Episode 336 is basically a masterclass in how two writers can have wildly different weeks. Jerry opens the show by spotting something… unsettling… in his Amish neighbor’s window (because of course he does), but quickly shifts into his ongoing battle with the Great Read-Aloud Edit. He missed his chapter goal by one, panicked about his December 14 deadline, and discovered that Past Jerry was not the writer Present Jerry wishes he were. On the plus side, he’s halfway through writing the Book 2 climax and learning that reading your own prose out loud is both exhausting and humbling.

Rich, meanwhile, casually logs six writing days, 12,741 new thriller words, and keeps pacing for a possible 50K November—while also milling lumber and building farm gates, because why wouldn’t he?

There’s also a writers-group intervention, TikTok despair, and fantasy-football heartbreak, but the real focus this week is writing: goals, edits, deadlines, and keeping your sanity.

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