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John Helps You Write Better

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.

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09:02

Don't fear the tropes and cliches

John Helps You Write Better ·

2025/03/11

In today's episode, I want to talk you about tropes and cliches. They're nothing to overthink or fear.

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09:03

I've been sick. Have a podcast episode.

John Helps You Write Better ·

2025/03/03

In today's episode, I've gotten out of bed to talk to you about pushing yourself to work and being kind to yourself about doing it

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12:10

You need to start AND finish AND finish what you start.

John Helps You Write Better ·

2025/02/18

In today's episode, I want to talk to you about that first draft you've been working on since the dawn of time and somehow still haven't finished it yet.

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10:23

You're going to need to learn to take a punch.

John Helps You Write Better ·

2025/02/17

In today's episode, I want to talk to you about how you're handling rejection and the less-than-ideal feedback you might be getting.

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12:56

Why do you want to rush? What's the hurry?

John Helps You Write Better ·

2025/01/28

In today's episode I want to ask you why you think "taking too long" matters and why you want to go faster.

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09:59

And why exactly are you using AI?

John Helps You Write Better ·

2025/01/27

In today's episode, I'd like to ask you about why you're using AI to "edit" your work.

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11:58

Separate your character from your plot

John Helps You Write Better ·

2025/01/15

In today's episode, I want to encourage you to make your character not just the being doing the plot, but a wholly formed person who happens to be doing a plot.

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09:56

Local royalty vs global royalty AKA Who's the most...

John Helps You Write Better ·

2025/01/14

In today's episode, I want to talk to you about the royalty problem in your story.

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10:21

Global global versus local global - Worldbuilding and...

John Helps You Write Better ·

2025/01/13

In today's episode, I want to talk to you about how a character can operate in their world versus the world of the story.

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01:03:47

Have you been complicating your world-building?

John Helps You Write Better ·

2025/01/06

In today's episode, I've got the audio from a workshop I did this past weekend on world-building. I think it'll help you.

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09:37

We never know what we're doing or where we're going,...

John Helps You Write Better ·

2024/12/31

As the year ends, I want to talk you about the not-knowing of making things and how it's okay to not know how things are going to be.

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01:28:36

Answering 27 questions from webnovelists and new writers

John Helps You Write Better ·

2024/12/30

In this nearly 90-minute Q&A session, I answer 27 questions from webnovelists and new writers. I think you'll find it really useful and enjoyable.

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10:58

You and your voice and trying to be like other authors

John Helps You Write Better ·

2024/12/24

In today's episode, I want to talk to you about trying to ape someone else's style.

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09:42

How are you feeling about your progress?

John Helps You Write Better ·

2024/12/23

In today's episode, I want to talk you about your goals and what you're doing to reach them.

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01:09:53

Let's talk about beats and scenes

John Helps You Write Better ·

2024/12/23

This is the audio from a workshop I gave on 12/21 to some webnovelists and self-publishing authors about scene and beat usage in their writing. I think you'll find this helpful

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10:21

What the hell happened to Superman in the Superman...

John Helps You Write Better ·

2024/12/19

In this episode, we need to talk about Superman.

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08:11

And now, a word for co-authors

John Helps You Write Better ·

2024/12/18

In today's episode, I'd like to talk to you about co-authorship.

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13:19

How's that fantasy going?

John Helps You Write Better ·

2024/12/17

In today's episode, I want to talk you about your fantasy of being a writer.

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10:23

What do you think you're doing?

John Helps You Write Better ·

2024/12/16

In today's slightly cantankerous episode, I want to ask you what you think you're doing.

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01:18:43

How Do I Make A Plot? (Audio from A Plot Building...

John Helps You Write Better ·

2024/12/15

In this bonus audio from this past weekend, here's me talking to a group of writers about what plot is and what plot isn't and how to build an effective plot.

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