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The new episode dropped: Unlikeable Characters, hot takes, nachos, and more.

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New episode drop!

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Season 2 Episode 1 "Deciding on Form"

New year, new season! What can't civilization do? Check out our new episode, "Deciding on Form" with special guest Max Paradise.

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“We talk about setting goals you can actually affect. Not 'I want to have an agent by this date.' You can't control that. But what you can control is polishing your work to make it as good as you can before sending it out in the world. I hit that goal this year."

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It's time for our annual review. Episode 12 "Year in Review" is out. We compare how did we do on our writing and reading goals. Plus...how many books do you read in a year?

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Episode 11 - "Endings" is up now. It's all about sticking the landing. Listen up.

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Work in Progress: Revising The gang went back to Carnegie Diner to talk about how they approach revising. From too many beta readers to the need for hearing the same critique multiple times. Lori tells Klein how irritating some...

The gang talked Revisions in Episode 10, available now. Also, Stacie sat down with a poet friend, Catherine Puma, to talk about her process and she shared a newly published poem - Before & After!

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"Every time I finish something, I have this fear that I will never have another idea again, that that is the only thing I can write. And every single time, something comes to you and you get that kernel."

--Lori Sullivan on Episode 9 "Origin Stories"

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"I wanted TO have written. And to do that, I knew I had to write."

--Stacie Murphy on Episode 9 "Origin Stories."

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Episode 9, "Origin Stories," is live right now, with whales, a boy and his dog, and Gilded Age psychics.

@lsullivanwrites.bsky.social, @staciemwrites.bsky.social, @mkleinwrites.bsky.social share what got them started #writing and what inspires them.

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Hello, Writers. Ep 7 "How Do You Know When a Story is Finished?" is out in the world. Give a listen and share how YOU determine when a story is done.

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Hey, fam. It's a First Friday. That means we've dropped a new episode. "Plotting vs Pantsing" with our friend, romance writer Jessica Link (@jessicalinkwrites on the Gram).

Check it out and, yeah, we know the audio wasn't great. Michael is contrite.

#writing

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In Episode 5, we reference the near perfect structural form of Andy Weir's "The Martian." Here's the visual representation of that structure, courtesy of Storyfix and Larry Brooks.

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It's the first Friday of the month. So a new episode has dropped. Check out S 1 Ep 5, "Beginnings."

The crew tackle what the start of your story needs to do, what you don't need to worry about yet, the importance of first lines, the foundation of story structure, & more.

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What does this picture have to do with World Building? You'll have to listen to find out. Episode 4 out now.

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"A retreat for me is an opportunity to get in a brain space where I don't feel like I have other obligations and where I can get wholly immersed."

-- @staciemwrites.bsky.social

On S.1 E.3, available now.
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Episode 3, "Writing Retreats," is out! We talk about how to find the right retreat for you, how you should think about writing goals for a retreat, and organizing your own retreat.

All that, plus haunted mansions, frostbite, and more.

Shout out to @writeyourdamnnovel.bsky.social for S5 E6.

"Just like giving #critique is a skill, taking critique is a skill you have to practice. And it's hard! It's nerve-wracking!"

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"This week didn't work for me because it defied belief that it could all happen in just a few days."

That's an example of specific and actionable feedback we recommend for and by writers. There's more where that came from on Episode 2: "Critique," available now. Check it out.

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We sense right about now you're craving more WIP. We got you.

Episode 2, "Critique," drops 2/7 and will cover how to give and get #critique, beta reading, and more.

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Work in Progress: Writing Groups Stacie, Lori, and Michael recorded their first episode about writing groups - which makes sense since it's a writing group that brought them all together.

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"You said, Lori, it’s important to be around people who love #writing as much as you do. The flip side of that: it’s important to be around people who sometimes hate writing as much as I do."
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Episode 1 - "Writing Groups" is out now. Check it out. (please)

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Hello, BlueSky Writing Community. We're a new podcast about writing.

By writers, for writers. With food and no ads. www.workinprogresspodcast.com.