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Talks about writing from the point of view of someone who's been doing it wrong for far too long. Mostly tips, anecdotes, and ways I've written wrongly, and how I am currently fixing those wrongly ways. New episode each month!
Genres: Helpful? Sure. But are they doing their fair share?
In today's Leave A Review, I review genres because, let's face it, if they're going to profile a book they might as well get it right.
We all love reviews. They provide guidance, insight, and the opportunity to judge others anonymously while riding the high of ignoring our own failures in life.
A new segment to tide you over until the next full episode of Write Wrong.
No matter how much we try, time always gets away from us. Here are some managing tips because managing is what we do when we're too weak to control something, but too capable to ignore it completely.
Fellow writers, I’m going to begin today by going against the grain and give you advice that no one in their right mind would give you.
Here are six ways the ‘establishment’ says not to start your novel, but I say maybe give it a try.
**Okay, the world is coronaviral and colleges are as close to figuring out if they should open their campuses as an Amish fourteen-year-old is to figuring out that nipples on women are more than just functional milk dots for boobies.
But this episode is about education in general. Paying for it and getting it for free. I'm also a pessimist wrapped around a creamy optimistic center, and I believe that the future, although dark right now, will be a sunny day once again, when we can go to a baseball game, attend a concert, or have dinner with our parents and once again savor the ineffable pleasure of expressing our love by avoiding all talk about politics.**
My god, judgment comes in so many forms. Here's another one we suffer (even me, in this episode) and ways to jam a corn cob into your judge-hole.
They say if you want to become an author you need to think like a business person. I say, fine, but I don't have to like it. Here are few things I'm doing to try to be an author and not just a writer.
Being a writer can be amazing, but strangely, only after you've written. The rest of the time, it can just ruin your day. Here are few things I do to get through the tough times of struggling to get words down, and even if you do feel like hell, no need to feel guilty because it's all gonna be okay.
We need people to read our novels and that's even before we publish them. Here are a few ways I get mine, etiquette, and how to handle unhelpful feedback.
First drafts are hard. And that's even before you get to your computer. Here are a few things I do to help.
Plus, if you're a pantser or a plotter you WILL have opinions about this episode and should definitely tweet me to tell me how wrong I am.
Sure, we could put a lot of hard work into a novel. But this is so much easier.
Okay, if you don't want to put a dog on the cover, or lie to your readers about having a dog in your book, then listen to this episode.
You've spent all that time on your first draft, why not make it readable?
Tips on revising. Things I learned to not do. And other things I do do. Do.
An introduction to Write Wrong Podcast, a podcast that talks about writing from the point of view of a writer who's been doing it wrong for far too long.
This episode introduces you to me and tells you why you might want to listen.