Host Ian Philpot shares a challenge he received from a good friend about what he should be writing...and, while he doesn't like it, he knows it's the right thing. That's the benefit of a good, challenging friendship—a friend will challenge you

#16 - What the World Needs from Writers (A Motivational Rant)

Jan 19th, 2018 9m 51s

Host Ian Philpot talks about the importance of original writing in today's world and why you need to get off your butt and get your story ideas out into the world.CONNECTEndlessly WritingWebsite | Instagram | Twitter | FacebookIan PhilpotW

#15 - Writing Goals (and an Introduction to 85K90)

Jan 4th, 2018 10m 16s

It's a new year and a new opportunity to create writing goals. Host Ian Philpot shares some tips for setting writing goals for 2018 as well as some motivation to get you writing and a challenge to join 85K90 — a website focused on writing and p

#14 - NaNoWriMo 2017 Is in the Books (Sorry, I couldn't help myself.)

Dec 1st, 2017 7m 18s

Alas, poor WriMo! I knew him, Listener, a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy.Host Ian Philpot congratulates all participants of this year's National Novel Writing Month and looks ahead to the future of the podcast.CONNECTEndles

#13 - NaNoWriMo Home Stretch

Nov 28th, 2017 5m 24s

#12 - Writing and Breathing... What else do you need from life? (An Interview with Blair Lewis)

Nov 22nd, 2017 29m 17s

Host Ian Philpot interviews Blair Lewis of Alive and Healthy (aliveandhealthy.com, podcast). Blair talks about his writing process, how he manages stress, and even takes listeners through a breathing exercise to help writer's past stress and fe

#11 - NaNoWriMo and Writer's Block

Nov 20th, 2017 14m 45s

Host Ian Philpot talks about dealing with writer's block during National Novel Writing Month. Here is the list of Ian covers:HydrateDo something boringDo a breathing exerciseGet motivatedCut off your sensesChange your writing settingWri

#11 - NaNoWriMo and Writer’s Block

Nov 20th, 2017 14m 45s

#10 - NaNoWriMo Encouragement and Reading

Nov 14th, 2017 9m 6s

Host Ian Philpot encourages participants in National Novel Writing Month and shares some thoughts on reading based on this quote from Stephen King: "If you don't have time to read, you don't have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that

#9 - NaNoWriMo Weekend Writing and Congruency

Nov 10th, 2017 7m 42s

#8 - NaNoWriMo Safe Babies and Anti-lyrical Beats

Nov 8th, 2017 6m 5s

Host Ian Philpot gives a reminder to back up your National Novel Writing Month novel and encourages you to listen to music (or sounds, I guess) that set the mood for your novel.Click here to listen to Ian's novel writing playlist. Fair warning

#7 - NaNoWriMo Terror and Community

Nov 6th, 2017 8m 1s

#6 - NaNoWriMo Excitement and Anxiety

Oct 30th, 2017 14m 37s

Host Ian Philpot starts with a quick update on the most recent Novel in a Day project that took place on Saturday, October 28. You can read this year's novel, Start Waring Purple, HERE. Ian then shares how his National Novel Writing Month plan

#5 - An Interview with Rog, the Man Behind Novel in a Day

Oct 24th, 2017 24m 6s

Ian interviews Rog (aka Pigfender), the mastermind behind the Novel in a Day project (aka NiaD). Rog shares details behind how the project got started, what tools he uses, and how he develops stories to be written by strangers.Learn more and f

#4 - Emotions and the Simple Shapes of Stories

Oct 20th, 2017 19m 40s

Ian talks through emotional arcs within stories and goes into detail around the six most common types of story arcs1 (which also happen to be the same as Kurt Vonnegut's "Simple Shapes of Stories"). Ian then goes on to share about his story id

#3 - Conflict and Formidable Obstacles

Oct 17th, 2017 14m 23s

Ian rants about obstacles in the lives of writers — specifically writers planning to participate in National Novel Writing Month. ("Writers like us are Heroes.") Then Ian actually gets to the topic at hand — conflict.Ian explores the different

#2 - The Hero's Journey and the Importance of Your Guide

Oct 13th, 2017 18m 7s

This episode explores the Hero's Journey framework. Ian goes into a lot of detail on the importance of the Guide in that framework. Ian also gives an update on his NaNoWriMo novel idea.If you want to get a hold of Ian, you can tweet to @iphilp

#1 - Planning for National Novel Writing Month

Oct 10th, 2017 14m 26s

Host Ian Philpot explains a little about National Novel Writing Month (aka NaNoWriMo -- http://nanowrimo.org) and how to prepare for it. Ian shares his experience using both Scrivener and Google Docs to write a novel and the pros and and cons o