The Write Focus

M.A. Lee

Successful writing requires The Write Focus. Hosted by M.A. Lee with occasional forays from Remi Black and Edie Roones, we focus on productivity / tools / craft / process for fiction and nonfiction, entertainment and academic writing.

  1. 9H AGO

    Be Willing to Lose Control / Quick Tips for Writers 5 / 7:20

    As writers we control many things about our writing, but times do come when we lose control. And that is not a bad thing. It’s actually a blessing. That’s our topic: Be willing to lose control. The Write Focus offers the Quick Tips for Writers series from Spring into Summer. We hope these bite-sized takes on writing inspire your words this week. TIMINGS 00:40 Introduction 01:10 Be Willing to Lose Control 03:00 Closing Total Run Time = 3:59   LINKS Website https://thewritefocus.blogspot.com/2026/05/be-willing-to-lose-control-quick-tips.html   Licensed Music with the Quick Tips content is “Simple Acoustic Guitar” from the creator applehillstudios on Audio Jungle. The music is licensed for podcast and YouTube. Music for the opening and closing segments are in the narration, also licensed from Audio Jungle for the purpose of podcast and YouTube. Thanks for listening to The Write Focus. We focus on productivity, process, craft, and tools. As a Blast from the Past, our current focus is a series entitled Quick Tips for Writers. Here is a link to the playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXi3M_aM-d7JoFvT3aJEZPpneLjOH1Ur_&si=j8n2yOeaJz05H4bY Select the most recent episode through the URL after the TIMINGS. Support the podcast with a cup of coffee at https://www.buymeacoffee.com/winkbooksr You can find workbooks and templates at Buy Me a Coffee. Available is the Enter the Writing Business Workbook and templates from the Discovering Characters Also available: worksheet templates and a video trailer script for Discovering Your Author Brand. For more links and resources, visit www.thewritefocus.blogspot.com  . Write to us at winkbooks@aol.com. If you find value in this podcast, please share with your writing friends or write a review. (We’re small beans. We don’t have the advertising budget of the big peeps. You can make a difference.)

    4 min

  2. MAY 6

    Write a Coherent Story / Quick Tips for Writers 4 / 7:19

    Our topic this time is a little tricky, but we have a fairly simple solution—if we will use that solution. Here’s the question: How do I make my writing form a coherent story? Because if the story confuses us when we finish it, in what state will our readers be? Quick Tips for Writers is a Blast from the Past, extricated from much longer episodes a year ago. TWF hopes you enjoy these quick takes. TIMINGS 00:40 Introduction 01:08 QT 4 Write a Coherent Story 03:38 Closing Total Run Time = 4:38   LINKS Website https://thewritefocus.blogspot.com/2026/05/write-coherent-story-quick-tips-for.html   Licensed Music with the Quick Tips content is “Simple Acoustic Guitar” from the creator applehillstudios on Audio Jungle. The music is licensed for podcast and YouTube. Music for the opening and closing segments are in the narration, also licensed from Audio Jungle for the purpose of podcast and YouTube. All short videos with the video are from Pexels.com, a site that offers free short videos, some with sound (turned off for this posting).   Thanks for listening to The Write Focus. We focus on productivity, process, craft, and tools. As a Blast from the Past, our current focus is a series entitled Quick Tips for Writers. Here is a link to the playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXi3M_aM-d7JoFvT3aJEZPpneLjOH1Ur_&si=j8n2yOeaJz05H4bY Select the most recent episode through the URL after the TIMINGS. Support the podcast with a cup of coffee at https://www.buymeacoffee.com/winkbooksr You can find workbooks and templates at Buy Me a Coffee. Available is the Enter the Writing Business Workbook and templates from the Discovering Characters Also available: worksheet templates and a video trailer script for Discovering Your Author Brand. For more links and resources, visit www.thewritefocus.blogspot.com  . Write to us at winkbooks@aol.com. If you find value in this podcast, please share with your writing friends or write a review. (We’re small beans. We don’t have the advertising budget of the big peeps. You can make a difference.)

