Episodes
In today's episode, I want to talk to you about how you're challenging your characters and why you should if you're not already.
Published 05/09/24
Published 05/09/24
In today's episode I want to talk to you about that bad writer habit of not challenging your character while also giving them huge accomplishments.
Published 05/08/24
In today's episode, I've got some writing exercises to help you organize your characters, your themes, and the depth of your story. It gets crunchy but it will help you.
Published 05/07/24
In today's episode, I want you to quit rap battling yourself. It's not helping. And you deserve all the help and love and support you can get.
Published 05/07/24
In today's episode I want to talk to you (while the landscapers fly a jet out my window) about managing your work's continuity.
Published 05/06/24
In today's episode, I want to talk to you about how you find your footing in big complicated series and amid all the many moving interwoven parts.
Published 05/02/24
In today's episode, can we talk about some teens?
Published 05/01/24
In this week's stream, let's talk scenes. Here's how to build them, what goes into them, what they need, and several kinds of them.
Published 04/30/24
In today's episode, I want to talk to you about rejection and what it means for you (and how that doesn't mean quitting)
Published 04/30/24
In today's episode, I want to talk to you about self-doubt.
Published 04/29/24
In today's episode, I want to ask you a question about what's next.
Published 04/25/24
In today's episode, I want to talk to you about why your characters need goals and what that looks like for your story.
Published 04/24/24
In this week's Writers Chat, we should talk about description. How to write it, what the point is, how to make it work.
Published 04/23/24
In today's episode, I want to remind you why you shouldn't keep changing your art to be whatever's selling well at the moment.
Published 04/23/24
In today's episode, I want to tell you about the choice you face every minute of every day about what you can and what you can't control.
Published 04/22/24
In today's episode, I want to talk to you about how feelings hit the page.
Published 04/18/24
In today's episode, I want to talk to you about your marketing. And your you-ness.
Published 04/17/24
In today's episode I want to talk to you about how you can draw the reader in only to reveal Bruce Willis is dead the whole time.
Published 04/16/24
In this week's stream (on a Monday?!) I want to talk to you about building, developing, and fixing your plot.
Published 04/15/24
In today's episode I want to talk you about how stories are like dancing.
Published 04/15/24
In today's episode, I want to tell you about some people and a mud puddle.
Published 04/11/24
In today's episode, I want to talk to you about my inbox and what it can teach us both about how we approach our creative lives.
Published 04/10/24
In this week's Chat, I want to talk to you about 5 components of what you're writing. WARNING: this one is information dense. You'll want to take some notes.
Published 04/09/24
In today's episode I ask you a follow-up question about what else you might be paying attention to.
Published 04/09/24