Episode Twelve: The Twelve-Month Draft

Episode Twelve: The Twelve-Month Draft

Episode Twelve: The Twelve-Month Draft Welcome back to the blog! Today we’re diving into Episode Twelve of the podcast, and since twelve feels like such a neat number, we’re exploring the idea of the twelve-month draft. And no, this is NOT about football 🙂 Writing a novel is a marathon, not a sprint. While some writers thrive on fast-drafting their stories in thirty days, many of us need a gentler, steadier pace. That’s where the twelve-month draft comes in, a timeline that’s both practical and achievable. Why Twelve Months? A year feels doable. It allows for real life to happen while

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Episode 10 of Writer Groupie: Do Stories Shape Us, or Do We Shape Stories?

Episode 10 of Writer Groupie: Do Stories Shape Us, or Do We Shape Stories?

Welcome back to Writer Groupie! Today marks a special milestone – Episode 10. I’m so grateful you’ve joined me on this podcasting journey, and I wanted to take this moment to step back and look at something bigger than the day-to-day writing grind. Our guiding question for this episode is simple but profound: Do stories shape us, or do we shape stories? As writers, we pour ourselves into our characters, worlds, and plots. (and for those non-fic folks, you pour YOURSELF into every word) Our experiences and beliefs become the clay that stories are molded from. In that way, we

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