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Writing Roots

A 10-minute podcast to improve your writing skills

S50E6 - Arming Yourself with Writing Tools

11 mins; January 17, 2024

S50E5 – Get Yourself a Writing Community

11 mins; January 15, 2024

S50E5 - Get Yourself a Writing Community

11 mins; January 14, 2024

S50E4 – Take Advice With a Grain of Salt

11 mins; January 11, 2024

S40E4 - Take Advice With a Grain of Salt

11 mins; January 10, 2024

S50E3 – Write Now, Edit Later

11 mins; January 08, 2024

S50E3 - Write Now, Edit Later

11 mins; January 07, 2024

S50E2 – Don’t Give Up

11 mins; January 04, 2024

S50E1 – Addressing Common Excuses

11 mins; January 01, 2024

S49 Bonus – Writing Roots Blooper Reel

18 mins; December 30, 2023

S49E8 – What Do I Do If All I’m Writing is Dialogue?

11 mins; December 28, 2023

S49E7 – How Do I Determine Comp Titles for My Book?

12 mins; December 25, 2023

S49E6 – If I Want to Be a Career Author, Should I Stick to One Genre?

11 mins; December 21, 2023

S49E5 – Why Does My Writing Seem Basic Even When I Have a Big Vocabulary?

11 mins; December 18, 2023

S49E4 – What is the Difference Between a Complete Monster and a Regular One?

11 mins; December 14, 2023

S49E3 – How Do I Build a Military for a Spec Fic Story?

11 mins; December 11, 2023

S49E2 – Is Having Multiple POVs the Same as Head Hopping?

12 mins; December 07, 2023

S49E1 – Why Do You Have a Podcast?

