How To Write A Novel

How To Write A Novel

140 episodes

Author Keith McNally describes his process while writing a novel.

Podcasts

0164: On the Writing Grind in Seoul

Published: Jan. 30, 2024, 5 p.m.
Duration: 43 minutes 30 seconds

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0163: Sad Endings Suck

Published: Jan. 7, 2024, 5 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 7 seconds

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0162: Make Out Scene

Published: Dec. 7, 2023, 5 p.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 25 seconds

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0161: Back in Tokyo!

Published: Nov. 7, 2023, 5 p.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 38 seconds

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0160: Back on the Road

Published: Oct. 28, 2023, 11:42 a.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 37 seconds

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0159: Why is this taking so long?

Published: Oct. 9, 2023, 11:42 a.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 44 seconds

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0158: Travel Plans

Published: July 19, 2023, 11:42 a.m.
Duration: 56 minutes 19 seconds

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0157: The New Ending

Published: March 23, 2023, 11:42 a.m.
Duration: 59 minutes 57 seconds

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0156: Deleting Your Work

Published: Feb. 6, 2023, 11:42 a.m.
Duration: 51 minutes 54 seconds

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0155: Paper Tigers

Published: Jan. 16, 2023, 5 p.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 47 seconds

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0154: Anxiety II

Published: Jan. 3, 2023, 5 p.m.
Duration: 51 minutes 41 seconds

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0153: Three Ideas

Published: Nov. 29, 2022, 5 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 6 minutes 24 seconds

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0152: Accidental Work

Published: Oct. 18, 2022, 5 p.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 15 seconds

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0151: Indoor Summer

Published: Aug. 16, 2022, 5 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 8 minutes 10 seconds

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0150: Losing My Mind

Published: June 8, 2022, 5 p.m.
Duration: 41 minutes 7 seconds

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0149: My Favorite Anime and Manga

Published: April 25, 2022, 5 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 27 minutes 3 seconds

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0148: Know When To Quit

Published: Feb. 28, 2022, 5 p.m.
Duration: 21 minutes 27 seconds

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0147: Tough Chapter

Published: Feb. 1, 2022, 5 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 4 minutes 2 seconds

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0146: This Episode Sucks

Published: Dec. 9, 2021, 5 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 21 minutes 9 seconds

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0145: Scene Study

Published: Oct. 21, 2021, 5 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 10 minutes 8 seconds

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0144: Milestones

Published: Sept. 18, 2021, 5 p.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 57 seconds

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0143: Take Notes

Published: Aug. 24, 2021, 5 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 20 seconds

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0142: When Working Every Day Doesn't Work

Published: July 14, 2021, 5 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 45 minutes 5 seconds

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0141: The Break Last Club

Published: May 12, 2021, 5 p.m.
Duration: 18 minutes 13 seconds

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0140: Spring

Published: April 12, 2021, 5 p.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 6 seconds

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0139: One Hundred Percent Fun

Published: March 28, 2021, 5 p.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 32 seconds

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0138: Fever Dream

Published: Feb. 25, 2021, 5 p.m.
Duration: 23 minutes 23 seconds

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0137: Roll A Tear II

Published: Jan. 19, 2021, 5 p.m.
Duration: 49 minutes 27 seconds

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0136: Roll A Tear

Published: Dec. 23, 2020, 5 p.m.
Duration: 19 minutes 17 seconds

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0135: Visualize

Published: Dec. 9, 2020, 5 p.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 10 seconds

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0134: Blow It Up

Published: Nov. 18, 2020, 5 p.m.
Duration: 39 minutes 11 seconds

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0133: SSLLOOWW

Published: Oct. 14, 2020, 5 p.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 40 seconds

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0132: Spend Energy To Make Energy

Published: Sept. 16, 2020, 5 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 46 seconds

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0131: A Silent Voice by Yoshitoki Oima

Published: Sept. 2, 2020, 5 p.m.
Duration: 58 minutes 23 seconds

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0130: Qualem, The Cnidarian

Published: Aug. 19, 2020, 5 p.m.
Duration: 38 minutes

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0129: Yay, Summer

Published: Aug. 5, 2020, 5 p.m.
Duration: 23 minutes 44 seconds

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0128: Addendum

Published: July 22, 2020, 5 p.m.
Duration: 22 minutes 51 seconds

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0127: Developing A Romance Story III

Published: July 8, 2020, 5 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 25 minutes 5 seconds

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0126: Developing A Romance Story II

Published: June 24, 2020, 5 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 5 minutes 43 seconds

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0125: Intermission

Published: June 10, 2020, 5 p.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 11 seconds

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0124: Developing A Romance Story

Published: May 27, 2020, 5 p.m.
Duration: 59 minutes 33 seconds

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0123: Clarity Through Work

Published: May 13, 2020, 5 p.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 9 seconds

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0122: Your Name by Makoto Shinkai

Published: May 6, 2020, 5 p.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 44 seconds

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0121: Why My First Novel Failed

Published: April 22, 2020, 5 p.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 18 seconds

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0120: Writing From Home

Published: April 8, 2020, 5 p.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 27 seconds

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0119: Lockdown!

