Write Wrong
Write Wrong
Hamilton
Talks about writing from the point of view of someone who's been doing it wrong for far too long. Mostly tips, anecdotes, and ways I've written wrongly, and how I am currently fixing those wrongly ways. New episode each month!
Ep. 011 Time Management: The thing we do to smother the creeping awareness that time is holding us at knifepoint
No matter how much we try, time always gets away from us. Here are some managing tips because managing is what we do when we're too weak to control something, but too capable to ignore it completely.
Oct 27, 2020
21 min
Ep. 010 Beginnings: Start with Waking Up!
Fellow writers, I’m going to begin today by going against the grain and give you advice that no one in their right mind would give you. Here are six ways the ‘establishment’ says not to start your novel, but I say maybe give it a try.
Sep 1, 2020
20 min
Ep. 009 Why MFA Programs Are a Faustian Nightmare
Okay, the world is coronaviral and colleges are as close to figuring out if they should open their campuses as an Amish fourteen-year-old is to figuring out that nipples on women are more than just functional milk dots for boobies. But this episode is...
Aug 25, 2020
21 min
Ep. 008 Embracing Your Imposter Syndrome: Because it's true, you don't belong here. Now please leave.
My god, judgment comes in so many forms. Here's another one we suffer (even me, in this episode) and ways to jam a corn cob into your judge-hole.
Aug 18, 2020
24 min
Ep. 007 Authorship, or How to Avoid Writing Completely
They say if you want to become an author you need to think like a business person. I say, fine, but I don't have to like it. Here are few things I'm doing to try to be an author and not just a writer.
Aug 11, 2020
24 min
Ep. 006 How Crummy It Is to be a Writer
Being a writer can be amazing, but strangely, only after you've written. The rest of the time, it can just ruin your day. Here are few things I do to get through the tough times of struggling to get words down, and even if you do feel like hell, no need...
Aug 4, 2020
19 min
Ep. 005: Getting a beta reader: Because you do want strangers to eviscerate the novel you’ve spent over a year working on.
We need people to read our novels and that's even before we publish them. Here are a few ways I get mine, etiquette, and how to handle unhelpful feedback.
Jul 28, 2020
22 min
Ep. 004: First Drafts. Pantser vs. Plotter: Deathmatch!!
First drafts are hard. And that's even before you get to your computer. Here are a few things I do to help. Plus, if you're a pantser or a plotter you WILL have opinions about this episode and should definitely tweet me to tell me how wrong I am.
Jul 21, 2020
22 min
Ep. 001: How I got an agent with my first novel and how I lost an agent with my second novel
Jul 14, 2020
22 min
Ep. 002: Revising, or writing a novel and then destroying it to make it good.
You've spent all that time on your first draft, why not make it readable? Tips on revising. Things I learned to not do. And other things I do do. Do.
Jul 14, 2020
19 min
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