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Colleen Mitchell
3 days ago5 min read
Episode 165: Publishing Myth #1: Traditional = Success
Many authors want to be traditionally published because of the perceived prestige that comes with the name of a Big Publishing House.
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Colleen Mitchell
Jan 285 min read
Episode 164: Literary Sins Infodumping
Don't publish the infodump!
It's easy to infodump even when you don't mean to, which is why editors and critique partners are so importan
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Colleen Mitchell
Jan 224 min read
Episode 163: What is an Unreliable Narrator?
Description: What is an unreliable narrator? Writers and readers alike use this moniker often without understanding what it really means....
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Colleen Mitchell
Jan 144 min read
Episode 162: Literary Sins: Random Character to the Rescue
**Introduction**
Today's episode is the next in our *Literary Sins* series, a series of episodes focused on addressing those things that wr
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Colleen Mitchell
Jan 76 min read
Episode 161: 10 Productivity Tips for Writers, PART 2
Struggling with being a productive writer?
We all fall into distraction traps and periods of low productivity.
All productivity tips are
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Colleen Mitchell
Dec 31, 20245 min read
Episode 160: 10 Productivity Tips for Writers, PART 1
Struggling with being a productive writer? We all fall into distraction traps and periods of low productivity. All productivity tips are lik
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Colleen Mitchell
Dec 24, 20248 min read
Episode 159: How to Achieve Your Writing Goals in 2025
Today's episode is titled "Reasons to Write the Blurb Early," but I really wanted to name it "Reasons to Not Procrastinate on Writing the Bl
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Colleen Mitchell
Dec 19, 20245 min read
Episode 158: Reasons to Write the Blurb Early
Today's episode is titled "Reasons to Write the Blurb Early," but I really wanted to name it "Reasons to Not Procrastinate on Writing the Bl
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Colleen Mitchell
Dec 10, 20244 min read
Episode 157: Recommended Writing Craft Books
Where do you start when it comes to books on writing craft? A simple search on Amazon for "writing craft books" brings up over 70,000 result
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Colleen Mitchell
Dec 3, 20245 min read
Episode 156: Literary Sins: Too Many Characters
Have you committed this literary sin? Having too large of a cast, or introducing too many characters at the same time, can lose readers and
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Colleen Mitchell
Nov 12, 20244 min read
Episode 155: Thoughts from Author Nation
Are you curious about Author Nation and whether you should go next year? This episode covers who Author Nation is for, what kinds of session
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Colleen Mitchell
Nov 12, 20244 min read
Episode 154: The College Analogy for Avoiding Overwhelm
Do you get stressed and overwhelmed whenever you look at everything it takes to publish a book, whether you're pursuing self publishing or t
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Colleen Mitchell
Nov 12, 20243 min read
Episode 153: Switching from Writing to Editing
How do you know when it's time to switch from the writing mode to the editing mode? What even is the difference between them? In this episod
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Colleen Mitchell
Nov 6, 20243 min read
Episode 152: If You are a Creative Powerhouse
Today’s episode is about the fourth and final category of Writer's Block, called "Creative Powerhouse." It’s really the bonus result from ou
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Colleen Mitchell
Oct 30, 20247 min read
Episode 151: When You Have More Than One Story Idea
What do you do when you have more than one story idea floating around in your head? Do you work on just one? Write multiple at once? Somethi
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Colleen Mitchell
Oct 23, 20245 min read
Episode 150: If You Have Difficulty Prioritizing
Writer's Block Category #3 - Difficulty Prioritizing When your to-do list is miles long and keeps growing every second, it can feel irrespon
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Colleen Mitchell
Oct 15, 20244 min read
Episode 149: This or That: Outliner or Discovery Writer
Are you a Disovery Writer or an Outliner? Which one is better than the other? Which one SHOULD you write in? If these terms give you strong
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Shanna P. Lowe
Oct 8, 20244 min read
Episode 148: If Distractions Abound for You
In episode 148 of The Novel Writing Podcast, Colleen Mitchell discusses the "Distractions Abound" category of writer's block, emphasizing ho
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Colleen Mitchell
Oct 1, 20246 min read
Episode 147: Literary Sins: Head-Hopping
Have you committed this literary sin? Head hopping, or jumping from one POV to another in the same paragraph, scene, or chapter, can throw r
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Colleen Mitchell
Sep 25, 20243 min read
Episode 146: If You Have Limiting Beliefs
Struggling with limiting beliefs? These self-imposed thoughts can hold you back from reaching your full writing potential. In this episode,
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