I Should Be Writing
440 episodes - English - Latest episode: 11 days ago - ★★★★ - 321 ratings"I should be writing" is what people say, but they rarely do it. This podcast is designed to help you get past those blocks, whether it's what your teacher told you when you were a kid, to being totally sure you'll never be as good as (FAV AUTHOR) so you might as well quit.
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[ISBW] Children, Learn from My Mistakes
May 25, 2021 13:00 - 32 minutes - 30.1 MBWell, I have redundant backups, and yet I STILL lost something. So we go over some things to keep in mind when you are thinking about your writing and not necessarily the health of your computer. May 24 - May 28: Latest Twitch stream times (EDT): 5.24 (M), 12:30, AMA/Hangout 5.25 (T), 3:00, I Should Be Writing Live 5.26 (W), 4:00, Gaming 5.27 (Th),12:30, I Should Be Writing Live 5.27 (5), 5:00, Ditch Diggers Drink O'Clock with Kameron Hurley! *NEW* May 18, 2021 | Season 17 Ep 35...
[ISBW] The Larpening
May 24, 2021 13:00 - 28 minutes - 26 MBLast day on Role Playing a writer's life. It's been a rough two weeks, which is why this is late. Sorry about that. Things are back to normal, so here come the episodes! May 11, 2021 | Season 17 Ep 34 (Ep 585) | murverse.com Copyright 2005-2021, Mur Lafferty | BY-NC-SA 3.5 License
[ISBW] LARPing 2 with Jennifer Udden
May 12, 2021 15:00 - 58 minutes - 53.9 MBBy popular demand we bring you Jennifer Udden, my former agent, current friend, and freelance editor! We attempt more LARPing but overall just chat. NOTE, my producer usually cuts out the interaction with the live chat to make for a smoother experience for you, but with two hosts that made it harder so I decided to just leave most of it as-is. May 6, 2021 | Season 17 Ep 33 (Ep 584) | murverse.com Copyright 2005-2021, Mur Lafferty | BY-NC-SA 3.5 License
[ISBW] LARPing a Confident Writer
May 10, 2021 20:00 - 42 minutes - 39.7 MBConfidence is one of those weird emotions you can fake until you make it. So if we're pretending to be a confident writer, what else can we pretend to be? We begin the Save the Cat! beat sheet as a LARP and it gets interesting. May 9 - May 15: Latest Twitch stream times (EDT): 5.10 (M), 2:30, AMA/Hangout (new time) 5.11 (T), 3:00, I Should Be Writing Live *NEW* 5.12 (5), 1:00, Ditch Diggers Live with Cat Rambo! 5.12 (W), 4:00, Gaming 5.13 (Th), STREAM CANCELLED THIS WEEK May 4, 2...
[ISBW] Talking About Money
May 05, 2021 12:00 - 32 minutes - 29.8 MBWhat happens when you start making money with writing? We're talking advances, accountants, the sought for "six figure deal" and more. You may not be making money now, but you probably intend to. So let's talk about what people usually don't talk about. Note- I am not an accountant. May 3 - May 7: Latest Twitch stream times (EDT): 5.3 (M), 12:30, AMA/Hangout 5.4 (T), 3:00, I Should Be Writing Live *NEW* 5.4 (T), 1:00, Ditch Diggers Live with Alasdair Stuart! 5.5 (W), 4:00, Gaming ...
[ISBW] Why Are Habits So Hard?
May 03, 2021 13:00 - 23 minutes - 21.7 MBEveryone knows the way to write a book, or get in shape, is to do the thing (writing, exercising, abstaining from junk food, etc) every day, and boom, you're done. So why is it so freaking hard? May 3 - May 7: Latest Twitch stream times (EDT): 5.3 (M), 12:30, AMA/Hangout 5.4 (T), 3:00, I Should Be Writing Live *NEW* 5.4 (T), 1:00, Ditch Diggers Live with Alasdair Stuart! 5.5 (W), 4:00, Gaming 5.6 (Th), 12:30, I Should Be Writing Live< Links: Catch the next LIVE show on Twitch ...
[ISBW] Flawed Characters
April 27, 2021 13:50 - 23 minutes - 22.2 MBI've been working on my protagonist's flaws, and realizing that the story is a lot easier to write when your character may have flawed reasons driving them, and it gives them something to fight against! April 25-May 1: Latest Twitch stream times (EDT): 4.26 (M), 12:30, AMA/Hangout 4.27 (T), 3:00, I Should Be Writing Live 4.28 (W), 4:00, Gaming 4.29 (Th), 12:30, I Should Be Writing Live *NEW* 4.29 (Th), 5:00, Ditch Diggers Live with Kameron Hurley! Links: Catch the next LIVE show on T...