Published: March 30, 2020, 5 p.m.
Duration: 41 minutes 1 second

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0118: Process Over Goals

Published: March 20, 2020, 5 p.m.
Duration: 49 minutes 19 seconds

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0117: The Three Quarter Stretch

Published: March 8, 2020, 5 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 4 minutes 14 seconds

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0116: An Atmosphere Of Growth

Published: Feb. 23, 2020, 5 p.m.
Duration: 24 minutes 14 seconds

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0115: Two Year Anniversary

Published: Feb. 16, 2020, 5 p.m.
Duration: 47 minutes 29 seconds

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0114: Slower Is Faster

Published: Feb. 9, 2020, 5 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 10 seconds

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0113: Don't Miss A Day, Dude

Published: Feb. 1, 2020, 5 p.m.
Duration: 22 minutes 3 seconds

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0112: Capsule Writing

Published: Jan. 26, 2020, 5 p.m.
Duration: 19 minutes 15 seconds

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0111: A Week In The Life

Published: Jan. 19, 2020, 5 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 53 seconds

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0110: The Tokyo Swan Documentary

Published: Dec. 31, 2019, 5 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 6 minutes 29 seconds

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0109: The Start Of How It All Ends

Published: Dec. 16, 2019, 5 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 4 seconds

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0108: How To Write An Ending

Published: Dec. 4, 2019, 5 p.m.
Duration: 56 minutes 59 seconds

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0107: The Cow Metaphor

Published: Nov. 3, 2019, 5 p.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 1 second

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0106: The Boat Metaphor

Published: Oct. 27, 2019, 5 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 39 seconds

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0105: Weed Wisdom

Published: Oct. 20, 2019, 5 p.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 16 seconds

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0104: Evangelion - you will be (in)elegant

Published: Oct. 13, 2019, 5 p.m.
Duration: 49 minutes 59 seconds

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0103: How To Have Ideas

Published: Sept. 29, 2019, 5 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 7 minutes 55 seconds

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0102: Break It Down II

Published: Sept. 22, 2019, 5 p.m.
Duration: 22 minutes 1 second

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0101: Break It Down

Published: Sept. 15, 2019, 5 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 38 seconds

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0100: Penny Dreadfuls

Published: Sept. 8, 2019, 5 p.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 39 seconds

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0099: Scromple

Published: Sept. 1, 2019, 5 p.m.
Duration: 55 minutes 37 seconds

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0098: Sempiternal II

Published: Aug. 12, 2019, 5 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 13 seconds

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0097: Sempiternal I

Published: Aug. 1, 2019, 5 p.m.
Duration: 41 minutes 46 seconds

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0096: Story Trailers

Published: July 21, 2019, 5 p.m.
Duration: 43 minutes 25 seconds

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0095: Hunter

Published: July 11, 2019, 5 p.m.
Duration: 41 minutes 49 seconds

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0094: Sweat It Out

Published: July 1, 2019, 5 p.m.
Duration: 59 minutes 2 seconds

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0093: Skytree

Published: June 17, 2019, 5 p.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 50 seconds

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0092: Stress

Published: June 12, 2019, 5 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 5 minutes 12 seconds

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0091: Internet Addict

Published: June 5, 2019, 5 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 3 seconds

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0090: Endings

Published: May 28, 2019, 5 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 10 minutes 18 seconds

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0089: Moscow To Tokyo

Published: May 6, 2019, 5 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 48 minutes 46 seconds

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0088: Moscow Meet-Cute

Published: April 25, 2019, 11 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 44 seconds

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0087: Writing In Public Spaces

Published: April 11, 2019, 11 a.m.
Duration: 57 minutes 25 seconds

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0086: Acclimating To Pressure

Published: April 1, 2019, 11 a.m.
Duration: 39 minutes 56 seconds

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0085: Plan For Your Worst Day

Published: March 14, 2019, 11 a.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 12 seconds

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0084: The Wisdom Of The Aged

Published: Feb. 6, 2019, 11 p.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 49 seconds

