the conundrum of collegiate writing degrees. Do you need one? Is it valuable? Should you get one now? The corner booth looks back on it with a clear-eyed perspective 25 years in the making.   To connect with Tim and Art directly, email the show at TiffinInnWritingWorkshop@gmail.com .

Tim and Art explain the name of the Tiffin Inn Writing Workshop podcast and describe the goals of the show, your personal discussion panel on the constant challenges confronting both emerging and established writers. Show launches January 3, 2023! ------------------------------------- An author is published regularly. Tim Goodwin and Art Franz are "writers," the people who work and scrape and publ...