In today's episode, I'd like to talk to you about the early 2000s and some things that both are and aren't that important.

In today's episode I want to tell you about fast food. And writing.

In today's episode I want to talk to you about some risks in being a creative and what to do about any of them.

So I forgot to record the Chat audio. If you're looking for the Chat, it's up on YouTube. What I've got for you today is a few selected questions with better answers.

In today's episode I want to tell you a story about what I used to do and what I'm doing again.

In today's episode, we should talk about marketing. And risk. And vulnerability. And being a person.

And here we are at the very end of ESIAC, where we talk about what is normally the most visual part of the process. So of course I'm going to cover it in a non-visual medium. Today I want to talk to you about arranging sentences and focusing your reader.

In today's podcast I want to talk to you about voice and load you up with a few things to think about as we distinguish not only character voices but also narrative and authorial voices. Yeah, this one's kind of a lot.

In our continuing discussions about how every sentence should be a camera for the reader to put a movie in their mind, I'm going to talk to you about a writing intangible: mood and how it's like air.

In this week's Writers Chat I talk about setting goals, writing experts, narrative risk, planning sequels, and trying new holes.

I've got to figure out a better naming convention for this series. In today's episode we continue ESIAC by talking about pacing.

In today's episode I talk about what the plan is for a week of podcasting as well as helping you improve your dialogue.

It's time to talk about doing your best, when and where and why.

Let's talk about shovels and premises and complexity.

In this week's Chat I talk about comparing yourself to other people, organizing your ideas, flash fiction, and how to arrange sensory information, among other things. This one's a good one.

In today's episode, I have some feelings about making George Carlin into some AI garbage.

Getting back to work after a cold, in today's episode I tell you about a conversation I had last week.

I've got a cold. There's a Chat today, no workshop tonight, and everything gets back on track next week.

In today's episode, Vin Diesel and I remind you that you make art for you and not everyone's going to understand it.

In today's episode, I want to talk to your about what editing is and what it isn't ... and how you should be paying for it.

So ... booktube ... is that helping anyone?

In tonight's workshop, I talk about themes. What they are, what they aren't, how to do anything with them, and how to use them effectively.

In today's Writer Chat I talk about growth curves, meet-cutes, meet-sads, revision, and how editors make deadlines. It was great to be back to Chat.

Hey look, it's a new year. Let's talk about writing.

Here we are at the end of 2023. How are your sleeves?

In today's episode, we need to talk about your expectations.

In today's episode, I want to talk to you about your voice.

In today's episode, I tell you what to expect.

In today's episode, I want to tell you about how a discovery I made is changing about 99% of what I planned for 2024.

In today's episode, I want to talk to you about threats and challenges but talking to you about a chicken.

In today's Chat, the last of the year, I answer some great questions about popular books, writing dialogue, making RPGs, word count, and being better than not-good-enough.This is the final Writers Chat of 2023, the Chat will be back in 2024.

How do we run marathons? One step at a time.

At the end of every year, writers congregate for two performative exercises. Here's why you shouldn't do either of them.

Hey, if you're a writer dealing with traditional publishing and you're having a hard time, this one is for you. And when you want some help (FOR FREE) come check out johnhelpsyouwritebetter.com

And now, a few words for the "it's taking too long to do this" crowd.

Let's take a few minutes today to talk about how you're setting yourself up to succeed or fail.

In today's Chat I talked about being in your own way, how to build cyberpunk, how to revise, and why Emily Mortimer is kind of a trope.

In today's episode, I want to bring up the idea of you being more than your goals.

Hey, have you thought about the big giant publisher everyone insists on using?

Hi. Can we talk for a second about those people how always seem to have an opinion about you and what you're doing?

In today's episode, I want to tell about two of the ways editors think about whatever a writer is writing. These aren't the only ways, they're just two common ones.

Okay so this is version 1 (there are 3 versions recorded now) of the Writers Chat for 12.5. If this version sounds terrible, let me know, and I'll put up a different version. So many technical errors plagued today's stream. Hopefully this works.

In today's episode I want to again point out some reasons why AI is the worst idea possible for your creative effort.

In today's episode I want to talk a little about one-star reviews, the dipsticks who leave them, and what they mean to you as a writer.

In today's episode, let's continue our conversation about what happens when everyone accepts a lower bar than they should.

In today's episode I want to talk a little bit about the cycle of production and the tolerance for poor effort.

Oh boy was this audio a pain to get out. Technical issues abound, but here's some audio for you. I hope you like it.

In today's episode I need to talk to you about goal setting and your effort in reaching those goals.