52 episodes

Weekly inspiration and advice on writing and creativity from the author of Fearless Writing and Everyone Has What It Takes.

Fearless Writing with Bill Kenower Bill Kenower

    • Arts
    • 5.0 • 12 Ratings

Weekly inspiration and advice on writing and creativity from the author of Fearless Writing and Everyone Has What It Takes.

    Inviting Inspiration

    Inviting Inspiration

    Writing requires inspired ideas. But we can’t demand them, can’t use our craft to manufacture them. But we can practice putting ourselves into the frame of mind that allows and invites them.

    • 6 min
    Find Your Intellectual Family

    Find Your Intellectual Family

    As Richard Bach pointed out: writers aren’t looking for an editor or a publisher, but a member of their intellectual family. They’re out there, but you have to believe they exist to find them.

    • 6 min
    Trust Your Reader

    Trust Your Reader

    We need our readers to fill in what we leave out; it’s what really finishes a story. This means we have to trust them, even though sometimes they don’t make the connections we hope.

    • 5 min
    Nothing Better Than Joy

    Nothing Better Than Joy

    As Beethoven no doubt knew – there’s nothing better than joy, and creativity teaches us again and again it’s always inside of us, never outside of us.

    • 4 min
    The Real Value of Being an Author

    The Real Value of Being an Author

    The time I learned why being an author is so valuable, and how we can use this authority to allow people to believe the stories they actually want to believe.

    • 5 min
    When Our Pain Isn’t Real

    When Our Pain Isn’t Real

    A true story about how physical pain and suffering taught me a lot about all suffering. If I’m honest, most of it wasn’t real, wasn’t necessary.

    • 5 min

Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5
12 Ratings

12 Ratings

DC Woman ,

Refreshing!

I can too easily find myself caught up in the “business” side of writing because yes, it matters to know how the system works. But honestly, focusing on that can be quite draining and soul-wrenching. A few years ago I bought Bill Kenower’s book “Fearless Writing” and I knew within reading the first few pages that I needed to keep this book on my desk! But I can be lured back into seminars on how to write a great query or what publishers care about and can become stuck in that mindset. Ugh. How wonderful that Bill has created this podcast! I really appreciate that each session is very short and that it’s a wonderful reminder of what’s really important. His verbal style is so engaging, like a good friend or coach who wants you to succeed.

Kiersten67 ,

Makes You Want To Write!

Each episode shares inspiring thoughts and ideas to help you tap into your own guidance for your writing life. As you listen you’ll be drawn back to your love of writing and from there all good things Flow! I can’t wait to hear more from this knowledgeable and lighthearted host!

Drewonimo ,

Gets to the heart of it all

These short, pithy episodes are packed with wisdom that gets to the heart of what most writers struggle with – how they think about writing. Kenower has an engaging voice and speaking style and the wisdom comes from years in the business working with a huge variety of successful writers.

Lots of writing podcasts speak to both the craft and business of the writer. How refreshing to have one that tackles our own relationship with it.

Highly recommended.

Top Podcasts In Arts

Fresh Air
NPR
The Moth
The Moth
LeVar Burton Reads
LeVar Burton and Stitcher
99% Invisible
Roman Mars
Gastropod
Cynthia Graber and Nicola Twilley
The Magnus Archives
Rusty Quill

You Might Also Like

The Writer Files: Writing, Productivity, Creativity, and Neuroscience
Kelton Reid
Helping Writers Become Authors
K.M. Weiland
Writing Excuses
Mary Robinette Kowal, DongWon Song, Erin Roberts, Dan Wells, and Howard Tayler
Fiction Writing Made Easy
Savannah Gilbo
The Creative Penn Podcast For Writers
Joanna Penn
Author2Author
Author magazine