"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.
https://murverse.com/podcasts/isbw/
Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 1 day 5 hours 35 minutes
episode 1: 2023 State of the Mur
Sup? I record from my car in the rain as the dog is getting rehab. (Knees, not addiction). I figured the numbers from 2023: Estimated 34,444 downloads per month. Down about 10k/mo from 2021, which was down about 10k/mo from 2020. Here's the link to...
episode 1: [ISvBW] Where it all began...
Hey folks! I'm starting a new podcast, re-releasing old ISBW episodes with commentary! This episode is the ONLY one that will clog up the ISBW feed; to continue listening you will need to to get the new-old podcasts. -- And so it begins: I...
episode 1: I Should Be Writing Trailer
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episode 2: First Sentences
S19 Ep2 Recorded January 12, 2023 Good News Good News Team Rejection 2023 Count: 16 Main Topic: First Sentences Examining what makes first sentences work The Fifth Season by N. K. Jemisin The Stand by Stephen King The Gunslinger by Stephen King...
episode 3: How to Keep Going
Show Notes: ISBW S19 Ep02 Good News Good News Chaos Terminal edits are done! Team Rejection 2023 Count: 17 Main Topic: Keeping Yourself Going The path of creativity might not always be upwards, but it’s usually forward You can’t control reader...
episode 4: Ask Evil Mur
S19 Ep4 Good News Good News Station Eternity gets a second printing! Team Rejection Count: 19 Main Topic: Evil Mur Appears and Shares Essential Writing Advice The endless fount of writing wisdom that is Evil Mur was summoned for her first...
episode 5: Emotions Rear Their Ugly Head
S19 Ep5 Good News Good News Chaos Terminal final draft is accepted! Team Rejection Count: 19 Main Topic: Emotions Again I talk about how emotions trip us up- and by "us" I mean "me" time and time again. Brave Links: Socials: , , , , , by the...
episode 6: Words to Throw Away
S19 Ep06 Good News Good News Station Eternity gets a second printing! Team Rejection Count: 19 Main Topic: There are No Wasted Words Do you really need that many words before you get to the real story? “In media res” isn’t always the best...
episode 7: 34 Minutes
I did a Google search (uh, AFTER I recorded this,) and found that the writer I reference in this podcast is Eugene Schwartz. You can read more about his method in His magic number was 33, but I'm keeping mine at 34 because he was a copywriter and I...
episode 8: Green M&Ms and Adverbs
S19 Ep08 Good News Good News Station Eternity gets a second printing! Team Rejection Count: 19 Main Topic: Are Adverbs Really That Bad? About that writers advice that says “get rid of adverbs”... it goes deeper than that Pay attention to...