11 mins; December 04, 2023

S48E9 – How to Identify Sexism

11 mins; November 30, 2023

S48E8 – How to Identify When Nothing Happens

11 mins; November 27, 2023

S48 Bonus – How to Identify Progress in Writing, AKA The Blackmail Episode

28 mins; November 25, 2023

S48E7 – How to Identify Head Hopping

11 mins; November 23, 2023

S48E6 – How to Identify Contradictions in Writing

12 mins; November 20, 2023

S48E5 – How to Identify Poor and Excessive Descriptions

12 mins; November 16, 2023

S48E4 – How to Identify Sentences with Too Many Characters

11 mins; November 13, 2023

S48E3 – How to Identify: Extra Adjectives and Adverbs

11 mins; November 09, 2023

S48E2 – How to Identify a Confusing Timeline

11 mins; November 06, 2023

S48E1 – How to Identify Good Writing

11 mins; November 02, 2023

S47E9 – Adding Foreshadowing During Editing

11 mins; October 30, 2023

S47 Bonus – How Not to Foreshadow

28 mins; October 28, 2023

S47E8 – Foreshadowing a Descent into Villainy

11 mins; October 26, 2023

S47E7 – How to Foreshadow Enemies to Lovers

11 mins; October 23, 2023

S47E6 – Foreshadowing Through a Character’s Descent into Madness

11 mins; October 19, 2023

S47E5 – Symbolic Foreshadowing

11 mins; October 16, 2023

S47E4 – Prophecies and Omniscience as Foreshadowing

11 mins; October 12, 2023

S47E3 – Foreshadowing Through Dialogue

11 mins; October 09, 2023

S47E2 – Foreshadowing: Breadcrumbs and Misdirection

12 mins; October 05, 2023

S47E1 – Using Passive Foreshadowing

11 mins; October 02, 2023

S46 Bonus – About Writing Contests with Rebecca van Laer of Reedsy

37 mins; September 30, 2023

S46E8 – Writing for Anthologies

11 mins; September 28, 2023

S46E7 – A Look at Writing Contest Judging

11 mins; September 25, 2023

S46E6 – The “Don’ts” of Writing Contests

10 mins; September 21, 2023

S46E5 – Formatting for a Writing Contest

9 mins; September 18, 2023

S46E4 – Editing for a Short Story Contest

11 mins; September 14, 2023

S46E3 – Writing for Short Story Contests

11 mins; September 11, 2023

S46E2 – Finding the Right Writing Contest

11 mins; September 07, 2023

S46E1 – Different Types of Writing Contests

11 mins; September 04, 2023

S45E9 – The Editor’s Toolkit

11 mins; August 31, 2023

S45E8 – How to Charge for Editing

11 mins; August 28, 2023

S45 Bonus – Being an Author Editors Want to Work With

41 mins; August 26, 2023

S45E7 – Questions for the Author/Editor Interview

11 mins; August 24, 2023

S45E6 – Personal Editing Cheat Sheets

11 mins; August 21, 2023

S45E5 – Style Guides for Editing

11 mins; August 17, 2023

S45E4 – The Job of a Proofreader

11 mins; August 14, 2023

S45E3 – The Job of a Line Editor

11 mins; August 10, 2023

S45E2 – The Job of a Developmental Editor

11 mins; August 07, 2023

S45E1 – Becoming an Editor

12 mins; August 03, 2023

Extended Archives: When a Story Meanders

18 mins; July 21, 2023

Extended Archives: Choosing the Right Title

14 mins; July 13, 2023

Extended Archives: The Problems with Bad Blocking

15 mins; July 05, 2023

S44E9 – The Denouement and Epilogue

11 mins; June 29, 2023

S44E8 – During Act III: The Interior Plot

11 mins; June 26, 2023

S44 Bonus – Using AI in the Arts

32 mins; June 24, 2023

S44E7 – During Act III: The Exterior Plot

11 mins; June 22, 2023

S44E6 – During Act II: The Interior Plot

10 mins; June 19, 2023

S44E5 – Plot: The Halfway Point

11 mins; June 15, 2023

S44E4 – During Act II: The Exterior Plot

11 mins; June 12, 2023

S44E3 – During Act I: The Interior Plot

11 mins; June 08, 2023

S44E2 – During Act I: The Exterior Plot

11 mins; June 05, 2023

S44E1 – Plot: Before Act 1

11 mins; June 01, 2023

S43E9 – Characters: Inanimate Objects

11 mins; May 29, 2023

S43 Bonus – Successes and Failure of the Characters

25 mins; May 27, 2023

S43E8 – Characters: The Greek Chorus

11 mins; May 25, 2023

S43E7 – Characters: The Society

11 mins; May 22, 2023

S43E6 – Characters: The Villain’s Chorus

11 mins; May 18, 2023

S43E5 – Characters: The Comedic Relief

11 mins; May 15, 2023

S43E4 – Characters: The Secret Ingredient

11 mins; May 11, 2023

S43E3 – Characters: Secondary Characters

11 mins; May 08, 2023

S43E2 – Characters: The Mentor

11 mins; May 04, 2023

S43E1 – Characters: The Sidekick

11 mins; May 01, 2023

S42 Bonus – When Not to Worldbuild

36 mins; April 29, 2023

S42E8 – Worldbuilding: Creating a Multiverse

11 mins; April 27, 2023

S42E7 – Worldbuilding: Make it Accessible

11 mins; April 24, 2023

S42E6 – Worldbuilding: Make it Explorable

11 mins; April 20, 2023

S42E5 – Worldbuilding: Make it Immersive

11 mins; April 17, 2023

S42E4 – Worldbuilding: Make it Real

11 mins; April 13, 2023

S42E3 – Worldbuilding: Make it Small

11 mins; April 10, 2023

S42E2 – Worldbuilding: Make it Personal

11 mins; April 06, 2023

S42E1 – Pillars of Storytelling: Before You Begin

11 mins; April 03, 2023

S41E9 – Writing Emotions: Confusion

11 mins; March 30, 2023

S41E8 – Writing Emotions: Happiness

11 mins; March 27, 2023

S41 Bonus – Playing it Close to the Chest

25 mins; March 25, 2023

S41E7 – Writing Emotions: Guilty and Apologetic

11 mins; March 23, 2023

S41E6 – Writing Emotions: Smugness

12 mins; March 20, 2023

S41E5 – Writing Emotion: Vengeance

11 mins; March 16, 2023

S41E4 – Writing Emotions: Physical Pain

11 mins; March 13, 2023

S41E3 – Writing Emotions: Terror and Horror

11 mins; March 09, 2023

S41E2 – Writing Emotions: Courage

11 mins; March 06, 2023

S41E1 – Writing Emotions: Reverence

12 mins; March 02, 2023

S40E8 – The Post-Launch Mindset

11 mins; February 27, 2023

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