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Synopsis
How to get your brain "right," so you can write, a podcast on the psychology of writing; how to deal with fear, the internal editor, writer's block, life block, and everything else getting in the way of you writing.
Episodes
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Write Brain 58 Slowing Down
25/09/2019 Duration: 08minWhat happens when you slow down? Often, inspiration strikes!
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Write Brain 57 Courage
18/09/2019 Duration: 12minI'm trying to find courage to move forward in this difficult journey of art and creativity.
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Write Brain 56 Truckers Don't Get Truckers Block
11/09/2019 Duration: 11minI used to say I didn't believe in writer's block. Now it turns out that was just because I hadn't written anything that vulnerable before. And it seems it's all I do now. Anyway, this may be depressing. All about when it takes months to get two inches along in a project because of emotional baggage.
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Write Brain 55 What I Need to Hear
04/09/2019 Duration: 10minThese are affirmations I need to hear about my work. It matters. You can do it. There is a bigger picture. You are uniquely suited to do this.
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Write Brain 54 Leaning Into a Thin Skin
28/08/2019 Duration: 11minMy career has been a process of writing more and more personally, and that has meant having a thin skin. How to manage this as a professional, as well.
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write Brain 52 Write a New Book
14/08/2019 Duration: 11minSometimes the best thing you do as a writer is quit on a book that isn't speaking to you anymore.
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Write Brain 53 Know Your Characters
07/08/2019 Duration: 11minIn which I argue that a truly talented writer must also be a deeply good human.
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Write Brain 2-51 I'm Terrified
31/07/2019 Duration: 13minI figured out why I was feeling the urge to quit. I'm terrified of my current memoir project, which I've been trying to get the skills, wisdom, and courage to finish for 14 years. And I still don't know if I'm ready. Maybe you have a project like this?
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Write Brain 50 I'm Quitting
24/07/2019 Duration: 07minI'm taking a year off new projects. I just pushed myself too hard and need to take a hard break to reassess. The podcast will probably continue, though.
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Write Brain 2-49 The Cost of Writing
22/07/2019 Duration: 12minThere are reasons to be afraid of writing. I talk frankly here about real losses following the publication of The Bishop's Wife.
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Write Brain 2-45 Talent Redux
17/07/2019 Duration: 11minMe reconsidering whether or not talent exists and what it looks like, if it does.
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Write Brain 2-48 Kick in the Pants
15/07/2019 Duration: 10minSet a reasonable goal and then get to work!
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Write Brain #2-44: Poetry is Calling
10/07/2019 Duration: 10minSometimes you don't choose the art, it chooses you.
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Write Brain 2-47 Affirmation
08/07/2019 Duration: 10minYour work is important. Your voice matters. There is a reader who will only connect to your book.
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Write Brain #43 The Worst Book I Ever Wrote
03/07/2019 Duration: 06minEveryone feels like one particular book is the worst. It usually isn't, except while you're writing it.
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Write Brain 46: 20 Hours a Day
01/07/2019 Duration: 08minTalk about myths of hard work and success, plus the real truth about effective limits of creative work.
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Write Brain #42 Voice
26/06/2019 Duration: 11minIt's not as mysterious as it sounds. Some tips for how to stick your voice.
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Write Brain #41 A Longterm Career
19/06/2019 Duration: 07minReflections on 20 years in publishing and how this is NOT the career I thought I wanted.
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Write Brain #40 Making It Easier
12/06/2019 Duration: 08minNothing makes it easier. Just get to work!
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