How to Get Better at Writing - Part 2 - The Impactful Writing Podcast
How to Get Better at #Writing - Part 2 - The Impactful Writing #Podcast On today's Impactful Writing Podcast, Caleb Monroe interviews Jay Sherer, who shares his thoughts on 9 ways to get better at writing. What has made YOU better at writing? Leave us a comment and let us know! Plus, make sure to subscribe for more writing podcasts! 1. What 3 pieces of "traditional" writing advice will help you get better at writing? 2. What 3 pieces of "non-traditional" writing advice will help you get better at writing? 3. ...and what things have made you better at writing that you never expected would? Catch us LIVE at 9:30AM (PT) every other week on YouTube and Facebook, or catch the recording (audio only) on The Story Geeks podcast. LINKS: YouTube Channel: / thereclamationsociety Facebook Page: / reclamationsociety Facebook Group: / thestorygeeks The Impactful Writing Podcast Playlist (YouTube): • Playlist The Story Geeks Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... Caleb's Website: https://www.calebmonroe.com/ Jay and Nathan's Book: https://dbh-novel.carrd.co/ JAY'S NOTES: How to Get Better at #Writing - Part 2 - The Impactful Writing #Podcast TRADITIONAL WRITING ADVICE ON HOW TO GET BETTER AT WRITING: 1. Read more, watch more, and listen more... Learn how your writing is different/similar to others. Study other creative writers and storytellers and apply techniques to your own writing. 2. Spend time writing. You must write. Start writing and keep writing as much as possible. 3. Collaborate with other writers and join writing groups. UNTRADITIONAL WRITING ADVICE ON HOW TO GET BETTER AT WRITING: 4. Take off your writing hat, put on your producer hat, and then think like a producer. It's easier to assess your own writing if you pretend you're the producer, not the writer. 5. Use oral storytelling to learn what works with live audiences. Tell stories out loud to friends, family, and strangers. Watch how they react to different techniques. Determine what works and what doesn't. 6. Read your writing out loud. If you struggle to read your own writing, your audience might as well. Read your own writing out loud and smooth it out. TOTALLY UNEXPECTED WRITING ADVICE ON HOW TO GET BETTER AT WRITING: 7. Keep living and observing. Keep track of your lived experience. Note how things shift and change. Work everything you learn into your writing. 8. Learning how to apply entrepreneurial principles into crafting your product (your writing). Develop books, poems, screenplays, and all your other writing like entrepreneurs develop products. 9. Understand yourself. Know your "why." Why are you a writer? Why are you writing what you're writing right now? Know the answers! BONUS: 10. Seek meaning, seek to have an impact, and understand the metaphysical/spiritual aspects of your writing. 11. Study how the brain works and how writing and storytelling impact the brain.