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0083: False Alarm

Published: Jan. 23, 2019, 11 p.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 22 seconds

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0082: Underdeveloped Notes

Published: Jan. 21, 2019, 11 p.m.
Duration: 12 minutes 48 seconds

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0081: Backup Plan, Shmackup Plan

Published: Jan. 15, 2019, 11 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 10 seconds

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0080: Follow The Leader

Published: Jan. 9, 2019, 11 p.m.
Duration: 47 minutes 37 seconds

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0079: Planning vs Inspiration

Published: Jan. 5, 2019, 6 p.m.
Duration: 24 minutes 56 seconds

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0078: The Millstone

Published: Dec. 30, 2018, 1 a.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 9 seconds

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0077: Mining Your Experiences

Published: Dec. 27, 2018, 9 p.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 36 seconds

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0076: Small Town Feel

Published: Dec. 24, 2018, 9 p.m.
Duration: 22 minutes 39 seconds

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0075: Bare Minimum

Published: Dec. 16, 2018, 9 p.m.
Duration: 39 minutes 54 seconds

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0074: Finding Ideas

Published: Dec. 9, 2018, 1 p.m.
Duration: 23 minutes 49 seconds

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0073: Greatness

Published: Dec. 6, 2018, 6 a.m.
Duration: 22 minutes 15 seconds

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0072: Ideastorm

Published: Dec. 1, 2018, 11 a.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 56 seconds

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0071: Douchebaggery

Published: Nov. 2, 2018, 11 a.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 43 seconds

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0070: Staying On Course

Published: Oct. 31, 2018, 11 a.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 28 seconds

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0069: Secret Beach

Published: Oct. 29, 2018, 11 a.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 14 seconds

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0068: Dont Revise While Writing

Published: Oct. 27, 2018, 11 a.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 14 seconds

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0067: Leveling Up

Published: Oct. 26, 2018, 11 a.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 27 seconds

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0066: Missing A Day

Published: Oct. 24, 2018, 11 a.m.
Duration: 24 minutes 23 seconds

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0065: Clarity

Published: Oct. 22, 2018, 11 a.m.
Duration: 21 minutes 45 seconds

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0064: March, Soldier

Published: Oct. 19, 2018, 11 a.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 22 seconds

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0063: Sustainable Habits

Published: Oct. 15, 2018, 11 a.m.
Duration: 22 minutes 24 seconds

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0062: Excuses

Published: Oct. 10, 2018, 11 a.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 25 seconds

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0061: Smartphone Distractions

Published: Oct. 6, 2018, 11 a.m.
Duration: 20 minutes 19 seconds

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0060: Ideas From Music

Published: Oct. 4, 2018, 11 a.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 29 seconds

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0059: Found Time

Published: Sept. 27, 2018, 11 a.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 41 seconds

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0058: Micro-Work

Published: Sept. 14, 2018, 11 a.m.
Duration: 18 minutes 30 seconds

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0057: Verlan

Published: Aug. 11, 2018, 11 a.m.
Duration: 42 minutes 45 seconds

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0056: Hot Hot Heat

Published: June 18, 2018, 11 a.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 56 seconds

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0055: The Rhythm Of The Night

Published: May 29, 2018, 11 a.m.
Duration: 24 minutes 55 seconds

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0054: The Illusion of Success

Published: May 8, 2018, 11 a.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 24 seconds

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0053: Killing Characters

Published: April 16, 2018, 11 a.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 25 seconds

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0052: Spooky, Scary Forest

Published: April 8, 2018, 11 a.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 3 seconds

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0051: Slow-Moving Train

Published: April 3, 2018, 11 a.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 17 seconds

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0050: Gear Down

Published: March 26, 2018, 11 a.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 14 seconds

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0049: Ground Pound

Published: March 25, 2018, 11 a.m.
Duration: 19 minutes 33 seconds

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0048: The Way Out Is Through

Published: March 24, 2018, 11 a.m.
Duration: 21 minutes 4 seconds

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0047: The Dilapidated City

Published: March 23, 2018, 11 a.m.
Duration: 42 minutes 6 seconds

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0046: Melodrama

Published: March 22, 2018, 11 a.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 49 seconds

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0045: Box Peek

Published: March 21, 2018, 11 a.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 30 seconds

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0044: The Perfect Moment

Published: March 20, 2018, 11 a.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 43 seconds

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0043: Fearless

Published: March 19, 2018, 11 a.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 39 seconds

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0042: Give Me The Push

Published: March 18, 2018, 11 a.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 44 seconds

