John Helps You Write Better
John Helps You Write Better is your all-in-one better-than-college help and advice in writing and publishing your books. It's all about giving you the career as a successful author you've always dreamed of.
- Update frequency
- every 2 days
- Average duration
- 25 minutes
- Episodes
- 300
- Years Active
- 2023 - 2025
Saying more about "writing what you know"
POWERED BY DESCRIPT Today let's go back to talking about writing what you know and why it's maybe not the best maxim to write by.
Your voice is your greatest tool for your work
More than your software or your coffee or your genre or your outline, no single tool is going to help you be the writer you want to be (or the writer you're capable of being) like your voice will.
It's so important that you're curious
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You've got to bring curiosity to your work. Here's why.
Marketing Day 5: How To Market Effectively
The last day of marketing week, so let's give you one thing to think about going forward
Marketing Day 4: A Marketing Strategy For You
More Marketing than you can shake a stick at. Here's a strategy to employ.
A congested Writers Chat for the week of 9-6
Welcome to my kitchen, let's have a Writers Chat.
Marketing Day 3: marketing as an opportunity
Marketing week marches on. Is Marketing an opportunity?
Marketing Day 2: Marketing isn't sleazy
More marketing week goodness. Let's answer the question -- "Is marketing sleazy?"
Marketing Day 1: Marketing is a Conversation
It's Marketing week! So let's start with what marketing is and what it isn't.
So you want to build a world for your story...
In this workshop, it's all about worldbuilding. How do you make a world more than just some object descriptions? How do you tie your world to your characters and plot? Find all that and more in a lit…
A contemplative and honest Writers Chat for 8/29
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In this week's Writers Chat I talk about discipline, switching genres, publishing speed, believing in yourself, book pricing, and writin…
Let's dive back into Fantasy
POWERED BY DESCRIPT. Ages ago I talked about the narrative construction for fantasy. How about we dive deeper and talk about spots to pay attention to as well as red flags?
The power hour-ish Writers Chat of 8.22
Powered by Descript, the best way to record a podcast, ever! In today's Chat I talk about Batman, Dave Matthews Band, genres, innovation, fear, bad habits, and passive voice.
It's important that you say something.
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You're writing whatever you're writing, creating whatever you're creating - but are you saying anything? Here's why that's so important.
How are you taking care of yourself?
POWERED BY DESCRIPT. Self-care is more than sleeping in and moisturizing.
A question about titles and originality
POWERED BY DESCRIPT Today I answer a question about titles, ethics, and originality.
Why are you in a hurry?
Have you ever thought about why you're going so quickly? Or wanting to? You got somewhere to be?
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The Writers Chat of 8.15: A Chat of business and design
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Don't look now, but this Writers Chat covers things like agents, newsletters, social media engagement, syllables, and large battles.
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The power of a feedback loop
Today I want to talk about how you talking to and about yourself.
So let's talk about customers real quick....
POWERED BY DESCRIPT - Tonight we talk customers. This is the audio from the "6 Customers You Need To Know" workshop.