Reedsy Live: The Podcast

Preparing to Write a Novel: 5 Keys to Success with Tom Bromley

May 10, 2024 14:37 - 39 minutes - 71.6 MB

* Get 10% off Reedsy's premium How to Write a Novel course with the code MAY24 at checkout. Exclusive to our podcast listeners and valid until May 20, 2024!* 🔍 Author and bestselling ghostwriter Tom Bromley talks about the "Five Ps" of preparing to draft a novel 📝 Find a full transcript of this podcast episode here: blog.reedsy.com/live/preparing-to-write-a-novel-5-keys-to-success

Is Your Manuscript Ready? Discover Your Self-Auditing Toolkit with Julie Artz

May 03, 2024 12:38 - 31 minutes - 57.4 MB

🔍 Reedsy editor Julie Artz talks about assessing your own manuscript to determine whether it's ready to be seen by editors and readers 📝 Find a full transcript of this podcast episode here: blog.reedsy.com/live/self-audit-julie-artz/

How to Build a Productive Writing Habit with Bec Evans and Chris Smith

April 26, 2024 11:47 - 41 minutes - 75.5 MB

🔍 The productivity coaches behind Prolifiko share their tips on building a productive writing habit 📝 Find a full transcript of this podcast episode here: blog.reedsy.com/live/productive-writing-habit/

How to Crack Your Novel's Beginning and Ending with Caroline Leavitt

April 19, 2024 16:23 - 29 minutes - 54.2 MB

🔍 NYT bestselling author Caroline Leavitt talks about how beginnings and endings can make a good novel great 📝 Find a full transcript of this podcast episode here: blog.reedsy.com/live/how-to-crack-your-novel-s-beginning-and-ending/

Save the Cat! Writes a Novel with Jessica Brody

April 12, 2024 17:18 - 44 minutes - 82.3 MB

🔍 Learn the secret code behind all well-plotted novels from the author of Save the Cat! Writes a Novel 📝 Find a full transcript of this podcast episode here: blog.reedsy.com/live/save-the-cat-writes-a-novel/

Common Mistakes in Writing Dialogue and How to Avoid Them with Tracy Gold

April 05, 2024 14:16 - 27 minutes - 50 MB

🔍 Editor and author Tracy Gold reveals the biggest mistakes new writers make when writing dialogue 📝 Find a full transcript of this podcast episode here: https://blog.reedsy.com/live/dialogue-mistakes/

How to Start Writing a Book with Michelle Schusterman

March 29, 2024 18:21 - 37 minutes - 69.1 MB

🔍 Author and Reedsy ghostwriter Michelle Schusterman shows you how to take your book idea and get busy writing its first draft 📝 Find a full transcript of this podcast episode here: https://blog.reedsy.com/live/how-to-start-writing-a-book/

Reedsy Live: Personalizing Your Query Letters with Rachel Stout

March 22, 2024 14:28 - 32 minutes - 59.4 MB

🔍 Former literary agent Rachel Stout reveals her tips for researching agents and personalizing query letters 📝 Find a full transcript of this podcast episode here: https://blog.reedsy.com/live/personalizing-your-query-letters/

Reedsy Live: How to Plot Your Memoir Like a Novel with Amanda Edgar

March 15, 2024 13:16 - 38 minutes - 69.8 MB

🔍 Join award-winning author, ghostwriter, and book coach Amanda Edgar as she shows you how to make your memoir read like a bestselling novel 📝 Find a full transcript of this podcast episode here: blog.reedsy.com/live/memoir-amanda-edgar

How to Plot Your Memoir Like a Novel with Amanda Edgar

March 15, 2024 13:16 - 38 minutes - 69.8 MB

🔍 Join award-winning author, ghostwriter, and book coach Amanda Edgar as she shows you how to make your memoir read like a bestselling novel. 📝 Find a full transcript of this podcast episode here: blog.reedsy.com/live/memoir-amanda-edgar

