In today's episode, I want to take the bite out of pantsing's number one excuse.

In today's episode, I want to keep talking to you about pantsing. It's a theme all week.

In today's episode, I want to talk to you about why pantsing is ruining your writing.

In today's episode, I want to explain what people mean when they say you should read more.

In today's episode, let's talk about how we talk to or at or with our readers.

In today's episode, I want to explain how two labels so many writers use don't actually matter.

In today's episode, I want to talk to you about abandoning the right/wrong dynamic.

In this re-do of a crashed stream, I answer questions about the state of the world, webnovels as pulps, cozy mysteries, grammar, and two brothers. Lots of good stuff here.

In today's episode, I want to talk to you about your voice and how you can be using it do to what you want.

In today's episode I want to talk to you about those times where you're asking the reader questions directly in the text.

In this week's Writers Chat, I answer questions about insecurity, editors, prologues, conversations, payment plans, and genres.

In today's episode, I want to talk to you about genre and conventions.

In today's episode, I want to talk to you about not trying so hard to do something "new" in your writing.

In today's episode, I want to talk to you about my mom and some stairs.

In today's episode, I want to talk to you about what happens if you paint the Sistine Chapel ceiling in your garage.

In today's episode I want to talk to you about your reader and the bridge you're trying to build to them.

In today's episode I want to talk to you about the backstory you're using.

In today's episode, I want to talk to you about your outline. Which kind are you using? Did you know about the other kind?

In today's episode, I want to talk to you about how your character is doing whatever they're doing.

In today's episode, I want to give you a few more options for opening your narrative that aren't dialogue.

In today's episode I want to talk to you about that opening line your character says at the start of your story. Are you sure you want to do that?

In today's episode, I have more things to say about pacing. Stop worrying about it.

In today's episode, I want talk to you about how to manipulate tension and do something with it, no matter what you're writing.

The Writers Chat emerges from its long slumber to be your spot to get answers to all your creating, writing, editing, and publishing questions. In this chat, I talk about the value of art, why NCIS Origins doesn't work, why flashbacks can be boring, and how much procrastinating is "just right"