[ISBW] How To Pro
April 25, 2021 17:40 - 31 minutes - 29.4 MBWe're all imposters, no matter what you think. Trust me. All of us. Latest Twitch stream times (EDT): Monday, 12:30, AMA/Hangout Tuesday, 3:00, I Should Be Writing Live Wednesday, 4:00, Gaming Thursday 12:30, I Should Be Writing Live Links: Catch the next LIVE show on Twitch Behind the name April 20, 2021 | Season 17 Ep 28 (Ep 579) | murverse.com | Copyright 2005-2021, Mur Lafferty | BY-NC-SA 3.5 License
[ISBW] Calling All Imposters!
April 23, 2021 16:00 - 26 minutes - 25.4 MBWe're all imposters, no matter what you think. Trust me. All of us. Latest Twitch stream times (EDT): Monday, 12:30, AMA/Hangout Tuesday, 3:00, I Should Be Writing Live Wednesday, 4:00, Gaming Thursday 12:30, I Should Be Writing Live Links: Catch the next LIVE show on Twitch Behind the name April 15, 2021 | Season 17 Ep 27 (Ep 578) | murverse.com Copyright 2005-2021, Mur Lafferty | BY-NC-SA 3.5 License
[ISBW] NEWS and Audience Choice
April 17, 2021 16:00 - 34 minutes - 32.2 MBI'm a HUGO FINALIST! Escape Pod is up for Best Semiprozine, and SB Divya and I got nominated for Best Editor (Short form)! See all the nominees here! The news went out right before I recorded, so I was a little out of it, hence the flightiness. But the audience pulled me through it! Latest Twitch stream times (EDT): Monday, 12:30, AMA/Hangout Tuesday, 3:00, I Should Be Writing Live Wednesday, TBD Thursday 12:30, I Should Be Writing Live Links: Catch the next LIVE show on Twitch...
[ISBW] Avoiding Cliches
April 12, 2021 15:24 - 35 minutes - 33.2 MBIt's easy to slip into stereotypes when you are writing someone different from yourself. I have some thoughts on how to avoid that. Latest Twitch stream times (EDT): Monday, 12:30, AMA/Hangout Tuesday, 3:00, I Should Be Writing Live Wednesday, 4:00, Gaming Thursday 12:30, I Should Be Writing Live Links: Catch the next LIVE show on Twitch Craft in the Real World Writing the Other (book and website) Ursula K. Le Guin's Tehanu Just Keep Writing (Wil Ralston's podcast) Apr...
[ISBW] Bad Advice
April 10, 2021 16:00 - 39 minutes - 36.8 MBThe most recent "Main Character" on Writing Twitter was the woman who flat out said horror can't happen in space. If the story is in space, no matter how scary, it's automatically science fiction. This means space beats zombies, if you're keeping score. Now, aside from bringing the Internet down on your head when you say stuff like this, blanket advice is harmful in other ways, too. Latest Twitch stream times (EDT): Monday, 12:30, AMA/Hangout Tuesday, 3:00, I Should Be Writing Live ...
[ISBW] Fear Is Like the Wind or Something
April 09, 2021 12:00 - 18 minutes - 15.3 MBI'm realizing that fear is often connected to the lack of control in a situation. Such as submitting to an editor or publishing a book. You might as well try to control the tides. Also, I'm a NYT Bestseller now! Or part of one, anyway. (I wrote one of the Minecraft novels!) Donations benefitting the Trevor Project. Latest Twitch stream times (EDT): Monday, 12:30, AMA/Hangout Tuesday, 3:00, I Should Be Writing Live Wednesday, 4:00, Gaming Thursday 12:30, I Should Be Writing Live ...
[ISBW] Writing Is Like Running, Except When It's Not
April 08, 2021 16:00 - 34 minutes - 28.1 MBPractice and expectation of improvement are similar components between writing and running, but there's a big difference. Donations benefitting The Trevor Project. Latest Twitch/YouTube stream times (EST): Monday, 12:30, AMA/Hangout Tuesday, 3:00, I Should Be Writing Live Wednesday, 4:00, Gaming Thursday 12:30, I Should Be Writing Live Links: Camp NaNoWriMo is in full swing! Catch the next LIVE show on Twitch March 23, 2021 | Season 17 Ep 22 (Ep 573) | murverse.com Copyrigh...
