Writing Resources: The Writing Show
Looking for some great writing resources? Sit down and listen to interviews with writers – but read this first.
The Writing Show
The Writing Show is a weekly podcast that features interviews with writers, publishers, editors, agents, and other professionals who work in the literary and publishing industries.
It’s one of the best writing resources out there, and all you have to do is listen.
The show explores every aspect of writing, from generating ideas to collecting royalties. Host Paula B. delivers original, entertaining, and informative content that is designed to help writers better understand writing as a profession.
The Inside Scoop on Writing Resources
Whether you’re just starting out as a writer or already an established professional, The Writing Show will provide you with news, information, and insight that you simply can’t get anywhere else. Paula B. leaves no stone unturned, and gives attention to a wide range of writerly topics and writing resources:
- Freelancing, web writing, fiction writing, poetry writing, and more
- Agents, editors, and publishers
- Business management and royalty collections
- Every genre imaginable from greeting cards to novels to comic books
- Tips that will lead to you even more great writing resources
Paula and her guests explore writing challenges and how to overcome them, the ins and outs of the publishing world, and writing within a genre. On any given episode, the guest might be an agent, a professional copywriter or editor, or ambitious young writer who tackled NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month).
That’s what I love best about this show – it doesn’t focused solely on published authors and agents (although interviews with authors and agents are also immensely helpful). Paula B. has featured freelance web writers, professional greeting card writers, and book editors, cover designers, even comic book authors. Basically, anything connected to writing is fair game.
After listening to almost every episode of The Writing Show, I realized that interviews with writers are incredibly educational as well as fascinating writing resources because they give you an inside perspective on different angles of the writing life.
Listen Up
One of the best things about The Writing Show is that unlike most writing resources, it’s a podcast, which means it’s published in audio format. You can listen to it anytime, and if you own an mp3 player, you can download and listen to it in your car, at work, or at the gym. That’s what I call convenient!
Check out The Writing Show online at www.writingshow.com or download directly from
And keep on writing!
Got any favorite writing resources of your own? Share them in the comments!
Hey there!
I’ve been writing this fantasy/sci-fi novel for a long time now. I’ve gone through countless drafts of it, but I’ve never completely finished one. Right now. I’m on a draft that I’ve worked on for a lot longer than any of the others, but I’m starting to think that I’m going to change a whole lot of stuff when I rewrite. Should I still write it anyway, even if I’m not going to use it, or start writing in the ideas I have, like I’ve already written them, and just add, connect and cut when I actually do the rewriting?
This is extremely subjective and differs from writer to writer. Some writers would take notes and incorporate the changes in the next draft (especially if there’s a chance they might change their mind and decide the new ideas aren’t going to be permanently incorporated). Others will start putting in the new ideas immediately and clean things up later. It really depends on your working style and on the project. Personally, I’d probably save a new version of the document and start building the new changes in right away. Here’s my philosophy: it’s easier to cut things out later than to add them, and too many notes can get burdensome. However, like I said, it really depends on what is most comfortable for you and your own creative process.
Oh, and I really enjoy this blog. It’s really helpful.
Thank you
Gosh, Melissa! What did I do to deserve such a wonderful write-up? I’m so glad you’re enjoying The Writing Show and welcome suggestions for features and shows!
You help all the writers Paula! Your show provides wonderful insight for writers while simultaneously promoting writers. Excellent! You absolutely deserve this and many other positive reviews.
You’re a sweetie, Melissa. Thank you for your support.
Sounds like fun. I popped over to check out their site and I like the fact they’re doing a Halloween story contest. Strangely, Halloween is one of my favorite holidays.
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I guess I’m strange too because Halloween is my favorite holiday. It’s all about the costumes!
It’s a great show; I can’t recommend it enough. Another good one is “Writers on Writing” a.k.a. “Pen on Fire.” That one is more focused on published authors and agents, and it’s excellent if you are working on getting published in print.
Nice write up! I’ll be listening. Sounds like a great resource!
It is great. I hope you’ll check it out
Hi Melissa: I love hearing stories about how writers come up with their ideas. This sounds like a great resource, I´ll definitely be heading over to have a look (or, more accurately, to listen).
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Listening to interviews with writers has really helped me expand my knowledge and understanding, especially with regard to the publishing industry. I think you will enjoy The Writing Show as both a writing and creativity resource.