Helping Writers Become Authors

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Helping Writers Become Authors provides writers help in summoning inspiration, crafting solid characters, outlining and structuring novels, and polishing prose. Learn how to write a book and edit it into a story agents will buy and readers will love. (Music intro by Kevin MacLeod.)


All Episodes

Ep. 516: 5 Exercises for Honing Your Story Instincts

Your story instincts and your ability to tap into them clearly will define how much “talent” you may have as a writer.

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Ep. 515: Critique: 4 Ways to Write Sequel Scenes That Grip Readers

Learning how to write sequel scenes is a specialized technique that will allow you to grip readers’ attention on every page.

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Ep. 514: 5 Ways to Help Writers During the Pandemic (+Giveaways to Get You Started)

Want to help writers during the pandemic? Here are five ideas–along with giveaways to help you get started in bolstering the writing community.

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Ep. 513: 7 Misconceptions About Being a Writer

The more lightly we grab hold of certain misconceptions about being a writer, the more easily we can discard them when they’re no longer of use to us.

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Ep. 512: 4 Questions to Prevent Plot Holes

Whether you’re outlining or editing, here are four questions you can ask to help identify, rectify, or prevent plot holes.

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Ep. 511: How to Get Stuff Done as a Writer (or How This INTJ Leverages Her Te)

Sooner or later, procrastination is stumbling block for most of us. As an INTJ, here are my top four tips for how to get stuff done as a writer.

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Ep. 510: The 3 Acts of a Writer’s Life–Or How Your Age Affects Your Writing

Writing looks a little different in every stage of a writer’s life. Here’s a look at the way your age affects your writing in the Three Acts of your life.

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Ep. 509: Using All Four Cognitive Functions as a Writer

How to better understand the four cognitive functions as a writer by consciously developing them–Intuition, Sensing, Thinking, and Feeling.

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Ep. 508: 11 Exercises to Enhance Your Visual Thinking

To help you improve your writing and storytelling, here are eleven exercises you can use to consciously access your visual thinking and creativity.

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