John Helps You Write Better

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May 30

Here’s Where I Walk You Through The Entire Submissions Process

The whole thing from writing to publishing.

Submissions Process

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Submissions Process

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May 26

Yes, I’ve got something to say about AI

Here’s a few minutes of me talking about AI

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Apr 17

I attended a virtual conference and now you have to read about it.

My frustration is your gain. Sometimes my job as writing coach is great. I work with so many interesting writers and their exciting diverse stories. Queer romance authors. Niche fantasy enthusiasts. Science fiction diehards. Poets. Screenwriters. Playwrights. I am incredibly lucky and grateful to spend my day with people who…

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I attended a virtual conference and now you have to read about it.

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Mar 23

Here Are Some More Books To Read To Improve Your Writing (sorted by Genre this time)

Let’s add to your bookshelf. I didn’t realize this was going to be a two-parter. In what is now the first part, I tried to lay out some books that I think are great representatives of their genres. …

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Here Are Some More Books To Read To Improve Your Writing (sorted by Genre this time)

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Mar 16

Here’s A List Of Authors (& Books) You Should Read (And Learn From) To Improve Your Writing

Sometimes it’s best to write it all out. In last night’s Writers Chat someone asked me if I had ever put together any lists of resources to help people write better, specifically books and authors not only as examples of good writing in genres but also good how-to texts for…

Improve Your Writing

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Improve Your Writing

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Feb 5

Announcing the return of the Genre Workshops

One Genre per stream, one lengthy lesson to help you write better One of the things I love to do as part of my job is streaming. I didn’t think I’d always like it. I can’t say I’m 10000% comfortable with every part of it, but I like the fact…

Genre Workshops

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Genre Workshops

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Jan 30

How To Figure Out What You Can Do, part 2

Navigating the extremes and finding what you’re capable of This is part 2. Get caught up on part 1 here. A podcast. A live stream. A newsletter. Two newsletters. A Patreon with 3 weekly releases. A possible second livestream. A third newsletter (coming soon). A blog. A writing course (coming…

Doing What You Can

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How To Figure Out What You Can Do, part 2

Doing What You Can

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Jan 30

Hey, Do You Need Help With “Internals?”

Thinking about what your characters are thinking It’s so often the simple things that trip us up as writers. We’re people prone to over-thinking, to over-worrying, to assuming that something can’t be as easy or straightforward without there being some kind of catch or trick. Like writing dialogue can’t possibly…

How To Write Stuff

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How To Write Stuff

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Jan 20

If You Want To Get Better At Writing A Newsletter, Read This

Let’s make newsletters less of a problem if you’re a writer writing anything The Very Popular Thing You (Of Course) Should Be Doing It seems like everyone and their mother has a newsletter. To date, my mother doesn’t write one, but I think that’s mainly because she doesn’t sit down long enough to write anything longer than a 2-paragraph message. …

Newsletter Writing

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Newsletter Writing

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Jan 18

Are You Listening? #2

5 More Podcast Episodes To Help You Write Better John Helps You Write Better is a podcast available everywhere. Spotify. Apple Podcasts. Amazon. iHeartRadio. Overcast. Podchaser. All the places you can think of that distribute podcasts. It’s a daily shot in the arm of writing advice and motivation, and it’s…

Podcasts To Listen To

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Podcasts To Listen To

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