    5 min

  3. APR 29

    3 Cornerstones of Every Story / Quick Tips for Writers 3 / 7:18

    We’re onto our third episode in the Quick Tips for Writers series. What are the three cornerstones of every story we write, no matter the length or genre or purpose? TIMINGS 00:40 Introduction 01:10 QT 3: Three Cornerstones of Every Story 03:17 Closing Total Run Time = 4:17   LINK Website https://thewritefocus.blogspot.com/2026/04/three-cornerstones-of-story-quick-tips.html   Licensed Music with the Quick Tips content is “Simple Acoustic Guitar” from the creator applehillstudios on Audio Jungle. The music is licensed for podcast and YouTube. Music for the opening and closing segments are in the narration, also licensed from Audio Jungle for the purpose of podcast and YouTube. All short videos with the video are from Pexels.com, a site that offers free short videos, some with sound (turned off for this posting).   Thanks for listening to The Write Focus. We focus on productivity, process, craft, and tools. Support the podcast with a cup of coffee at https://www.buymeacoffee.com/winkbooksr You can find workbooks and templates at Buy Me a Coffee. Available is the Enter the Writing Business Workbook and templates from the Discovering Characters Also available: worksheet templates and a video trailer script for Discovering Your Author Brand. For more links and resources, visit www.thewritefocus.blogspot.com  . Write to us at winkbooks@aol.com. If you find value in this podcast, please share with your writing friends or write a review. (We’re small beans. We don’t have the advertising budget of the big peeps. You can make a difference.)

    4 min

  4. APR 22

    Before I Start Writing / Quick Tips for Writers 2 / 7:17

    In this second episode of the Quick Tips for Writers series, we look at another topic which trips writers up. Whether a total newbie or a seasoned writer, we all ask the same question. It’s the same questions every time we start a new story. How much do I need before I start writing? TIMINGS 00:40 Welcome 01:10 How much do I need before I start writing? 04:33 Closing Total Run Time = 5:33   LINK Website https://thewritefocus.blogspot.com/2026/04/quick-tips-for-writers-2-717.html   Licensed Music with the Quick Tips content is “Simple Acoustic Guitar” from the creator applehillstudios on Audio Jungle. The music is licensed for podcast and YouTube. Music for the opening and closing segments are in the narration, also licensed from Audio Jungle for the purpose of podcast and YouTube. All short videos with the video are from Pexels.com, a site that offers free short videos, some with sound (turned off for this posting).   Thanks for listening to The Write Focus. We focus on productivity, process, craft, and tools. Support the podcast with a cup of coffee at https://www.buymeacoffee.com/winkbooksr You can find workbooks and templates at Buy Me a Coffee. Available is the Enter the Writing Business Workbook and templates from the Discovering Characters Also available: worksheet templates and a video trailer script for Discovering Your Author Brand. For more links and resources, visit www.thewritefocus.blogspot.com  . Write to us at winkbooks@aol.com. If you find value in this podcast, please share with your writing friends or write a review. (We’re small beans. We don’t have the advertising budget of the big peeps. You can make a difference.)   Content copyright is 2020 to 2026, Writers Ink Books.

    6 min

  5. APR 15

    How do I start writing? / Quick Tips for Writers 1 / 7:16

    The Write Focus brings in a Blast from the Past, from Summer 2025. Thirteen—count `em, 13—posts that distill over 30 years of writing knowledge and 10 years of publishing writing. Host M.A. Lee has 60-plus novel-length titles under three pen names that guide this information. We hope you find a spot of wisdom in each of these Quick Tips for Writers. In our first episode of the series, we answer every writer’s burning question: “What do I need to start writing?” TIMINGS 00:40 Introduction 01:10 Quick Tip 1 4:14 Closing Total Run Time = 5:14   LINK Website https://thewritefocus.blogspot.com/2026/04/quick-tips-for-writers-1-716.html   Licensed Music with the Quick Tips content is “Simple Acoustic Guitar” from the creator applehillstudios on Audio Jungle. The music is licensed for podcast and YouTube. Music for the opening and closing segments are in the narration, also licensed from Audio Jungle for the purpose of podcast and YouTube. All short videos with the video are from Pexels.com, a site that offers free short videos, some with sound (turned off for this posting).   Thanks for listening to The Write Focus. We focus on productivity, process, craft, and tools. As a Blast from the Past, our current focus is a series entitled Quick Tips for Writers. Here is a link to the playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXi3M_aM-d7JoFvT3aJEZPpneLjOH1Ur_&si=j8n2yOeaJz05H4bY Select the most recent episode through the URL after the TIMINGS. Support the podcast with a cup of coffee at https://www.buymeacoffee.com/winkbooksr You can find workbooks and templates at Buy Me a Coffee. Available is the Enter the Writing Business Workbook and templates from the Discovering Characters Also available: worksheet templates and a video trailer script for Discovering Your Author Brand. For more links and resources, visit www.thewritefocus.blogspot.com  . Write to us at winkbooks@aol.com. If you find value in this podcast, please share with your writing friends or write a review. (We’re small beans. We don’t have the advertising budget of the big peeps. You can make a difference.) Listen on your favorite podcast site: from Apple to YouTube, Spotify and Podbean (my favs), Google Play, Amazon Music and Audible, Samsung and Player FM, Deezer and Podcaster, the rivals iHeart and Tune-in, and too many to list. Here are the easiest. Make us a favorite, and follow along easy-peasy, once a week, while you fix a quick dinner, drive a short commute, or take a brisk walk. My favorite podcast is Podbean. https://eden5695.podbean.com/ YouTube direct link to the Current Playlist https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXi3M_aM-d7IZWMlW9kLwMNEkuLMySGnq Apple https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-write-focus/id1546738740%20 Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/4fMwknmfJhkJxQvaaLQ3Gm?si=ffeb71ed17c3409d Amazon/Audible https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/062ecc60-d61c-432a-ad99-8234c1044ef1 ListenNotes https://lnns.co/y_Jg5rpaMNo Google https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkLnBvZGJlYW4uY29tL2VkZW41Njk1L2ZlZWQueG1s Tune-In https://tunein.com/podcasts/p1608565/ IHeart Radio  https://iheart.com/podcast/90647163      Content copyright is 2020 to 2026, Writers Ink Books.

