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Whether you’re polishing your first draft or chasing down a book deal, the award-winning Writing Break will keep you informed, inspired, and ready to write.

  1. 4 dgn geleden

    First-Person POV: Ditch the Cash Register Narration

    When you choose a narrator, you're choosing whose personality the reader will inhabit for an entire book. Get it wrong, and you might find yourself rewriting 80,000 words. (I've seen it happen.) We're using Vivian the Professional Mourner as our case study to explore what first-person narrators can and can't tell us, why filter words create distance, and how to leverage your character's unique knowledge without slipping into omniscient narration. 🛋️Overthinking Couch Topics: Why POV is a personality choice, not just a grammar choiceWhat can your narrator actually tell us?Cash register narration might be ruining your story"And then" testimony vs. lived experience Next Episode: Third-Person POV The Writing Break podcast is a six-time award-winning show for writers who want writing tips and publishing insights. Hosted by a freelance book editor with 20+ years of experience editing for major publishing houses. Subscribe because you deserve a Writing Break. Home : America's Editor - Let's work together.More Writing Tips Music licensed from Storyblocks.

  2. 13 aug

    What Is "Narrator Voice"?: 5 Elements That Bring It to Life

    Last week we established that voice is the narrator's personality. This week, we look at all five elements that make up voice and see if your narrator is a real person or just you in disguise. 🛋️Overthinking Couch Topics: Amazon KDP finally does something self-publishers want.Eight million books lost in Ukraine.Arkansas criminalizes bookshelves.How to write a narrator that sounds unique. Next episode: first person vs. third person. Is your close third narrator just the protagonist in a trench coat? Subscribe because you deserve a Writing Break. A single Russian attack destroyed one-third of Ukraine's annual book print volume5 Psychological Pricing Tactics That Attract CustomersWhere does Arkansas rank on the 2026 Best States list?Least Educated States 2026Home : America's Editor - Let's work together.More Writing Tips Music licensed from Storyblocks.

  3. 6 aug

    Voice vs. Style vs. Tone vs. Mood

    Welcome to Season 10 of Writing Break! This season is all about voice, which is the thing literary agents, publishers, and readers fall in love with. In this premiere, we're setting up our makeshift Overthinking Conference Room to nail down the vocabulary that will guide us through the entire season. 🛋️ Overthinking Couch Topics:Why a whole season about voice? Trying to sound like Hemingway is a waste of your time.AI detectors: why they're flagging human writers as robotsThe actual difference between style, tone, voice, and mood? What agents mean when they say "the voice isn't working."This season's preview: dialogue as voice, character as voice, voice in nonfiction and memoir, when to break the rules, and how to edit for voice.ElevenLabs' Michael Caine narration of *The OdysseyJ.K. Rowling / Robert Galbraith pseudonym Subscribe because you deserve a Writing Break. 'The Odyssey': Alternative Audio Versions With Ian McKellen and MoreHome : America's Editor - Let's work together.More Writing Tips Music licensed from Storyblocks.

  4. 30 jul ·  Bonus

    New Literary Agent Rules to Know Before You Query

    Season 10 is on hold because the rules for literary agents just changed, and not necessarily in the author's favor. This episode tells you exactly what questions to ask before you sign (or pay for) anything. 🛋️ Overthinking Couch Topics:The New Literary Agent Ethics RulesWhat the Association of American Literary Agents changed and why.Which paid services literary agents may now offer.Why editorial work for represented clients must still remain free.The safeguards built into the revised ethics code.Potential conflicts of interest writers should understand.Practical questions to ask before paying for editorial, marketing, or publicity services.Why due diligence matters more than ever when querying agents. Publishing NewsBloomsbury reveals how much it expects to receive from the Anthropic settlement.ISBNdb sources physical books for AI companies, raising new questions about copyright, preservation, and transparency.Hachette launches its Reading Is Golden public service campaign to encourage daily family reading. AI firms are buying old books for slop-free training dataAI firms are buying old books for slop-free training data Raising Readers | Reading Is GoldenJudge Gives Final Approval of $1.5 Billion Anthropic SettlementMajor AALA Ethics Update Allows Agents to Offer Paid Editorial, Publicity ServicesHachette’s Raising Readers Initiative Releases PSAAI Companies Are Buying Tons of Old Books Because They're Free of AI SlopHome : America's Editor - Let's work together.More Writing Tips Host: Rosemi Mederos, America's Editor Production: Allon Media Website: writingbreak.com | Contact: podcast@writingbreak.com Music licensed from Storyblocks.

