The Versatile Writer

The final episode of S6 looks at self care for writers. Covers mental health.

Big thanks to those authors on social media who participated including:

Facebook: Emma Louise, Samantha Nix, Cher Worth, Monti Cline, Paula Readman, Siobhan Collier, Dawn Vincent.

Twitter: @lotenauthor, @JimmieWrites, @WriteNowPodcast, @DaniEverts, @SuzanneMehill. @JuliaStoneAuthor

and Instagram: @RachelDavidsonAuthor 

Season 7 returns 22 August 2022. Thank you for listening. Please subscribe and share. 

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Writers either love them or hate them. Where do you stand? 

Pseudonyms can be extremely useful for writers, or a waste of time. 

I put the idea out to the writing community on twitter. Responses are included. 

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Big thanks to those authors who took part through their twitter responses: @lotenauthor, @Celestialily @DanFitzWrites and @JuliaStoneAuthor 

Many writers have access to their own writing resources based upon the genres they write. If you don't, however, why not try prompts or an idea's box?

Lots of help included. :) 

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for details of Writing Naked: Writing Without Boundaries. 

Within creative writing, we have so many challenges - most of which is about how they're viewed or framed. I experienced several different challenges with my latest novel from formatting issues to how to present the dialogue using both US and UK English. 

Episode looks again at the + and - of NaNoWriMo using personal experiences.

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As a writer you have expectations of where ideas will take you. But what if the 10k story is really 50k o the 100k is really just 5k long? Our expectations of stories can hit us hard.

And so can the expectations of readers too. It's got to be perfect or else they won't buy it or review it or recommend it.

What do we expect of ourselves before, during, and after the writing process?

What do we expect our rewards to be? Big? Humbler?

This week's episodes might not be what you're expecting ;)

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#Expectations 

***SPOILERS***

In this episode I dissect my latest (currently unpublished) novel so I can understand how it was created and, in turn, listeners can apply this take to their stories too.

THERE ARE MASSIVE SPOILERS INCLUDED - bypass this epi if you're not into spoilers.

#Analysis #UKEnglish #USEnglish #Psychological #Subplot #plot #creativewriting #tension #layout #structure #PlotDevelopment #characterdevelopment #plotdevice #sociopath

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Isn't is odd how we feel when a piece of art we've come to love in one medium, gets our backs up when it's been adapted to another?

Books to movies, small screen to big, games to movies, even Tv shows back to graphic novels, we all have our favourite way of consuming a piece of art, or a story. 

Adaptations seem to bring out the best or the worst in us when a fanbase loves the original, yet occasionally the adaptation is the better of the choice of mediums. 

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#Procrastination #reading #story telling #books #moviestobooks #bookstomovies #smallscreen #bigscreen #baggage #firefly #serenity #robertsheehan #capmalreynolds

The Art of Handwriting kicks off the first episode of Season 6 of The Versatile Writer.

Do you ever give thought to how your handwriting looks to others?

Did you know it gives away a lot about your identity, your intentions, your background?

Graphology is a fascinating topic that tells others about you, and perhaps more importantly, tells you about yourself.

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#stationery #penpals #letters #artofhandwriting #handwriting #graphology #identity

The last episode of Season 5. The topic this week is on Spring Cleaning and Self Care. We writers are not always great at taking care of the things outside of our writing, so here's a reminder to care for yourself and your equipment.

Digital decluttering and caring for your mental health are the top tops with ideas on how to do that.

Thank you for listening to season 5. If you subscribe, Season 6 will appear in your inbox on 2nd May. If that sounds like it's too far away, why not listen to the 2+ years of podcasts from The Versatile Writer and remind yourself of some of the episodes that have helped TVW evolve into what it is today. :)

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#WritersHelpingWriters #JasonStephenson #JohnWilliams #MH #MentalHealth #SelfCare #DigitalDecluttering #Decluttering

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The second in this two-parter on writing tips. After over 3 decades in the biz, I've picked up a few titbits here and there so sharing them with you is an organic next step :)

This is the pen-ultimate episode of Season 5. (S6 begins 2nd May). Remember, once this season ends, you can always fill the time with 'reruns' of over 2 years of writing-related podcasts from The Versatile Writer.

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