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.
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Episodes
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Afterthought 3: Revising log lines
How do you revise your log lines? We practice revising log lines by reading Emily’s log line for her work-in-progress! Our hope is that these critique sessions help you work on your own log lines and pitches. If you have a log line you would like to send us to critique, please feel free to…
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Afterthoughts BONUS-Speculative fiction: The REAL definition
There are some disagreements (and outright confusion) going on about what defines speculative fiction.
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Episode 7: The myth of original premises: Embrace similarities
Have you ever come up with a great premise for a story and then discovered that it already exists? It may be discouraging at first, but we actually think this can be a good thing.
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Afterthoughts 2: Practicing Log Lines
In today’s bonus episode, we share the log lines (also known as elevator pitches) we wrote in response to Bob Sáenz Call to Action from Episode 3! And Jon Meyers shares a log line for his talking dog movie.
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Episode 6—Our favorite advice for writers
We share our favorite advice for writers and why it impacted our own writing journeys.
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Episode 5—You can know when to stop revising
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.
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Afterthoughts 1: Our Wildest Dreams
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…
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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!
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Episode 3—A conversation with Bob Sáenz on networking
We were honored to have Bob Sáenz as our first guest on the podcast to talk about networking and embracing imposter syndrome! Bob Sáenz is a screenwriter whose work includes: CHURCH PEOPLE (Shaw 2021), A DASH OF CHRISTMAS (Dunne 2023), and THE CHRISTMAS YULE BLOG (Hawthorn Doyle 2020) Find the Jon Meyers name drop! He is…
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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.
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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.
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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.