    5 min

  6. APR 12

    MORE: Easter / Bright Sunday with Creativity Refresh 15 / 7:15 (last in series)

    Our More: Easter series concludes in this episode with my confession of a longtime failing and the way I’m casting off that sin … which was one of the motivations for the entire series on More. And our final Creativity for Writers segment, we consider the daily practice of gratitude to the greatest Creator of all. TIMINGS 00:40 Introduction 00:50 Bright Sunday 06:20 Creativity Refresh 15 10:22 Last Words and Next Series 11:05 Closing Total Run Time = 12:05   LINKS Prazoli Christian Bible Prayer Journal https://www.amazon.com/Prazoli-Christian-Prayer-Journal-3-Month/dp/B0D3PFXNX5/ Website https://thewritefocus.blogspot.com/2026/02/more-easter-bright-sunday-with.html Licensed Music with the Easter segment is entitled “Soft Beautiful Hope Piano” from the creator Nehliudoff on Audio Jungle while that with the Writing segment, with the same title, is from the creator Little Victory, also on Audio Jungle. Music for the opening and closing segments are in the narration.

    12 min

  7. APR 11

    MORE: Easter / Bright Saturday with Creativity for Writers 14 / 7:14

    David’s prayer in Psalm 143 is our focus, following God’s timeline rather than the world’s. In the Creativity for Writers segment, we look at three techniques to generate new ideas from the blankness. TIMINGS 00:40 Introduction 00:50 Bright Saturday 06:06 Creativity Refresh 14 11:12 Closing Total Run Time = 12:12   LINK Website https://thewritefocus.blogspot.com/2026/02/more-easter-bright-saturday-and.html   Licensed Music with the Easter segment is entitled “Soft Beautiful Hope Piano” from the creator Nehliudoff on Audio Jungle while that with the Writing segment, with the same title, is from the creator Little Victory, also on Audio Jungle. Music for the opening and closing segments are in the narration.

    12 min

  8. APR 10

    MORE: Easter / Bright Friday with Creativity Refresh 13 / 7:13

    As we age, we think the three most common bedtime prayers for children are only for the little people. They seem too plain for our complex lives. Our mistake is when we try to make our prayers more when simple is better. In looking at the simple, we often see things we have forgotten because our so-called complex lives are actually only filled with distractions. In the Creativity for Writers segment, we look at overcoming the burdens of the daily grind by awakening our child. TIMINGS 00:40 Introduction 00:50 Bright Friday 08:40 Creativity Refresh 13 12:02 Closing Total Run Time = 13:03 LINKS Versions of Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Now_I_Lay_Me_Down_to_Sleep The Shema https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KQLOuIKaRA Christ with four arch-angels Painting  https://media.craiyon.com/2025-04-10/cNA-qexEQ2SwteWDcqbNKg.webp Website https://thewritefocus.blogspot.com/2026/02/more-easter-bright-friday-with.html   Licensed Music with the Easter segment is entitled “Soft Beautiful Hope Piano” from the creator Nehliudoff on Audio Jungle while that with the Writing segment, with the same title, is from the creator Little Victory, also on Audio Jungle. Music for the opening and closing segments are in the narration.

    13 min
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Successful writing requires The Write Focus. Hosted by M.A. Lee with occasional forays from Remi Black and Edie Roones, we focus on productivity / tools / craft / process for fiction and nonfiction, entertainment and academic writing.

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  • Creator
    M.A. Lee
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2026
  • Episodes
    100
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Copyright 2020 All rights reserved.
  • Show Website
    The Write Focus