Write Your Damn Novel: A podcast about writing a book in a month

Kristina Horner & Liz Leo•writeyourdamnnovel.buzzsprout.com

Write Your Damn Novel (formerly How to Win NaNo) is a no-nonsense guide to writing a novel in 30 days. Like it or not November comes every year, but don't you worry — your hosts are here for you! Kristina Horner and Liz Leo are 'writing-50k-words-in-a-month' experts (and lifelong writing friends) with a passion for helping people write their damn novel. Join them each week as they share their personal tips, tricks and other things they've learned over almost two decades of consecutive NaNoWriMo wins.

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Episodes

Our Favorite Writing Tools + Fanmail!

In this episode, we dive into some of our favorite writing tools and take a look at some lovely messages from listeners! Send us Fan Mail Support the show Enjoy the show? Like this episode, give a thumbs up , or better yet - leave a review ! Follow us on: Instagram: @ writeyourdamnnovel Threads: @writeyourdamnnovel Join our Discord server to hang out with a community of writers: https://discord.gg/u92vfhgAYm Become a Patron and help keep the podcast ad-free: https://www.patreon.com/writeyourdamn...

Sep 27, 2019•28 min•Season 1Ep. 8

Choosing the Right Genre and Setting

In this week's episode, we delve into genre and setting — and how the two are connected. Send us Fan Mail Support the show Enjoy the show? Like this episode, give a thumbs up , or better yet - leave a review ! Follow us on: Instagram: @ writeyourdamnnovel Threads: @writeyourdamnnovel Join our Discord server to hang out with a community of writers: https://discord.gg/u92vfhgAYm Become a Patron and help keep the podcast ad-free: https://www.patreon.com/writeyourdamnnovel We write books! Check out ...

Sep 18, 2019•25 min•Season 1Ep. 7

Creating Characters That Don't Suck

In this episode we talk about how we come up with ideas for characters, what makes a character interesting, and how to make those characters feel like living, breathing beings you can form empathy for. Send us Fan Mail Support the show Enjoy the show? Like this episode, give a thumbs up , or better yet - leave a review ! Follow us on: Instagram: @ writeyourdamnnovel Threads: @writeyourdamnnovel Join our Discord server to hang out with a community of writers: https://discord.gg/u92vfhgAYm Become ...

Sep 12, 2019•30 min•Season 1Ep. 6

Get To Know Your Hosts

Get to know Kristina and Liz, the hosts of How To Win NaNo! In this episode, we delve into our writer origin stories, including how we got started writing, what we like reading, and ways we've been involved in NaNoWriMo in the past beyond just writing our novels. Send us Fan Mail Support the show Enjoy the show? Like this episode, give a thumbs up , or better yet - leave a review ! Follow us on: Instagram: @ writeyourdamnnovel Threads: @writeyourdamnnovel Join our Discord server to hang out with...

Sep 06, 2019•33 min•Season 1Ep. 5

Preparing Your Life for NaNoWriMo

The secret to NaNoWriMo is in building strong habits. It takes 21 days to build a habit, so we're here to help you get this stuff down BEFORE November starts! Send us Fan Mail Support the show Enjoy the show? Like this episode, give a thumbs up , or better yet - leave a review ! Follow us on: Instagram: @ writeyourdamnnovel Threads: @writeyourdamnnovel Join our Discord server to hang out with a community of writers: https://discord.gg/u92vfhgAYm Become a Patron and help keep the podcast ad-free:...

Aug 28, 2019•18 min•Season 1Ep. 4

Where Do You Get Ideas?

Where do story ideas come from? How do you choose what to write? How do you keep track of your ideas? Join us this week as we discuss tips for generating novel ideas. Send us Fan Mail Support the show Enjoy the show? Like this episode, give a thumbs up , or better yet - leave a review ! Follow us on: Instagram: @ writeyourdamnnovel Threads: @writeyourdamnnovel Join our Discord server to hang out with a community of writers: https://discord.gg/u92vfhgAYm Become a Patron and help keep the podcast ...

Aug 22, 2019•23 min•Season 1Ep. 3

Why Does NaNoWriMo Work?

Liz and Kristina dive into what it means to be successful at NaNoWriMo, and why this tool for getting your book written works for so many people. Send us Fan Mail Support the show Enjoy the show? Like this episode, give a thumbs up , or better yet - leave a review ! Follow us on: Instagram: @ writeyourdamnnovel Threads: @writeyourdamnnovel Join our Discord server to hang out with a community of writers: https://discord.gg/u92vfhgAYm Become a Patron and help keep the podcast ad-free: https://www....

Aug 15, 2019•17 min•Season 1Ep. 2

Why Do We Do NaNoWriMo?

A brief intro to what NaNoWriMo is and why we do it every year. Send us Fan Mail Support the show Enjoy the show? Like this episode, give a thumbs up , or better yet - leave a review ! Follow us on: Instagram: @ writeyourdamnnovel Threads: @writeyourdamnnovel Join our Discord server to hang out with a community of writers: https://discord.gg/u92vfhgAYm Become a Patron and help keep the podcast ad-free: https://www.patreon.com/writeyourdamnnovel We write books! Check out our anthologies: Boys, Bo...

Aug 06, 2019•20 min•Season 1Ep. 1

Trailer: How To Win NaNo

How To Win NaNo is a writing podcast aimed to get YOU ready to tackle NaNoWriMo this November. Episodes will go live every Wednesday starting in April, but until then: please enjoy this trailer! Kristina Horner and Liz Leo are best friends and 13/12 year NaNoWriMo champions respectively. They've known each other since middle school, and stayed friends all these years thanks to their shared love of writing. Join them each week as they share their tips, tricks and things they've learned over a dec...

Jul 10, 2019•11 min•Season 1Ep. 1

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