John Helps You Write Better
Education Podcasts
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.
Location:
United States
Description:
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.
Language:
English
Episodes
Theme, Part 3: Why theme needs to matter to you as a writer
5/23/2024
In today's episode I want to wrap up my thoughts on theme by pointing out why it should matter so much more to you that you have a theme and are using it effectively.
Duration:00:11:21
5 Things To Be A Successful Writer (listen to me when you need a boost)
5/22/2024
In this very special episode, I want to talk to you about being successful.
Duration:00:50:48
Theme, Part 2: Why themes matter in publishing
5/22/2024
In today's episode, I want to talk to you about why publishing (especially traditional publishing) really wants you to have themes in your work.
Duration:00:13:06
Theme Part 1: What is it, where does it go?
5/21/2024
In today's episode, I want to talk to you about what a theme is and where it goes in your story.
Duration:00:12:31
You need structure. I'm sorry, you just need to learn some writing basics.
5/20/2024
In today's episode, I want to talk to those writers who say things like "I don't really have a three-act structure" or "I'm a discovery writer."
Duration:00:07:53
How to Organize Your Story
5/15/2024
In this week's Writers Chat, I want to help you organize your story. From the beginning. Yes really. All the way to the finished draft.
Duration:01:17:21
What happened to the craft of writing lately?
5/15/2024
In today's episode, I want to kinda be an old man yelling at clouds and talk about a problem I see proliferating in writing.
Duration:00:11:06
Is a comic writer a "real" writer?
5/13/2024
In today's episode I want to talk to you about who is or isn't a real writer.
Duration:00:06:46
Your characters need to be challenged
5/9/2024
In today's episode, I want to talk to you about how you're challenging your characters and why you should if you're not already.
Duration:00:12:23
More stuff is not necessarily cooler.
5/8/2024
In today's episode I want to talk to you about that bad writer habit of not challenging your character while also giving them huge accomplishments.
Duration:00:07:53
Even more writing exercises to help you write better
5/7/2024
In today's episode, I've got some writing exercises to help you organize your characters, your themes, and the depth of your story. It gets crunchy but it will help you.
Duration:01:13:04
Please stop making diss tracks against yourself.
5/7/2024
In today's episode, I want you to quit rap battling yourself. It's not helping. And you deserve all the help and love and support you can get.
Duration:00:13:15
How to organize your own continuity (landscaper edition)
5/6/2024
In today's episode I want to talk to you (while the landscapers fly a jet out my window) about managing your work's continuity.
Duration:00:09:35
How to deal with continuity and big messes of story
5/2/2024
In today's episode, I want to talk to you about how you find your footing in big complicated series and amid all the many moving interwoven parts.
Duration:00:08:55
I have a few thoughts about X-Men 97
5/1/2024
In today's episode, can we talk about some teens?
Duration:00:15:27
Everything You Might Want To Know About Writing A Scene
4/30/2024
In this week's stream, let's talk scenes. Here's how to build them, what goes into them, what they need, and several kinds of them.
Duration:01:14:11
Rejection is what you make of it.
4/30/2024
In today's episode, I want to talk to you about rejection and what it means for you (and how that doesn't mean quitting)
Duration:00:10:32
Doubt happens, here's what you can do about it.
4/29/2024
In today's episode, I want to talk to you about self-doubt.
Duration:00:10:47
A quick note about TikTok
4/25/2024
In today's episode, I want to ask you a question about what's next.
Duration:00:08:37
Give your characters some goals to help the reader feel like things matter
4/24/2024
In today's episode, I want to talk to you about why your characters need goals and what that looks like for your story.
Duration:00:10:39