[ISBW] Staying Monogamous to WIP
April 07, 2021 12:42 - 23 minutes - 19.9 MBIt's a standard feeling that once you get used to your current WiP and you may have hit a snag here and there, you will get the desire to focus on another, newer, shinier project. This is totally normal, everyone from a newbie to a pro feels this. But the question is, what do you do when you feel like that? Donations benefitting The Trevor Project. Latest Twitch/YouTube stream times (EST): Monday, 12:30, AMA/Hangout Tuesday, 3:00, I Should Be Writing Live Wednesday, 4:00, Gaming ...
[ISBW] Mitsakes adn Fialures
March 19, 2021 16:00 - 21 minutes - 19 MBWe are supposed to learn from mistakes, so why are we so hard on ourselves when we make them? Donations benefitting the Trevor Project. Latest Twitch/YouTube stream times (EST): Monday, 12:30, AMA/Hangout Tuesday, 3:00, I Should Be Writing Live Wednesday, 4:00, Gaming: Skyrim Thursday 12:30, I Should Be Writing Live Links: Catch the next LIVE show on Twitch or YouTube! March 16, 2021 | Season 17 Ep 20 (Ep 571) | murverse.com Copyright 2005-2021, Mur Lafferty | BY-NC-SA 3....
[ISBW] Delicious Conflict Parfait
March 18, 2021 16:00 - 20 minutes - 18.3 MBConflict shows us how people relate to each other, much better than a bad day will. Conflicts include everything from an injury, lack of sleep, to fights with significant others, rude folks on the road, and then the big one with the meteor coming to the earth. The worse the day is, the more we learn about the character and what matters to them. March 11, 2021 | Season 17 Ep 19 (Ep 570) | murverse.com Copyright 2005-2021, Mur Lafferty | BY-NC-SA 3.5 License
[ISBW] How, Exactly, Do I Find Time To Write?
March 12, 2021 14:00 - 22 minutes - 16.6 MBAfter 20 years I've finally figured out how to find that elusive time to write. And the reason I never found it before was because finding time, or making time, is more challenging than people say it is. Sure, OK, "make time" -- but HOW? Hey! I'm fundraising for The Trevor Project. Get the extended version of this podcast via Patreon! Latest Twitch/YouTube stream times (EST): Monday, 12:30, AMA/Hangout Tuesday, 3:00, I Should Be Writing Live Wednesday, 4:00, Gaming: Skyrim Thur...
[ISBW] Who Do You Trust?
March 11, 2021 14:00 - 21 minutes - 15.9 MBThere is a lot of contradictory advice on the internet. Even the same articles/lists will have contradictory advice. And when are looking for specific advice, the pithy "Do this, no, wait, don't do this" blog posts are infuriating. So how do you know who to trust when it comes to looking for advice? Get the extended version of this podcast via Patreon! Links: New Patreon video! (And here you can join the I Should Be Writing Ink Stained Fabulists Community) Catch the next LIVE show on ...
[ISBW] Debuting In Covid with SB Divya
March 10, 2021 17:00 - 28 minutes - 22.4 MBI'm delighted to welcome interviews back to ISBW with my good friend SB Divya. She's my co-editor on Escape Pod, but her first full-length novel, Machinehood, came out in March! We talk about how that's exciting and what it's like to have a debut during Covid. Get the extended version of this podcast via Patreon! SB Divya's Home Page Buy Machinehood now! Escape Pod Podcastle (Winner of the 2020 British Fantasy Award in the Best Audio category! Congrats!) Escape Artist's Twitch Str...
[ISBW] My Novel's Done, Now What?
March 09, 2021 15:00 - 34 minutes - 27.4 MBOnce you're done with your novel or story, what do you do? Edits? Submissions? Beta readers? Dongwon Song's Newsletter Agent Talk (I mistakenly call it Ask an Agent in the audio) Fancy water bottle Jennifer Udden's Newsletter Absolute Write Snowflake Method Query Shark Becky Chambers Submission Grinder Duotrope Latest Twitch/YouTube stream times: Monday, 12:30, AMA/Hangout Tuesday, 3:00, I Should Be Writing Live Wednesday, 4:00, Gaming: Stardew Valley Thursday 1...
