How Do You Write

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Explore the processes of working writers with bestselling author Rachael Herron. How do you write a book? Start here. You'll gain tips to get in the chair, tricks to stay there, and inspiration to get your own words flowing.

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Ep. 214: Bonnie Tsui on Finding Flow in Writing (and in the Water)

December 11, 2020 How Do You Write 37:49 Comments Off on Ep. 214: Bonnie Tsui on Finding Flow in Writing (and in the Water)

Bonnie Tsui is a journalist and longtime contributor to The New York Times. She is the author ofAmerican Chinatown, winner of the Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature and a...

Ep. 213: Melissa Storm on Writing with OCD

December 4, 2020 How Do You Write 53:47 Comments Off on Ep. 213: Melissa Storm on Writing with OCD

Melissa Storm is a New York Times and multiple USA Today bestselling author of Women’s Fiction, Inspirational Romance, and Cozy Mysteries. Despite an intense, lifelong desire to tell stories...

Ep. 212: Bryan Washington on How Much Setting Matters

November 27, 2020 How Do You Write 34:25 Comments Off on Ep. 212: Bryan Washington on How Much Setting Matters

Bryan Washington is a National Book Award 5 Under 35 honoree, and winner of the Dylan Thomas Prize, the Ernest J. Gaines Award for Literary Excellence, and The New...

Ep. 211: How to Write Dialogue for Characters Very Unlike Yourself

November 25, 2020 How Do You Write 20:34 Comments Off on Ep. 211: How to Write Dialogue for Characters Very Unlike Yourself

In this mini-episode, Rachael Herron answers how to write dialogue for characters who aren’t like you at all, as well as how to breathe life into an old, almost-dead...

Ep. 210: Pam Rosenthal on Not Letting the Page Know You’re Afraid

November 20, 2020 How Do You Write 44:04 Comments Off on Ep. 210: Pam Rosenthal on Not Letting the Page Know You’re Afraid

Pam Rosenthal has written award-winning sexy historical romance and award-winning brainy BDSM erotica, as well as occasional essays and reviews for Salon.com, the SF Chronicle, Dearauthor.com, and Socialist Review....

Ep. 209: Matt Haig on Literally Writing the Multiverse

November 13, 2020 How Do You Write 36:47 Comments Off on Ep. 209: Matt Haig on Literally Writing the Multiverse

Matt Haigis the author of the internationally bestselling memoirReasons to Stay Alive and Notes on a Nervous Planet, along with six novels, including How To Stop Time, and several...

Ep. 208: CJ Cooke on the Thrills of Contemporary Gothic Horror

November 6, 2020 How Do You Write 34:37 Comments Off on Ep. 208: CJ Cooke on the Thrills of Contemporary Gothic Horror

C. J. Cooke is an award-winning poet and novelist published in twenty-three languages. She teaches creative writing at the University of Glasgow, where she also researches the impact of...

Ep. 207: Donna Baier Stein’s Surprising Tip for Getting Into the Voice of a Character

October 30, 2020 How Do You Write 35:19 Comments Off on Ep. 207: Donna Baier Stein’s Surprising Tip for Getting Into the Voice of a Character

Donna Baier Stein is the author of The Silver Baron’s Wife (PEN/New England Discovery Award, Foreword Reviews Winner), Sympathetic People (Iowa Fiction Award Finalist), Letting Rain Have Its Say,...

Ep. 206: Do You Need a Writing Mentor? Or a Pen Name?

October 29, 2020 How Do You Write 38:54 Comments Off on Ep. 206: Do You Need a Writing Mentor? Or a Pen Name?

Rachael Herron tackles some difficult questions in this mini episode: Do you need a writing mentor? Or a pen name? How DO you write in a year like 2020,...

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