The Writing Coach Podcast with Rebecca L. Weber
Rebecca L. Weber coaches with the sustainable strategies, mindset shifts, and creative skills development she uses to help independent writers around the world.
If you’ve got what it takes to make it as a freelance writer, but struggle with confidence, imposter syndrome, overwhelm, procrastination, time management, writer’s block, improving your craft, marketing, pitching, underearning, pursuing meaning in your work, or getting in your own way, this is the writing podcast for you.
Learn, grow, and succeed as a freelancer by identifying the wants and needs of your editors, your readers, and yourself.
Rebecca draws on her experience as a journalist covering social justice, the environment, international development, the arts, and travel for publications like CNN, the New York Times, Dwell, and Ebony.com. Download a free guide on how to pitch at www.rebeccalweber.com/5-proven-steps
- Update frequency
- every 5 days
- Average duration
- 20 minutes
- Episodes
- 292
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2024
WCP213 🎶 Let’s dance
Dancing and writing pitches have some surprising similarities. Today we break down why understanding one choreographic sequence prepares you for learning the next one, and the takeaways for writers.
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WCP212 Two-story goals
We often notice that an article works on two levels: On an obvious level it’s about X, but what it’s *really* about is Y.
Goals have a similar dynamic, especially when they’re well chosen and intenti…
WCP Bonus Free live coaching call Wednesday
I’m kicking off 2023 with a free open coaching session for writers. This will help you start the year clear, creative, and powerful.
If you’re on my email list, check your inbox for details to join o…
WCP 211 Archives: Story ideas you can’t google
Live events like conferences, conventions, and trade shows can be a rich source of multiple story ideas—or an overwhelming waste of time and energy.
Plan ahead for 2023 by learning how to leave with…
WCP210 Authors pitching publications with Jo Buer
Today you’re hearing the interview I had with novelist Jo Buer on her podcast Alchemy for Authors. Jo and I discuss how as an author of fiction and nonfiction books you can take charge of your writin…
WCP 209 Archives: Year-end pitching
Should you pitch during the holiday season?
Yes, if you want more assignments. No, if you want to take time off.
There are two valid approaches to taking time off as a freelancer:
1. Take time off du…
WCP 208 Archives: Freelancing when sick
For many freelancers, getting sick quickly becomes finding hours or days when you’re able to push yourself to get things done vs. not getting paid, rather than taking actual time off.
Today I’m talki…
WCP207 Strategy and mindset
Today we’re looking at how your mindset impacts your ability to implement strategy effectively.
One tricky thing about mindset is that when we can’t recognize that we’re believing something that’s h…
WCP 206 Archives XXI: Mother tongue with Beatriz Miranda, Agnieszka Pikulicka- Wilczewska, and Yolisa Qunta
One of the participants in this discussion from the archives, Yolisa Qunta, passed away last year. Listening to this episode again reminds me of her heart, insight, and humor. I’m thankful to have ha…
WCP205 Everything you do matters with Allison B. Salerno
Allison B. Salerno’s award-winning writing and audio production has been featured on Southern Foodways Alliance’s Gravy podcast, America’s Test Kitchen podcast, Proof, on local NPR stations, and in T…
WCP204 🐘🐘 Don’t think of baby twin elephants
Once you start fact checking your mind, you’ll notice there’s a lot of stuff you’re telling yourself that isn’t true AND that isn’t helpful. This awareness doesn’t mean that the faulty thought won’t …
WCP203 Archives XX: The $10k email
Knowing how to negotiate can be the difference between earning a part- or full-time income as a freelance writer. I don’t want you to break into your dream publication only to have them pay you less …
WCP202 Repurposing
Repurposing thoughts, words, ideas, research, reporting, etc., are key to working effectively and efficiently as a freelance writer.
Sometimes this means minor tweaks, such as adjusting a post from o…
WCP Bonus 🥑 Breaking the cycle of procrastination
How ripe avocados help break an old narrative.
What's one thing you did NOT procrastinate in the past 24 hours?
🔗 Mentioned in this episode:
WCP 1 What’s your writing problem?
✏️ Work with me in Fre…
WCP201 Interconnections with Iona Brannon
Iona Brannon is a writer and a photojournalist who deeply enjoys drawing out beauty in the mundane. Her upbringing in multiple countries has given her love for the nuances of culture and travel, and …
WCP200 What I’ve learned creating 200 podcast episodes
With apologies to Toni Morrison, the Writing Coach Podcast is the show I wanted to hear … so I recorded a couple of hundred episodes of it.
Today I’m going behind the scenes: Why I started making th…
WCP199 Archives XIX: Favorite freelance writer resources
We all need a few reliable go-to tools, apps, programs, books, and other stuff.
In today’s episode, I talk through a few of my own favorites, and why and how I use them.
Be sure to check out one of …
WCP198 Listener Q&A, Vol. IX
Listener Q&A returns! Here are the questions I’ll be answering today:
+Do I need to let key sources know when a story runs?
+I’m comparing myself to hard-hitting journalists I know, and it makes me t…
WCP197 Borrow this
Borrow from yourself. Borrow from what works. Borrow from the non-writing parts of your life to inform your writing and freelancing.
We have a tendency to notice where we’ve failed or not figured thi…
WCP196 Repetition. Again
If you’ve been listening to the Writing Coach Podcast for a while, you already know I:
- Send emails to myself.
- Annotate ideas on paper/screen in one-minute bursts, or else forget them forever
- Direct …