[ISBW] Novel Structure
February 25, 2021 14:00 - 23 minutes - 19.4 MBPeople talk about character and plot and climax, but no one covers how novel structure is needed to put it all together. SPOILERS for A Song of Ice and Fire Series and the Broken Earth Series by N.K. Jemisin. Get the extended version of this podcast via Patreon! February 18, 2021 | Season 17 Ep 14 (Ep 565) | murverse.com | Copyright 2005-2021, Mur Lafferty | BY-NC-SA 3.5 License
[ISBW] Poor Little Rich Writer
February 22, 2021 14:00 - 31 minutes - 25.3 MBEvery few years there's a very concerned think piece about the innocent writer who got a six figure advance and blew it all, or sold zero books, or just felt betrayed by publishing, and I am sick of it. If only we all could get articles written about us when we have a bad day at work, or show ourselves unwilling to do basic research into our new profession. Get the extended version of this podcast via Patreon! February 11, 2021 | Season 17 Ep 12 (Ep 563) | murverse.com | Copyright 2005-2...
Notebooks: Do you have a problem?
February 16, 2021 14:00 - 26 minutes - 21 MB"Notebooks: Do You Have a PROBLEM?" is brought to you in large part by by my patrons , who received this episode early, and expanded. You can join us with a pledge as low as $1 a month! Ohhhh... pretty notebooks. Get the extended version of this podcast via Patreon! Links: Moleskine Leuchtturm 1917 Pen subscription box (Sorry) The Artist's Way Field Notes Passion Economy Podcast JetPens I Should Be Writing Ink Stained Fabulists Community Catch the next LIVE show on...
Why Do I Hate Editing?
February 13, 2021 17:00 - 26 minutes - 21.5 MBI have three projects going on right now that need edits, and for the next two months I'm going to be doing this thing that I HATE. So let's go into why, and how. Latest Twitch/YouTube stream times: Monday, 12:30, AMA/Hangout Tuesday, 3:00, I Should Be Writing Live Wednesday, 4:00, Gaming: Stardew Valley Thursday 12:30, I Should Be Writing Live * All times EST Links: Query Shark Manuscript Academy I Should Be Writing Ink Stained Fabulists Community Catch the next LIVE sho...
Timeline of a Novel
February 07, 2021 14:00 - 37 minutes - 32.7 MBI talk about my books from initial concept all the way through to the end, both Six Wakes and my current WiP. Links: You Need A Budget FTL Apex Writers Cat Rambo's Writing Community I Should Be Writing Ink Stained Fabulists Community Catch the next LIVE show on Twitch or YouTube! February 2, 2021 | Season 17 Ep 9 (Ep 560) | murverse.com Copyright 2005-2021, Mur Lafferty | BY-NC-SA 3.5 License
Language of Hope with Alasdair Stuart
February 05, 2021 14:00 - 45 minutes - 30 MBI'm thrilled to welcome my good friend and Very Smart British Person Alasdair Stuart to the show to talk about, if we can weaponize language, how do we use it for hope?
Characters' Wants and Needs
February 04, 2021 14:00 - 34 minutes - 24.5 MB"Your character must want something, even if it's a glass of water!" Characters must always have wants, but it takes a bit more work to think about what they need, and more importantly, when in the story for them to address those needs. (Get the extended episode here on Patreon!) January 26, 2021 | Season 17 Ep 7 (Ep 558) | murverse.com | Copyright 2005-2021, Mur Lafferty | BY-NC-SA 3.5 License
Productivity (OR Mommy and Daddy are Fighting!)
February 03, 2021 14:00 - 53 minutes - 42.8 MBI look at two productivity methods and am entirely flummoxed by the two that seem at odds with each other: the 10X Rule that suggests if you shoot for 10X your goal you won't necessarily make 10X, but you'll very likely get much more than you would have had you, say, gone the compound method talked about in Atomic Habits and The Compound Effect where if you get just a little bit better every day then you will see real results. January 21, 2021 | Season 17 Ep 6 (Ep 557) | murverse.com Cop...
