The Write Question

Viewing time: 59 seconds How to focus your writing: find the one idea your draft is really about, then cut every line that doesn’t serve it. One idea wins. Transcript Many drafts sprawl because the writer is trying to say everything at once. Here’s the fix. Ask yourself one question […]

Viewing time: 59 seconds Should you count words or time? Word count goals set you up to fail. Set a 10-minute timer instead, and the words will follow. Transcript If you set a word count goal, you may sabotage yourself. Here is the problem. You cannot control how many words

Viewing time: 4 mins 54 secs The Write Question is a weekly video podcast about writing that I started in 2017 and that ran, more or less weekly, until April 2022. This is a republication of issue #225, which describes how to break the cycle of porcrastination. The post first

Viewing time: 3 mins 30 secs  The Write Question is a weekly video podcast about writing that I started in 2017 and that ran, more or less weekly, until April 2022. This is a republication of issue #224, which describes when you need permission for book material. The post first

Viewing time: 4 mins 39 secs  The Write Question is a weekly video podcast about writing that I started in 2017 and that ran, more or less weekly, until April 2022. This is a republication of issue #223, which describes how to handle lengthy quotes. The post first ran on

Viewing time: 3 mins 40 secs  The Write Question is a weekly video podcast about writing that I started in 2017 and that ran, more or less weekly, until April 2022. This is a republication of issue #222, which considers how to handle a children’s writing contest. The post first

Viewing time: 3 mins 48 secs  The Write Question is a weekly video podcast about writing that I started in 2017 and that ran, more or less weekly, until April 2022. This is a republication of issue #221, which describes how to deal with resistance. The post first ran on

Viewing time: 4 mins 17 secs  The Write Question is a weekly video podcast about writing that I started in 2017 and that ran, more or less weekly, until April 2022. This is a republication of issue #220, which asks whether you should switch to dictating your writing? The post

Viewing time: 4 mins 36 secs  The Write Question is a weekly video podcast about writing that I started in 2017 and that ran, more or less weekly, until April 2022. This is a republication of issue #219, which asks the question: how much money can book authors make? The

Viewing time: 4 mins  The Write Question is a weekly video podcast about writing that I started in 2017 and that ran, more or less weekly, until April 2022. This is a republication of issue #218, which addresses the question:  how do you plan your writing time? The post first