  5. 23 jul

    Goodbye to Genres: Parting Words for Writers (Clip Show #17)

    We're closing the book on genre, two seasons, dozens of subgenres, and a lot of overthinking later. This week we revisit some highlights: novel architecture and the dreaded middle-of-the-book slump, why cross-genre mashups can backfire if you get too ambitious, the tension between writing what you love and writing what sells, adaptation lessons from film and video games, and how genres evolve to match whatever readers are actually afraid of right now. Did I miss a genre you wanted covered? Let me know. Next up: Season 10 is all about voice, including what it actually is and how to find yours. F Subscribe because you deserve a Writing Break.Home : America's Editor - Let's work together.More Writing Tips Music licensed from Storyblocks.

  6. 16 jul

    How Genres Change Over Time: From Castle Walls to Femgore

    Genres and subgenres are ever-evolving. This week, we trace one horror lineage from a crumbling 1764 castle all the way to today's femgore boom, dig into a detective fiction metamorphosis that spans three centuries and two continents, and sit with a publishing story that should unsettle every working writer, one where AI hijacked a fired journalist's own byline to keep publishing under his name. Plus: this week's overthinking prompt, built to work whether you write genre fiction or literary fiction. An AI-generated review of Resident Evil Requiem written by a fake 'iGaming and sports betting analyst' briefly hit Metacritic | PC GamerFired Journalist Finds AI Publishing Under His NameWhat Is Femgore? | Book RiotHome : America's Editor - Let's work together.More Writing Tips Subscribe because you deserve a Writing Break. Music licensed from Storyblocks.

  7. 9 jul

    The Two-Minute Wait: Time Management and Storytelling Around the World

    How much can you really accomplish in two minutes? This week on Writing Break, I share a simple exercise I call The Two-Minute Wait, which can help you better understand your relationship with time and improve the way you manage it. We also discuss this year's International Booker Prize news before exploring storytelling traditions from around the world, including Nordic noir, magical realism, Gothic horror fiction, wuxia, Japanese literary fiction, West African oral storytelling, and the art of translation. Whether you're looking to become more productive or broaden your understanding of storytelling, this episode offers practical ideas you can apply immediately. ✨ Support Writing Break Rate, review, and share with a fellow writer. Every kind word helps keep the show going. International Booker Prize Doubles Purse, Changes NameInternational Booker Prize winnerHome : America's Editor - Let's work together.More Writing Tips Music licensed from Storyblocks

  8. 2 jul

    The Kitchen Table Test: What Writers Can Learn from Film, Theatre, and Video Games

    Everyone in your life thinks your book would make a great movie, play, or video game. But adaptation isn't a copy-paste job because every medium solves storytelling problems differently. This week, we put one scene through four different mediums to see what each one reveals about craft, whether or not you ever plan on adapting anything. 🛋️Overthinking Couch Topics: Why "the book was better" misses the point of what adaptation actually doesThe kitchen table scene: one moment, told four waysWhat novels can do that film, TV, and stage cannotThe screenwriting habit every novelist should stealWhat television teaches about sustaining relationship dynamics across a seriesWhy playwrights understand subtext better than novelists What video games can teach you about giving your characters real choicesEnvironmental storytelling, and why your hostage scene needs more than a metal chairThis week's overthinking prompt: running one scene through four lenses Home : America's Editor - Let's work together.More Writing Tips Connect Have a question you want overthought on a future episode? Email podcast@writingbreak.com or find us on Instagram at @writingbreakpodcast. Music licensed from Storyblocks.

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Whether you’re polishing your first draft or chasing down a book deal, the award-winning Writing Break will keep you informed, inspired, and ready to write.

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    America's Editor
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    2022 - 2026
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