John Helps You Write Better is your all-in-one better-than-college help and advice in writing and publishing your books. It's all about giving you the career as a successful author you've always dreamed of.
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What to do when your expectations aren't met
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In today's episode, I want to tell you about the road construction that isn't happening and how that can mean something to your writing.By John Adamus
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In this week's Writers Chat, it's 13 answers for 13 questions, including how to start a horror story, when you have enough beta readers, and how to prove that you're a good writer.By John Adamus
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What to look for in a writing community or writing space
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In today's episode, I want to talk to you about the groups you join when you're a writer.By John Adamus
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In today's episode, I want to talk to you about why you shouldn't rush to fame you're expecting as an author.By John Adamus
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In this longer episode, I'd like to talk to you about building an audience.By John Adamus
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In today's episode, I want to talk to you about the importance of asking questions.By John Adamus
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Are you sure you need a SFW account and an NSFW account?
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In today's episode I'd like to speak to those writers who are on the fence about making separate accounts for their SFW writing and their NSFW art.By John Adamus
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In today's episode, I want to talk to you about Kindle Vella and serialization.By John Adamus
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In today's episode I want to remind you that you have to do your best, not your fastest.By John Adamus
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In today's episode, I want to talk to you about the impact you can have on your reader.By John Adamus
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In today's episode, I have a few things to tell you about plot twists.By John Adamus
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4 Mistakes You Might Be Making With Your Plot
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in today's episode, here's the audio from yesterday's YouTube video all about mistakes in your plotBy John Adamus
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In today's episode, I've got some marketing advice for you.By John Adamus
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In today's episode I want to talk to you about why people are always telling writers to read more.By John Adamus
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In today's episode, I want to talk to you about your approach to marketing.By John Adamus
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In today's episode, I want to talk to you about your writing schedule.By John Adamus
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In today's episode, I want to talk to you about why your preferred language for hyping up writers and books might not be helping.By John Adamus
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In today's episode, I want to talk to you about the weekend I just had.By John Adamus
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In today's episode, I want to talk to you about why you need to be more organized.By John Adamus
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No, you don't want to be a short story writer
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In today's episode, I want to talk to you about those short stories you're thinking about publishing.By John Adamus
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In today's episode, I want to talk to you about chasing trends and trying to be an individual like all the other people doing the exact same stuff.By John Adamus
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Rejection is a part of this whole endeavor
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In today's episode, I'd like to talk to those writers who are maybe thinking that the rejections they got are more personal than professional.By John Adamus
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In today's episode, I want to talk to you about the people who won't like your work and how you can't let them stop you from writing.By John Adamus
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Yes, you really need an editor, not just software
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In today's episode, I want to talk to you about why you need a human editor and not just software to help you write your book.By John Adamus
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In today's episode, I want to talk to you about preparation. I want to talk to you about this sense that you're scared of what's coming next and what to do about it.By John Adamus
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About those 100 things you've started and never finished...
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In today's episode, I'd like to talk about your ever-growing pile of ideas you never work on or finish.By John Adamus
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Get It Out Of Your Head If You Want It To Become Real
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In today's episode, I want to tell you that keeping your plans in your head is keeping you from accomplishing them.By John Adamus
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In today's very short episode, I'm announcing work on a new project.By John Adamus
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I need you to stop only making up your story and start feeling it too
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In today's episode, I want to talk to you about how you need to do more than just make up things on the page.By John Adamus
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Make progress in writing by writing just one sentence
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In today's episode, I want to talk to you about the value of writing one sentence.By John Adamus
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In today's episode I want to talk to you briefly about my ongoing struggle with being a guy who sells things.By John Adamus
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Theme, Part 3: Why theme needs to matter to you as a writer
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In today's episode I want to wrap up my thoughts on theme by pointing out why it should matter so much more to you that you have a theme and are using it effectively.By John Adamus
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5 Things To Be A Successful Writer (listen to me when you need a boost)
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In this very special episode, I want to talk to you about being successful.By John Adamus
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Theme, Part 2: Why themes matter in publishing
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In today's episode, I want to talk to you about why publishing (especially traditional publishing) really wants you to have themes in your work.By John Adamus
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Theme Part 1: What is it, where does it go?
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In today's episode, I want to talk to you about what a theme is and where it goes in your story.By John Adamus
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You need structure. I'm sorry, you just need to learn some writing basics.
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In today's episode, I want to talk to those writers who say things like "I don't really have a three-act structure" or "I'm a discovery writer."By John Adamus
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In this week's Writers Chat, I want to help you organize your story. From the beginning. Yes really. All the way to the finished draft.By John Adamus
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What happened to the craft of writing lately?
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In today's episode, I want to kinda be an old man yelling at clouds and talk about a problem I see proliferating in writing.By John Adamus
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In today's episode I want to talk to you about who is or isn't a real writer.By John Adamus
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In today's episode, I want to talk to you about how you're challenging your characters and why you should if you're not already.By John Adamus
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In today's episode I want to talk to you about that bad writer habit of not challenging your character while also giving them huge accomplishments.By John Adamus
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Even more writing exercises to help you write better
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In today's episode, I've got some writing exercises to help you organize your characters, your themes, and the depth of your story. It gets crunchy but it will help you.By John Adamus
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Please stop making diss tracks against yourself.
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In today's episode, I want you to quit rap battling yourself. It's not helping. And you deserve all the help and love and support you can get.By John Adamus
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How to organize your own continuity (landscaper edition)
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In today's episode I want to talk to you (while the landscapers fly a jet out my window) about managing your work's continuity.By John Adamus
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How to deal with continuity and big messes of story
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In today's episode, I want to talk to you about how you find your footing in big complicated series and amid all the many moving interwoven parts.By John Adamus
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In today's episode, can we talk about some teens?By John Adamus
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Everything You Might Want To Know About Writing A Scene
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In this week's stream, let's talk scenes. Here's how to build them, what goes into them, what they need, and several kinds of them.By John Adamus
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In today's episode, I want to talk to you about rejection and what it means for you (and how that doesn't mean quitting)By John Adamus
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Doubt happens, here's what you can do about it.
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In today's episode, I want to talk to you about self-doubt.By John Adamus
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In today's episode, I want to ask you a question about what's next.By John Adamus
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