John Helps You Write Better
John Adamus
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S19E20 Don't fear the tropes and cliches
In today's episode, I want to talk you about tropes and cliches. They're nothing to overthink or fear.
S19E19 I've been sick. Have a podcast episode.
In today's episode, I've gotten out of bed to talk to you about pushing yourself to work and being kind to yourself about doing it
S19E18 You need to start AND finish AND finish what you start.
In today's episode, I want to talk to you about that first draft you've been working on since the dawn of time and somehow still haven't finished it yet.
S19E17 You're going to need to learn to take a punch.
In today's episode, I want to talk to you about how you're handling rejection and the less-than-ideal feedback you might be getting.
S19E16 Why do you want to rush? What's the hurry?
In today's episode I want to ask you why you think "taking too long" matters and why you want to go faster.
S19E15 And why exactly are you using AI?
In today's episode, I'd like to ask you about why you're using AI to "edit" your work.
S19E14 Separate your character from your plot
In today's episode, I want to encourage you to make your character not just the being doing the plot, but a wholly formed person who happens to be doing a plot.
S19E13 Local royalty vs global royalty AKA Who's the most specialest person?
In today's episode, I want to talk to you about the royalty problem in your story.
S19E12 Global global versus local global - Worldbuilding and scale
In today's episode, I want to talk to you about how a character can operate in their world versus the world of the story.
S19E11 Have you been complicating your world-building?
In today's episode, I've got the audio from a workshop I did this past weekend on world-building. I think it'll help you.
S19E10 We never know what we're doing or where we're going, and that's fine.
As the year ends, I want to talk you about the not-knowing of making things and how it's okay to not know how things are going to be.
S19E9 Answering 27 questions from webnovelists and new writers
In this nearly 90-minute Q&A session, I answer 27 questions from webnovelists and new writers. I think you'll find it really useful and enjoyable.
S19E8 You and your voice and trying to be like other authors
In today's episode, I want to talk to you about trying to ape someone else's style.
S19E7 How are you feeling about your progress?
In today's episode, I want to talk you about your goals and what you're doing to reach them.
S19E6 Let's talk about beats and scenes
This is the audio from a workshop I gave on 12/21 to some webnovelists and self-publishing authors about scene and beat usage in their writing. I think you'll find this helpful
S19E5 What the hell happened to Superman in the Superman movie?
In this episode, we need to talk about Superman.
S19E4 And now, a word for co-authors
In today's episode, I'd like to talk to you about co-authorship.
S19E3 How's that fantasy going?
In today's episode, I want to talk you about your fantasy of being a writer.
S19E2 What do you think you're doing?
In today's slightly cantankerous episode, I want to ask you what you think you're doing.
S19E3 How Do I Make A Plot? (Audio from A Plot Building Session)
In this bonus audio from this past weekend, here's me talking to a group of writers about what plot is and what plot isn't and how to build an effective plot.
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John Helps You Write Better has published 300 episodes since August 2023, covering topics in Arts, Education.
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