296 episodes

The Every Day Novelist delivers a new 3 to 30 minute episode each day discussing writing craft, discipline, publishing, and business, all geared toward helping you achieve a professional pace (four to twelve or more novels in one year) in your writing. The direction of the show is steered by your questions, ideas, and disagreements.

The Every Day Novelist J. Daniel Sawyer

    • Education

The Every Day Novelist delivers a new 3 to 30 minute episode each day discussing writing craft, discipline, publishing, and business, all geared toward helping you achieve a professional pace (four to twelve or more novels in one year) in your writing. The direction of the show is steered by your questions, ideas, and disagreements.

    Quick Announcement

    Quick Announcement

    Quick show announcement – we will be back Monday.

    • 40 sec
    Question 1106: Creativity and ADD

    Question 1106: Creativity and ADD

    Jim asks: You’ve spoken before about how ADD and its derivatives can be a boon to the creative person, and the dangers of medicating it out. What are some ways the writer can manage the symptoms while appreciating the benefits?

    • 16 min
    Question 1105: Changing the Way You Listen

    Question 1105: Changing the Way You Listen

    Today we have feedback from Khellan on changing the way you listen and getting out of your own way.







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    • 5 min
    Question 1104: Building Life Experience

    Question 1104: Building Life Experience

    Joe asks: Lots of young people want to be writers, but don’t have enough life experience to write anything interesting. What ways do you recommend to gain that sort of life experience?







    Meditations by Marcus AureliusThe Bed of Procrustes by Nassim Nicholas TalebThe Notebooks of Lazarus LongCity Slickers

    • 18 min
    Questions 1103: Cannell’s Secret Sauce

    Questions 1103: Cannell’s Secret Sauce

    Indiana Jim asks: Stephen J. Cannell produced some of the best television shows ever, and I know you’re an aficionado. What was his secret sauce for engaging and enduring episodic storytelling?







    WiseguyRockford FilesThe A TeamSilk StalkingsThe Commish

    • 6 min
    Catch-up & Announcements

    Catch-up & Announcements

    A handful of announcements, or what we’ve been up to.







    The Write Stuff50 by 50 ChallengeLost Days, Last Nights announcement postThe Shoes I Wore This Morning, a sample of the Lost Days collectionUnfolding the World substackAnd Then She Was Gone

    • 11 min

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