This episode is for the writer whose writing life feels hard. You know the feeling: you know you should be writing, but you don’t. Or you sit down to write but every word that comes out feels like garbage. Maybe you’ve spent so much time reading writing books, browsing Facebook writing groups, and enrolling in online courses that you’ve convinced yourself that those efforts are moving your memoir draft forward, yet the word count remains stalled. Today’s episode is going into how you might be making your writing life harder, and what you can shift today to make that creative flow easier to access. Let’s get into it.

This episode is for the writer who thinks that they have writer’s block. What else could it be? You’re not feeling inspired, and every time you sit down to draft, you stare at that blinking cursor until you pick up your phone and mindlessly scroll until only ten minutes are left in your writing window and you’ve barely written a paragraph. What I want to say to you today is that writer’s block isn’t your problem: your creative rhythm is. Let’s get started.

This episode is for the writer who is nervous to put themselves out there. I know that writing and sharing that writing are vulnerable moves to make, and I also know that putting yourself in the room is one of the most empowered moves you can make as a writer. This episode is going to give you five signs that you’re actually ready to put yourself in the room, whether that room is a writer’s group, a private container with an editor, or a guided cohort program. Let’s go!

This episode is for the writer who is intrigued by editors, maybe has tried investing in an editor, but doesn’t know when to pull the trigger on this investment of time, energy, and money. I’ve collaborated with writers at every stage of drafting and revising, and the trick to knowing when to invest in an editor actually has nothing to do with milestones you’ve reached. Instead, I want you to look at your mindset, your energy, and your writing practice. I’ll explain all of this in today’s episode. Let’s go.

This episode is for the writer who has been listening to the episodes this month and still isn’t sure what it actually looks like in practice to take your own writing seriously. My project this summer has been to take my own writing as seriously as I take yours, and it has been an exciting, challenging, and eye-opening season for me. I’m going to pull you behind the curtain and show you what my writing life has actually looked like the past few months. Let’s go.

This episode is for the memoir writer who is waiting for the right editor to finally make her feel like a “real writer.” I get to be honest with you: that's not what editors are for. After years of working with memoir writers, I've learned that there are things I simply cannot do for you, no matter how good I am at my job. And understanding what those things are might be the most important thing you hear before you hire anyone. Let's go.

This episode is for the writer who wants to take themselves seriously and to be taken seriously by others. Today I want to point out some key faulty lines of thinking that can sneak in to your headspace: First, that if you want to take yourself seriously, you have to be taken seriously by others first. And second, we get stuck in a loop of waiting for the invitation. Publishing and creative spaces are so full of supposed gatekeepers, but we’re the ones who end up keeping ourselves out of spaces that we have every right to inhabit. Today’s episode is a juicy one, so let’s dive in.

This episode is for the memoir writer who is wondering whether working on her memoir with real structure and support could actually move the needle. Today I’m pulling back the curtain on three breakthroughs that happened inside my most recent Memoir Method cohort: three real writers, three different moments where everything clicked. If you've been on the fence about getting serious with your memoir, this episode is going to show you what's actually possible when you find the right support. Let's go.

This episode is for the writer who hasn’t opened up their manuscript in a few months. Maybe your summer got crazy, and you can’t even remember what you last worked on. Or maybe you got sick, navigated a family crisis, or ran into a massive creative block. For whatever reason, you haven’t opened that document in a very long time, and now the thought of doing so is overwhelming. This episode, dropping in your feed on the last day of July, will hopefully be a reset for you and remind you that you’re not actually running behind. Let’s get started.

This episode is for the writer with massive imposter syndrome, who is convinced that they do not have the innate talent it takes to write a memoir. I want this episode to be a massive wakeup call to you to take yourself seriously no matter how much talent you have as a writer. We are going to look at those three puzzle pieces of the writing life that we’ve talked about in previous episodes through the lens of your actual talent. Let’s dive in!

This episode is for the writer who has either used AI in their drafting or has contemplated using AI to draft. AI is a polarizing topic right now, and people have big feelings. My intention for this episode is to help you understand the heart of the writing process and how using AI can cut your story and impact off at the knees. I know that AI is a tool lots of people are using right now, and I’m actually not here to pass ethical or moral judgment on it. I am, however, going to show you how certain uses of AI are going to ruin your memoir and make it impossible for me to do my job, as well as give you an AI-reset protocol in case you too have been lured in by generative AI in your writing process. Let’s dive in!

This episode is for the writer who is nervous about taking their writing seriously. You want to, but you’re not quite sure what that is supposed to look like, especially because you’re not a career author or a full-time writer. My intention in this episode is to show you that if you have the desire to write a memoir, then the universe is asking you to write your memoir. Yes, this title is a little provocative, but you’ll see what I’m playing with when we get into the meat of the episode. Let’s get started.

This episode is for the writer who dips in and out of their writing. You’re probably not a full-time writer and your creative work is more likely to follow bursts of inspiration rather than a steady, consistent writing practice. You are a hobby writer, and for a long time this approach has probably worked for you. But if you’re here listening to this podcast episode, you’ve probably hit a wall of some kind. Call it writer’s block or something else, but that inspiration-driven writing isn’t working for you anymore, and the reason is simple: You’ve been a hobby writer, and that’s not going get you a published book. Let’s get into it.

This episode is for the memoir writer who has tried every writing routine and none of them have stuck. You've done the morning pages, the word count goals, the time blocking, and somehow you're still not writing consistently. Today I'm going to tell you exactly why that is, and it's probably not what you think. Let's go.

This episode is for the memoir writer who keeps trying to fix her writing process but can't figure out why nothing is sticking. Today I'm sharing the framework I've built after years of working with memoir writers and doing my own deeply uncomfortable work as a writer: a flowing creative rhythm comes down to the alignment of three puzzle pieces. When even one is out of alignment, you feel it every time you sit down to write. Let's go.

This episode is for the writer who doesn’t think that they have writer’s block. I’m not talking about the writer who opens her computer and stares the blinking cursor; that’s only one manifestation of writer’s block. Today I’m diving into the pervasive and sneaky ways that writer’s block infiltrates and sabotages your creative process. Writer’s block was impacting my writing life and my actual life for far longer and far deeper than I’d realized, and today I’m bringing this reframe to you. Let’s go.

This episode is for the writer who thinks they’re stuck in a writer’s block. I’ve actually been trying to decode writer’s block for a long time, and any time I tried to create a resource for you, it felt surface-level and generic. But recently I had a massive breakthrough with my own writing, and now I get to bring it to you. At the end of the episode, I’ll be sharing a brand new free resource that I made so that you can crack your own writer’s blocks. Let’s go.

This episode is for the writer who thinks that if they don’t write in a specific way, that they’ll fail. But what ends up happening is that the processes that are taught to you don’t work, because they weren’t created with your brain and your creative wiring in mind. Writing advice can be helpful, but only if you can approach these rules as tools instead. This episode was inspired by a fantastic conversation I had inside of this week’s Memoir Method workshop, and I’m bringing it to you here. Let’s get started.

This episode is for the writer who doesn’t truly feel like a writer. You feel like an imposter and you want to crawl out of your skin every time you try to say, “Oh, I’m a writer.” I have been where you are, and today is where we dig into why being a writer can feel so uncomfortable. Let’s get into it.

This episode is for the writer who doesn’t feel like writing. I actually had a different episode planned for today, but my own life has been so topsy-turvy the past month that I knew I had to bring my real life into the episode this week. Consider this your periodical reminder that your writing life will always be a part of your regular life, and that’s okay. Let’s get into it.