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Episode 171: How to Write Fight Scenes, with Carla Hoch
Do you struggle with writing realistic fight scenes? Never fear, Carla Hoch is here! Carla, author of the Fight Write books, joins us

Colleen Mitchell
Mar 115 min read
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Episode 170: 3 Ways to Strengthen Your Plot
Are you struggling with a saggy middle?
Figuring out to fix it can feel daunting if you don't have a place to start.
Try these 3 ways

Colleen Mitchell
Mar 114 min read
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Episode 169: Publishing Myth #2: Indie = Success
If you don't go traditional, you're probably an indie author.
While indie has become 1000% more accessible than it was even just 10 year

Colleen Mitchell
Mar 54 min read
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Episode 168: How Many Books Should Be in Your Series?
In this episode we cover what a series is versus what it isn't, how to understand how much story you have, cutoff points, and questions to a

Colleen Mitchell
Feb 259 min read
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Episode 167: What Makes Characters Memorable?
Memorable characters come in all genres. They spring to mind when someone asks you to name your favorite characters or just ones that really

Colleen Mitchell
Feb 125 min read
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Episode 166: How to Actually Finish Your First Draft
Many writers, both newbies and veterans alike, struggle to finish first drafts. So what's the magic formula for actually writing "The End"?

Colleen Mitchell
Feb 124 min read
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Episode 165: Publishing Myth #1: Traditional = Success
Many authors want to be traditionally published because of the perceived prestige that comes with the name of a Big Publishing House.

Colleen Mitchell
Feb 45 min read
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Episode 164: Literary Sins Infodumping
Don't publish the infodump!
It's easy to infodump even when you don't mean to, which is why editors and critique partners are so importan

Colleen Mitchell
Jan 285 min read
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Episode 163: What is an Unreliable Narrator?
Description: What is an unreliable narrator? Writers and readers alike use this moniker often without understanding what it really means....

Colleen Mitchell
Jan 224 min read
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Episode 162: Literary Sins: Random Character to the Rescue
**Introduction**
Today's episode is the next in our *Literary Sins* series, a series of episodes focused on addressing those things that wr

Colleen Mitchell
Jan 144 min read
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Episode 161: 10 Productivity Tips for Writers, PART 2
Struggling with being a productive writer?
We all fall into distraction traps and periods of low productivity.
All productivity tips are

Colleen Mitchell
Jan 76 min read
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Episode 160: 10 Productivity Tips for Writers, PART 1
Struggling with being a productive writer? We all fall into distraction traps and periods of low productivity. All productivity tips are lik

Colleen Mitchell
Dec 31, 20245 min read
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Episode 159: How to Achieve Your Writing Goals in 2025
Today's episode is titled "Reasons to Write the Blurb Early," but I really wanted to name it "Reasons to Not Procrastinate on Writing the Bl

Colleen Mitchell
Dec 24, 20248 min read
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Episode 158: Reasons to Write the Blurb Early
Today's episode is titled "Reasons to Write the Blurb Early," but I really wanted to name it "Reasons to Not Procrastinate on Writing the Bl

Colleen Mitchell
Dec 19, 20245 min read
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Episode 157: Recommended Writing Craft Books
Where do you start when it comes to books on writing craft? A simple search on Amazon for "writing craft books" brings up over 70,000 result

Colleen Mitchell
Dec 10, 20244 min read
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Episode 156: Literary Sins: Too Many Characters
Have you committed this literary sin? Having too large of a cast, or introducing too many characters at the same time, can lose readers and

Colleen Mitchell
Dec 3, 20245 min read
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Episode 155: Thoughts from Author Nation
Are you curious about Author Nation and whether you should go next year? This episode covers who Author Nation is for, what kinds of session

Colleen Mitchell
Nov 12, 20244 min read
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Episode 154: The College Analogy for Avoiding Overwhelm
Do you get stressed and overwhelmed whenever you look at everything it takes to publish a book, whether you're pursuing self publishing or t

Colleen Mitchell
Nov 12, 20244 min read
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Episode 153: Switching from Writing to Editing
How do you know when it's time to switch from the writing mode to the editing mode? What even is the difference between them? In this episod

Colleen Mitchell
Nov 12, 20243 min read
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Episode 152: If You are a Creative Powerhouse
Today’s episode is about the fourth and final category of Writer's Block, called "Creative Powerhouse." It’s really the bonus result from ou

Colleen Mitchell
Nov 6, 20243 min read
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