Reedsy Live: Unleash Your Inner Editor (and Kill Your Darlings) with SJ Watson

March 08, 2024 17:20 - 30 minutes - 56.3 MB

🔍 Join bestselling author SJ Watson as he shows you how to activate editor mode 📝 Find a full transcript of this podcast episode here: https://blog.reedsy.com/live/watson-editor-mode/

Reedsy Live: Crowdfunding Your Book with Kickstarter with Oriana Leckert

February 27, 2024 00:00 - 17 minutes - 31.5 MB

🔍 Kickstarter's head of publishing gives you the inside scoop on crowdfunding your next book on their platform 📝 Find a full transcript of this podcast episode here: https://blog.reedsy.com/live/kickstarter/

Season 4 Epilogue: The Beginning

April 21, 2020 14:43 - 24 minutes - 28 MB

But, as mysteriously as they begin, all creative journeys come to an end. Or do they?

Season 4 Chapter 5: A Long Way To Go Viral

April 14, 2020 16:15 - 28 minutes - 32.3 MB

These days, everyone wants to be the next overnight viral sensation. But, as it turns out, there's nothing overnight about it.

Season 4 Chapter 4: Branding Yourself

April 02, 2020 14:20 - 25 minutes - 29.5 MB

Before selling your book, you need to learn how to sell yourself.

Season 4 Chapter 3: Reading The Write Way

March 25, 2020 01:18 - 26 minutes - 29.9 MB

How do you learn to see your creative work from other's perspectives? The answer is the same thing it's been for centuries: pick up a book.

Season 4 Chapter 2: Facts & Fiction

March 17, 2020 20:02 - 26 minutes - 30.8 MB

The Hero's Journey is an excellent metaphor for any creative process. But when it comes to self publishing a nonfiction book, the line between fact and fiction is anything but metaphorical.

Season 4 Prologue: The Hero's Journey

March 11, 2020 18:52 - 23 minutes - 26.4 MB

What do the Greek gods, Walt Disney, and indie author slash creativity professor Tim Cigelske all have common? Apparently, everything.

Season 4 Chapter 1: Framing Your Mind

March 11, 2020 18:52 - 23 minutes - 26.4 MB

As the Hero's Journey starts up again, Tim has to put his own creativity advice to the test.

Addendum 9: Moving Too Fast (with Jami Albright)

December 17, 2019 18:42 - 24 minutes - 28.5 MB

Move too fast and, instead of working around your obstacles, you might just crash into them – in romance, in writing, and in writing romance.

Addendum 8: Adapting to Change (with I.L. Cruz)

December 04, 2019 00:14 - 24 minutes - 27.8 MB

When your story isn't a popular one, how do you get people to listen? According to I.L. Cruz, it helps to disguise it as a story everyone knows already.

Addendum 7: Help Yourself (with Mason Engel)

November 26, 2019 23:05 - 24 minutes - 22.4 MB

It's one thing to turn a great book into a bestseller. But how do you learn to write a great book in the first place? ~~~ Additional Reading: https://blog.reedsy.com/creative-writing-prompts/ https://blog.reedsy.com/writing-exercises/

Season 3 Epilogue: Like A Pro

October 01, 2019 23:06 - 23 minutes - 27.3 MB

Behind every professional, there are many amateur hours. Behind every success story, there are many more that go untold.

Season 3 Chapter 5: The Life of the (Launch) Party

September 25, 2019 01:55 - 29 minutes - 33.2 MB

In the era of the eBook, why are some authors still selling paperbacks from their front doors?

Season 3 Chapter 4: Paperback Writer

September 18, 2019 16:00 - 27 minutes - 31.4 MB

Paperback books have historically been derided as cheap, brief entertainment. So, in the era of the eBook, why would you print them at all? ~~~ Additional Reading: https://blog.reedsy.com/standard-book-sizes/ https://blog.reedsy.com/print-on-demand-books/

Season 3 Chapter 3: The Prince and the Paradox

September 10, 2019 23:47 - 24 minutes - 28.5 MB

Kids can be picky, especially when it comes to what they prefer to read. So why not give it to them?

