In this episode, to tide you over until season 4 starts in January, Ellie revisits our very first episode: 9 reasons you can't finish your work in progress!

Show notes:

• 00.00 – Introduction
• 02.10 – Ellie didn’t nail her tension.
• 04.15 – Audience expectations weren’t explored enough.
• 06.50 – Ellie’s original plan was way too complicated (and boring!)
• 09.15 – Learning to be confident in yourself.
• 12.40 – Introductions
• 13.20 – Have you done enough research?
• 14.40 – Getting to know your characters.
• 17.55 – You’ve gotta know where you’re going.
• 20.00 – Getting tense.
• 23.30 – Do you know what your audience are expecting?
• 28.10 – Stop overthinking!
• 30.40 – Writing chronologically is overrated.
• 32.00 – Stop confusing your brain with multitasking.
• 34.40 – You have permission to make your first draft as terrible as possible.
• 36.55 – Keep things simple.
• 39.00 – No one else is going to prioritise your writing for you.
• 42.40 – Believe in yourself.
• 44.40 – Proving to yourself that you can do it.