Write-Ish

Kelli and Zara talk about what the next step is after you’ve finished writing one story—write the next one!

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Kelli and Zara, two recovering perfectionists—you can thank your PTSD for that—discuss why perfectionism doesn’t help anyone and how to stop buying into it

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Kelli and Zara discuss the importance of finishing your first draft as a novelist. But we…maybe forgot to talk about HOW to do this. But that’s what the rest of our episodes are for!

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Kelli and Zara interview Zara’s family friend, Seyi River: an award-winning screenwriter, director, composer, chef—though he doesn’t agree—and much more.

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Kelli and Zara discuss an often talked about topic that is still often too vague to be much help: your writer voice.

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Kelli and Zara talk about the all-important skill of pacing your story well!

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Kelli and Zara drop some hot takes in an “All That Ish” episode (much less emphasis on writing than usual).

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Kelli and Zara talk about the types of early readers writers may enlist in their writing and revision processes. But if you’re confused what the differences are between a critique partner, alpha reader, and beta reader, have no fear!

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Zara hops back into the interviewer seat as she asks Kelli about her other co-authoring experience with RP Winters on their fantasy series “Project Bun.”

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Kelli and Zara sit down to talk about whether or not working on multiple projects at once is a good idea.

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Kelli takes the reins while Zara is still recovering from her surgery (though she still did the editing of the episode) to talk to her co-author Bree Buonomo again about Bree's co-authoring system with KD Wagner, her long-time best friend and partner in crime.

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Kelli and Zara talk about these 2 categories of story: character- vs plot-driven. What do these terms mean? Do we prefer one over the other? How do you know where your story falls? Give it a listen and you might find some answers.

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Kelli interviews Zara and her high school friend and writing friend, Jonathan Quow, about their unique approach to "co-authoring" stories set in the same world.

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Zara interviews Kelli and her co-author Bree Buonomo about how they're working together on "Project Metal."

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Kelli and Zara talk about the 6 different types of story conflict, how they work in a story, and how they’re often combined to be more complex.

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Kelli and Zara talk to Kate Cavanaugh, the ever-effervescent AuthorTuber whose sit-down videos, vlogs, and livestreams motivate us (and many others) to keep going on the long, meandering, and sometimes disheartening, journey of going from being a writer to a published author.

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This was our episode from 2 weeks ago HOWEVER we were told that Sean was too quiet. Apologies! This was redone (and checked first) to make sure that it's all right this time around. Kate Cavanaugh's episode will be up on Tuesday after an unplanned week with no upload from us. Thank you for bearing with our recent technical difficulties!

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Kelli and Zara talk about craft books, a seemingly ubiquitous and essential element of any writer’s toolkit. But are they really needed?

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Kelli and Zara talk about preparing for Camp NaNoWriMo: July 2022 edition.

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