Structure and Creativity: Timed Writing
As a writer, I’ve often shunned creativity prompts. Why do I need them? I am so creative; I can sit down and just write. Ah! But it wasn’t always this way.
by Beth Barany · Published January 22, 2011 · Last modified November 28, 2025
As a writer, I’ve often shunned creativity prompts. Why do I need them? I am so creative; I can sit down and just write. Ah! But it wasn’t always this way.
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by Kerry-Ann McDade · Published August 3, 2026 · Last modified August 4, 2026
How to Restart Your Writing after a Break – How To Write the Future podcast, episode 216 “Do not make yourself wrong. Life is busy. We have multiple commitments that we’re juggling, all of...
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by Kerry-Ann McDade · Published July 20, 2026 · Last modified August 4, 2026
How to Self-Coach Toward Your Writing North Star – How To Write the Future podcast, episode 214 *** “What you want is to be able to look at your goal, what you’ve written down,...
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by Kerry-Ann McDade · Published December 8, 2025
Writer’s Block: Five Steps Forward – How To Write the Future podcast, episode 182 *** “In my opinion, the cure for writer’s block is writing pure and simple.” – Beth Barany Do you wonder...
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by Kerry-Ann McDade · Published October 27, 2025
Bailey Lang’s Habits of Mind for Writers – How To Write the Future podcast, episode 176 *** “So the habits of mind are: curiosity, openness, engagement, creativity, persistence, responsibility, flexibility, and metacognition. So that’s...
Science Fiction Brainstorming: Two Essential Tips – How To Write the Future podcast, episode 153 *** “Just really let your creativity flow. No censorship, no stopping to, is this right? Is this wrong? It...
Creating Authentic Science Fiction Universes with Devin Blair’s Chemical Rocketeers Show – How To Write the Future podcast, episode 150 *** “Even if I didn’t have this entire podcast structure, which thank God I...
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by Kerry-Ann McDade · Published November 18, 2024
How To Write the Future podcast, episode 127 – Writing practice. “I can do this.” (Step 2) “To write a novel, you really need to be able to already be able to sit down...
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by Kerry-Ann McDade · Published September 9, 2024 · Last modified September 16, 2024
Let’s Play A Game, Interview with Melissa Dinwiddie, Part 2 – How To Write the Future podcast episode 117 “I’m leading people through some kind of an activity. So often when I tell people...
Learning about the benefit of delay might save your writing! Catharine Bramkamp shares her story with the benefits of this work style.
Mike Consol hosted Beth Barany on his podcast Novelist Spotlight. Beth spoke about Activate The Body And The Mind.
by Beth Barany · Published November 11, 2021 · Last modified August 25, 2026
You’re sitting down to work on your novel and you stare at the black screen or blank page with no ideas. Or maybe you know what you want to write, you just can’t bring...
Dive into creating playlists for your novel writing and editing with guidance and inspiration from novelist and artist, Nevada McPherson.
Here’s my writing tip of the day in one minute via video. You can use it for editing also. My tip is about timed writing, a simple yet powerful technique. If you use this tip,...
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