Dropping Truth Bombs
January 23, 2021 16:00 - 54 minutes - 27.8 MBI'm talking about truth bombs that a lot of beginning creative types don't want to hear, but I figure, I'm just telling you, "Hey, in the road up ahead there's a hole. Most everyone hits the hole and it jostles them. I wanted you to know it was there." That was my hole metaphor. I thought it was good despite sleep dep. January 19, 2021 | Season 17 Ep 5 | murverse.com | Copyright 2021, Mur Lafferty | BY-NC-SA 3.5 License
Real Talk, Get to Work
January 22, 2021 14:00 - 1 hour - 53 MBHad a talk with someone last week that didn't go the way I'd hoped, and I'm forced to start looking at my habits a little closer. January 14, 2021 | Season 17 Ep 4 | murverse.com | Copyright 2021, Mur Lafferty | BY-NC-SA 3.5 License
Weaponizing Language
January 21, 2021 14:00 - 58 minutes - 43.1 MBI'm finally posting last week's episodes. I've been writing a lot and neglecting the podcast production, even though the streams are still on schedule. Ironically, I did want to talk about the power of language again this month, but I did not expect the president to whip his fans into a fury with some very amazing weaponized language, so this topic hit a little close to home on January 12. January 12, 2021 | Season 17 Ep 3 | murverse.com | Copyright 2021, Mur Lafferty | BY-NC-SA 3.5 Li...
Turn It Off
January 13, 2021 14:00 - 52 minutes - 38.1 MBI found it very hard to concentrate after the events of January 6, so I realized that in order to get work done, I had to do some self care and turn it off. News, social media, the whole world of distraction. I hope you can find some equilibrium. January 7, 2021 | Season 17 Ep 2 (Episode 553) | murverse.com | Copyright 2021, Mur Lafferty | BY-NC-SA 3.5 License
Grim and Determined in 2021
January 12, 2021 14:00 - 51 minutes - 38.3 MB"Grim and Determined in 2021" is brought to you by patrons Wil Ralston and Fyrerider, and the letter N! It's a new year, and things are still pretty terrible, so we face the new year with hope, but not pollyanna resolutions. Links: Tish Bouvier's YouTube videos Ann Harrison-Barnes' YouTube videos Catch the next LIVE show on Twitch! Support this show on Patreon! January 5, 2021 | Season 17 Ep 1 (Episode 552) | murverse.com | Copyright 2021, Mur Lafferty | BY-NC-SA 3.5 License
A Writing Christmas Carol
December 22, 2020 17:00 - 51 minutes - 37.4 MBBrought to you by patrons Jon Tollerton and Zach Payne! I wanted to do a Christmas Carol overall, but ended up talking about my own past, present and future. Stuff got real. We talked about 12 Days of Christmas parodies too. 12 Pains of Christmas - Bob Rivers 12 Days of Christmas - Straight No Chaser December 17, 2020 | Season 16 Ep 53 (Episode 551) | murverse.com | Copyright 2020, Mur Lafferty | BY-NC-SA 3.5 License
Productivity? Now?
December 21, 2020 17:00 - 55 minutes - 38.3 MBI wanted to cover the concept of productivity in December, which is hard in a GOOD year. We also touch on the idea of finding writer's groups in 2020. Links: Support my Extra Life campaign for Duke Children's Hospitals! Cat Rambo's Patreon Reedsy Australian Writer's Center December 15, 2020 | Season 16 Ep 52 (Episode 550) | murverse.com | Copyright 2020, Mur Lafferty | BY-NC-SA 3.5 License
Tropes, Cliches, Derivatives
December 17, 2020 17:00 - 53 minutes - 38.9 MBPeople in crit groups can mean so much when they say those three words. What makes something derivative, or a trope, or a cliche? December 10, 2020 | Season 16 Ep 51 (Episode 549) | murverse.com | Copyright 2020, Mur Lafferty | BY-NC-SA 3.5 License
Gift Guide for Writers
December 15, 2020 17:00 - 51 minutes - 36.5 MBFull gift list at murverse.com December 8, 2020 | Season 16 Ep 50 (Episode 548) | murverse.com | Copyright 2020, Mur Lafferty | BY-NC-SA 3.5 License
Words Have Power!
December 07, 2020 14:00 - 2 hours - 30.1 MBYeah, it's cliche, but the basic decisions on how to describe people, considering your POV and your own biases, can dramatically affect your book. December 1, 2020 | Season 16 Ep 48 (Episode 546) | murverse.com | Copyright 2020, Mur Lafferty | BY-NC-SA 3.5 License
Are Goals for Writers Different?
