"I should be writing" is what people say, but they rarely do it. This podcast is designed to help you get past those blocks, whether it's what your teacher told you when you were a kid, to being totally sure you'll never be as good as (FAV AUTHOR) so you might as well quit.
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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 1 day 16 hours 37 minutes
episode 13: [ISBW] From Patent Memos to Nebula Nods with Wole Talabi
S20 Ep13: In Which Mur Attends Wole Talabi's Creative Alchemy "The primary driver of my sense of success is, 'do I feel happy with what I've done?'" - Wole Talabi Mur chats with Wole Talabi, an engineer turned author (but still engineer). They...
episode 12: [ISBW] Riding the Revision Rollercoaster
S20 Ep 12: In Which Mur Plans to Turn Hurt Feelings into Finished Drafts "I read over the notes and I got mad and I got my feelings hurt." - Mur (being fussy) I've received my edit letter about Infinite Archive, so I'm handling all the emotions that...
episode 11: [ISBW] The Landscape of Grief with Scott Alexander Howard
S20 Ep11: In which we travel "The Other Valley" with Scott Alexander Howard "I wrote it in a blissful who cares? Mentality, like, 'oh, well, genre will sort itself out.'" - Scott Alexander Howard In this episode, we're joined by Scott Alexander...
episode 10: [ISBW] Navigating Imposter Syndrome on the JoCo Cruise
I Should Be Writing Season 20, Episode 10 "I felt like a cuckoo among very pretty birds." - Mur Fresh off the JoCo cruise, we discusses the allure of nerd paradise and how navigating imposter syndrome is a frequent struggle. I share tabletop RPG...
episode 9: [ISBW] Evil Mur Takes Over the Secret Seagull Shack
I Should Be Writing Season 20, Episode 9 "If you don't start out perfect, you're never going to be good." - Evil Mur Evil Mur is back giving terrible advice and it's a wild ride through the looking glass of a writer's darker musings. We cover...
episode 8: [ISBW] The Epiphany of Routine: Embracing Structure in a Creative Life Structure in a Creative Life
I Should Be Writing Season 20, Episode 7 Transcript I found myself looking for my own magic bullet and getting frustrated a the media who take the idea of a daily routine--something people with ADHD people need--and play it off as only done by stodgy,...
episode 7: [ISBW] Trusting Yourself (again)
I Should Be WritingSeason 20, Episode 7 In this episode, I discuss trusting yourself because sometimes no one else will. We also talk , , I mispronounce "chutzpah," make a Wizard of Oz reference, and how should I celebrate 20 seasons of ISBW?...
episode 6: [ISBW] Heists and POV with Gwenda Bond
ISBW S20 Ep6 Author Gwenda Bond comes on the show to talk The Frame Up, heists, and point of view! We also discuss being ballsy at Boskone, pen names, T. Kingfisher's "," writing retreats, and heist structure. If you order The Frame Up from ,...
episode 5: [ISBW] Avione Lee and the Odyssey Workshop
ISBW S20 Ep5 Debut author comes to tell us about the Odyssey Workshop and the various programs! Evergreen Links I don't talk enough about the . It exists. Did you know that? Mur's newsletter, ...
episode 4: [ISBW] Hugos, Characters, and Outlining for Pantsers
ISBW S20 Ep4 Hugos are still messy, so check out Chris M. Barkley*, Paul Weimer, Alasdair Stuart, and Jason Sanford and the excellent fanwriting they do. *Accidentally call him Charles in the recording. Sorry! We talk character depth, using as an...