The Write Better Together Podcast
Write Better Together is an interactive podcast hosted by writer/educator Emily Brooks and writing instructor/conference speaker Jon Meyers—designed with YOU in mind. Write Better Together incorporates your needs and input into every aspect of building a community of encouragement, support, and hope to make you comfortable exploring the writer lifestyle more deeply.
Watch us on YouTube or listen on your favorite podcast player, including:
Subscribe to our newsletter and be the first to know whenever we have new episodes.
Episodes
-
The 3 elements of story that you have to get right (Afterthoughts #5)
Stories contain many elements, but which are the most important to get right?
-
Unconventional productivity tips for writers with Pinar Tarhan (Episode 9)
No writer is the same, and so we need to discover what advice techniques work for us. Pinar Tarhan helps break down the “rules” of writing so we can write more freely.
-
Wes Anderson/Montblanc and why you should try analog writing: We react with a fountain-pen YouTuber
We react to the Wes Anderson/Montblac video with pen-enthusiast Brian Baker!
-
Your brain craves stories: We react to a neuroscientist’s video (Afterthoughts #4)
We talk about how our brains crave stories, the importance of free will, the limitations of our brains, and how we might even need to reshape the stories our brains “automatically” tell us.
-
Episode 8—Uncovering truths with true-crime storyteller/attorney Kerrie Droban
Kerrie Droban is an author, podcaster, and attorney who is committed to the truth. Today, we talk with her about her true crime books and podcast and how she uses narrative storytelling to reveal reality.
-
Revising loglines for novels and screenplays—Afterthoughts #3
How do you revise your loglines? How do you workshop and revise your logline for your novel or screenplay? We practice revising loglines by reading Emily’s log line for her work-in-progress! Our hope is that these critique sessions help you work on your own loglines and pitches. If you have a logline you would like…
-
Speculative fiction: The REAL definition (Afterthoughts BONUS)
There are some disagreements (and outright confusion) going on about what defines speculative fiction.
-
Practicing Loglines for screenplays and novels
How do you write a logline for your screenplay or novel? In today’s bonus episode, we write and share the loglines (also known as elevator pitches) we wrote in response to Bob Sáenz Call to Action from Episode 3! And Jon Meyers shares a logline for his talking dog movie.
-
Episode 6—Our favorite advice for writers
We share our favorite advice for writers and why it impacted our own writing journeys.
-
You can know when to stop revising (Episode 5)
David Lynch uses a stick, but how else can you judge your own writing? We talked about thinking-feelings, getting feedback, and other ways we can know our work is finished.
-
Our Wildest Dreams (Afterthoughts 1)
We respond to our earlier Call to Action—If money and training were no object, what would you do? As Emily said, “We have so much to say, we can’t contain it to an hour…” And Jon Meyers apparently can contain himself inside the camera frame! Esai Morales clip courtesy of the amazing Vicki Abelson. You…
-
Episode 4—Prioritize writing: We react to a Michael Jamin video
In episode 1, we argued that having hobbies enhances your writing and your life. Screenwriter Michael Jamin, who worked on King of the Hill among others, has a difference perspective: Writers should devote their free time to their craft. So we decided to talk about!
-
Episode 2 — Drawing on the past: How every moment has prepared you for now
For artists, there is no wasted time. In this episode, we talk about how everything you have experienced has brought you to where you are now.
-
Episode 1: How hobbies enhance your writing (and your life)
How having a hobby inspires unique writing ideas. In this episode, we talk about the importance of non-writing hobbies and interests for inspiring unique ideas.
-
Episode 0—Who, what, when, and (more than sometimes) why
Try as they might, Emily Brooks and Jon Meyers can’t fully explain this podcast without your involvement.