Season 3 Chapter 2: The Least Syllable of Thy Addition

September 03, 2019 18:19 - 25 minutes - 29.5 MB

How do you insult your audience without insulting their sensibilities... or their intelligence? When writing for a juvenile audience, finding the right balance is more important than ever.

Season 3 Chapter 1: Like Magic

August 27, 2019 18:51 - 23 minutes - 26.8 MB

When it comes to writing a bestseller, magical worlds work like a charm, right up until they don't.

Season 3 Prologue: Amateur Hour

August 27, 2019 18:49 - 21 minutes - 24.9 MB

It's hard enough writing a novel for anyone. When writing for kids aged 12 to 18, it's another challenge altogether.

Addendum 6: All The Cool Kids Are Doing It (with Jacqui Castle)

August 13, 2019 17:19 - 22 minutes - 26 MB

What comes first, the novel or the genre? A journalist turned novelist, a zeitgeist changing election, and a young adult reading trend might help us to find the answer.

Addendum 5: To Trope or Not To Trope (with Marlow York)

August 06, 2019 14:56 - 21 minutes - 25 MB

Drawing from your influences is one thing, stealing from them is another. How did Marlow York walk the tricky tightrope of writing with tropes?

Addendum 4: Flashback (with Benjamin Davis)

July 16, 2019 19:20 - 23 minutes - 26.9 MB

How do you market a book that you can barely even describe? Benjamin Davis, author of a so called magical realism poetic memoir, travelled across the world to find the answer.

Season 2 Epilogue: Always A Challenge

June 05, 2019 02:00 - 17 minutes - 20.4 MB

Writing never gets easier. How does Jenn still do so much of it anyway?

Season 2 Chapter 5: Making A Community

May 29, 2019 19:21 - 23 minutes - 26.4 MB

How do you transform "working writer" from the job of your dreams into a career?

Season 2 Chapter 4: Making A Change

May 21, 2019 16:20 - 22 minutes - 25.4 MB

In this day and age, readers care about your writing if they care about you first. So how do you turn "you" into a marketable brand?

Season 2 Chapter 3: Having A Community

May 14, 2019 19:13 - 20 minutes - 23.2 MB

Over the past ten years, self-publishing has become unequivocally common. How can a new author stand out in such a large community?

Season 2 Chapter 2: The New World

May 07, 2019 15:58 - 21 minutes - 25 MB

Before it was a multimillion dollar industry, self-publishing was a new world. But was the (literal) gold rush worth the (figurative) smallpox?

Season 2 Chapter 1: The People v. Cozy Mysteries

April 30, 2019 19:48 - 22 minutes - 26.8 MB

Is "writing to market" the same as selling out, or is it just good business?

Season 2 Prologue: In Your Dreams

April 30, 2019 19:48 - 18 minutes - 20.6 MB

How do you transform "working writer" from a job that's in your dreams to the job of your dreams?

Addendum 3: Happily Ever After (with Anthony Sciarratta)

April 02, 2019 21:39 - 22 minutes - 25.8 MB

Is ending your story "happily ever after" cliché? Maybe -- but some clichés exist for a reason.

Addendum 2: The Human Element (with Eliot Peper)

March 19, 2019 18:36 - 37 minutes - 43.4 MB

What is the best way to market a book in the Internet age? Technology may have changed, but the answer hasn't -- for over 2,000 years.

Addendum 1: Choice Words for First Drafts (with Brett Putter)

March 12, 2019 22:25 - 22 minutes - 26.2 MB

How do you turn your first draft into a published book? According to Brett Putter, founder of CultureGene and author of "Culture Decks Decoded," the answer may be unsuitable for print.