The Novel Writing Podcast

What do you do when you have more than one story idea floating around in your head? Do you work on just one?  Write multiple at once? Something in between? Like most writing questions, the answer is "it depends". This episode breaks down how to approach your writing decisions when you have more than one idea, and wheth

Writer"s Block Category #3 - Difficulty Prioritizing When your to-do list is miles long and keeps growing every second, it can feel irresponsible and indulgent to write. But the truth is that your writing is important, and creativity is a form of self care. This episode covers the paradox of choice and different method

Are you a Discovery Writer or an Outliner? Which one is better than the other? Which one SHOULD you write in? If these terms give you strong feelings one way or the other, make sure you listen through the end of this episode! Send us a text What to do next… Take the Writing Persona Quiz! Sign up for The 60-Day Novel Wr

Writer"s Block Category #2 - Distractions The shinies, the doomscrolling, the accidental 5-hour YouTube rabbit trails... all distractions. When you pay attention to something that"s NOT the thing you"re supposed to be paying attention to, that"s called a distraction. This episode covers how to handle distractions. To f

Have you committed this literary sin?  Head hopping, or jumping from one POV to another in the same paragraph, scene, or chapter, can throw readers off as to who"s really telling the story.  This can pull a reader out of the narrative, and a confused reader is more likely to close the book! This, our first installment

Writer"s Block Category #1 - Limiting Beliefs AKA, the things we believe about ourselves that do nothing but keep us from our full potential. And spoiler alert, nobody is forcing us to believe these things. So what counts as a limiting belief, and how do you deal with them? This episode covers just that. To find out yo