December 04, 2020 22:27 - 45.4 MBA little bit of NaNoWriMo wrap-up, but then we deal with the idea of goals again, and the trouble I have with these goal programs that are everywhere. And I'm taking another one now. December 3, 2020 | Season 16 Ep 49 (Episode 547) | murverse.com | Copyright 2020, Mur Lafferty | BY-NC-SA 3.5 License
Equipment - Rerun
November 14, 2020 17:00 - 5 minutes - 11.2 MBMonsters you can come across on your adventure including the evil time eater... Goal: 21,666 November 14, 2020 | Rerun from Nov. 16, 2016 Season 16 Ep 48 (Episode 545) | murverse.com Copyright 2020, Mur Lafferty | BY-NC-SA 3.5 License
The Time Eater - Rerun
November 14, 2020 02:00 - 5 minutes - 11.3 MBMonsters you can come across on your adventure including the evil time eater... November 13, 2020 | Rerun from Nov. 8, 2016 Season 16 Ep 47 (Episode 544) | murverse.com Copyright 2020, Mur Lafferty | BY-NC-SA 3.5 License
WMUR - Wanting Nothing! - Rerun
November 12, 2020 17:00 - 3 minutes - 9.07 MBBack to the spoof radio shows, this time we look at the soap opera, and how it gives us one of the basic things about characters. Namely- they've got to WANT something. Goal: 20,000 November 12, 2020 | Rerun from Nov. 3, 2017 Season 16 Ep 46 (Episode 543) | murverse.com Copyright 2020, Mur Lafferty | BY-NC-SA 3.5 License
No Magic Bullets - Rerun
November 11, 2020 17:00 - 3 minutes - 9.21 MBDESPITE what I posted yesterday about the power of placebos, you still have to do the work, sorry to say. Ain't nothing out there going to do it for you. And around this time you have to remember that. Just also remember you're not alone. Goal: 18,333 November 11, 2020 | Rerun from Nov. 12, 2017 Season 16 Ep 45 (Episode 542) | murverse.com Copyright 2020, Mur Lafferty | BY-NC-SA 3.5 License
WMUR - The People's Placebo - Rerun
November 10, 2020 17:00 - 3 minutes - 9.07 MBDo you need that cup of tea, or the right music, or your lucky Star Wars figure to sit beside your monitor so you can imagine it saying "you got this!" Whatever feather you need to hold in your trunk, if it helps you get the words done, then don't knock it. Goal: 16666 November 10, 2020 | Rerun from Nov. 12, 2017 Season 16 Ep 44 (Episode 541) | murverse.com Copyright 2020, Mur Lafferty | BY-NC-SA 3.5 License
Write whenever you can - Rerun
November 09, 2020 17:00 - 4 minutes - 10.5 MBI talk about good old Chuck Palahniuk and how he wrote Fight Club. If it's good enough for the NYT Bestseller then it's good enough for you! Or something more motivational. (He wasn't a bestseller when he wrote Fight Club, you know.) November 9, 2020 | Rerun from Nov. 17, 2015 Season 16 Ep 43 (Episode 540) | murverse.com Copyright 2020, Mur Lafferty | BY-NC-SA 3.5 License
WMUR - Nonlinear Writing - Rerun
November 09, 2020 11:00 - 2 minutes - 8.9 MBWrite whatever scene is in your mind. Don't worry about whether it follows the last scene, or even if it's got the right characters. Just get the words down, and fix it in edits! Goal: 13333 November 8, 2020 | Rerun from Nov. 6, 2017 Season 16 Ep 42 (Episode 539) | murverse.com Copyright 2020, Mur Lafferty | BY-NC-SA 3.5 License
Filler - Rerun
November 09, 2020 01:00 - 5 minutes - 11.2 MBNow is the time to pull out all your description: food, drink, color, touch, adverbs, adjectives, spelling out contractions, etc. All of that and more. Get those words in, by any means necessary! Goal- 11666 November 7, 2020 | Rerun from Nov. 11, 2015 Season 16 Ep 41 (Episode 538) | murverse.com Copyright 2020, Mur Lafferty | BY-NC-SA 3.5 License
Distractions - Rerun
November 08, 2020 17:49 - 9 minutes - 14.9 MBShould have run November 6. Considering how distracted/low energy I've been this week, I figured getting back to the daily show with a distractions episode was appropriate. Catching up with a lot of episodes today. Goal- 10,000 My wordcount- ...not 10k November 6, 2020 | Originally posted November 4, 2015 | Copyright 2020 Mur Lafferty, BY-NC-SA
Comparing yourself to others - Rerun
November 06, 2020 02:49 - 11.2 MBTL;DR - Don't. But the podcast is cleverer than that. Your wordcount is your own and that's OK. Me, I'm dealing with a lot of intensity with current events and confusion with my WiP. I'm behind. But I don't care. I am moving on the story and that's what matters. Goal: 8333 November 5, 2020 | Originally posted November 11, 2017 | Copyright 2020 Mur Lafferty, BY-NC-SA