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0041: No-Magic Daphne

Published: March 17, 2018, 11 a.m.
Duration: 39 minutes 4 seconds

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0040: Steady

Published: March 16, 2018, 11 a.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 29 seconds

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0039: Trichotillomania / Stephi Lee

Published: March 15, 2018, 11 a.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 12 seconds

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0038: Alien Gods

Published: March 14, 2018, 11 a.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 49 seconds

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0037: Red

Published: March 13, 2018, 11 a.m.
Duration: 51 minutes 6 seconds

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0036: The Color Wheel

Published: March 12, 2018, 11 a.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 42 seconds

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0035: Five Dollar Flow State

Published: March 11, 2018, 11 a.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 35 seconds

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0034: Psychological Visibility

Published: March 10, 2018, 11 a.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 34 seconds

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0033: First Draft Of A Chapter

Published: March 9, 2018, 11 a.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 49 seconds

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0032: Workflow

Published: March 8, 2018, 11 a.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 5 seconds

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0031: The Advantages Of Age

Published: March 7, 2018, 11 a.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 28 seconds

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0030: Trying To Learn A New Skill

Published: March 5, 2018, 11 a.m.
Duration: 39 minutes 10 seconds

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0029: NaNoWriMo Can F**k Off

Published: March 4, 2018, 11 a.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 50 seconds

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0028: Strangers On A Train

Published: March 3, 2018, 11 a.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 16 seconds

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0027: Inspiration From Music

Published: March 2, 2018, 11 a.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 48 seconds

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0026: Human Brains Are Feeble

Published: March 1, 2018, 11 a.m.
Duration: 20 minutes 51 seconds

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0025: Temper, Temper

Published: Feb. 28, 2018, 11 a.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 46 seconds

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0024: Kevin Smith, Family Ive Never Met

Published: Feb. 27, 2018, 11 a.m.
Duration: 52 minutes 9 seconds

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0023: Slowing Down Is Deceptively Difficult

Published: Feb. 26, 2018, 11 a.m.
Duration: 55 minutes 41 seconds

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0022: Focus On Your Strengths

Published: Feb. 25, 2018, 11 a.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 57 seconds

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0021: Casino

Published: Feb. 24, 2018, 11 a.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 33 seconds

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0020: Write About What Hurts

Published: Feb. 23, 2018, 11 a.m.
Duration: 22 minutes 28 seconds

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0019: Get Lost

Published: Feb. 22, 2018, 11 a.m.
Duration: 24 minutes 13 seconds

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0018: How Much Daily Work Is Enough?

Published: Feb. 21, 2018, 11 a.m.
Duration: 24 minutes 9 seconds

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0017: Getting Past A Bad Day

Published: Feb. 20, 2018, 11 a.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 38 seconds

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0016: Minimalism

Published: Feb. 19, 2018, 11 a.m.
Duration: 24 minutes 18 seconds

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0015: Tribalism

Published: Feb. 18, 2018, 11 a.m.
Duration: 39 minutes 40 seconds

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0014: Gathering Ideas

Published: Feb. 17, 2018, 11 a.m.
Duration: 22 minutes 49 seconds

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0013: Writing On A Smartphone

Published: Feb. 16, 2018, 11 a.m.
Duration: 46 minutes 41 seconds

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0012: Its Okay To Suck

Published: Feb. 15, 2018, 11 a.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 23 seconds

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0011: Ignore Advice

Published: Feb. 14, 2018, 11 a.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 13 seconds

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0010: Cliffhangers

Published: Feb. 13, 2018, 11 a.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 58 seconds

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0009: Go Slow

Published: Feb. 12, 2018, 11 a.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 45 seconds

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0008: Solo Dolo

Published: Feb. 11, 2018, 11 a.m.
Duration: 22 minutes 59 seconds

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0007: Action Is Boring

Published: Feb. 10, 2018, 11 a.m.
Duration: 51 minutes 50 seconds

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0006: Anxiety

Published: Feb. 9, 2018, 11 a.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 40 seconds

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0005: Embrace Idiosyncrasy

Published: Feb. 8, 2018, 11 a.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 9 seconds

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0004: Discipline

Published: Feb. 7, 2018, 11 a.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 59 seconds

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0003: The Void

Published: Feb. 6, 2018, 11 a.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 58 seconds

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0002: The Mechanical Process

Published: Feb. 5, 2018, 11 a.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 30 seconds

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0001: Instinct

Published: Feb. 4, 2018, 11 a.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 6 seconds

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0000: Introduction

Published: Feb. 3, 2018, 11 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 24 minutes 34 seconds

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