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 #AmWriting is a podcast and Groupstack hosted by KJ Dell’Antonia, Jess Lahey, Sarina Bowen, & Jennie Nash. Listen, read and join up for hard-won advice and inspiration to help you play big in your writing life and finish work that matters.

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  • Three Kinds of Mess in the Middle of Writing a Book

    Three Kinds of Mess in the Middle of Writing a Book
    2026/11/06
    This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit amwriting.substack.com

    The messy middle doesn’t necessarily happen in the middle of your book because it’s not a destination. It’s a phase in the creative process.

    It can happen on page 20. Or page 50. It can happen if you’ve laid a strong foundation for your book and know exactly what you’re trying to write. (Planning is critical, but it doesn’t save you from doing all the hard work!)

    What happens is that a character surprises you. A plot point stops making sense. The pages aren’t living up to what you imagined.

    Now what? Do you revise? Rethink your plan? Keep writing?

    After twenty years of coaching writers, I’ve come to recognize three very different kinds of mess—and the trouble is that writers often respond to all three in exactly the same way.

    That’s a mistake that can cost you months.

    In this week’s episode, I’m breaking down the three kinds of mess, how to recognize which one you’re in, and what to do next.

    And for paid subscribers, I’m sharing something special: an hour-long coaching session with novelist Andrew Parrella, plus his actual first 50 pages with my coaching notes in the margins.

    Come see what this work looks like in action.

    You can buy Blueprint for a Book here, or take my $19 Blueprint for a Book video course, which includes the full text of the book plus 14 video lessons that walk you through the process.

    #amwriting is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.
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  • Stop Asking Beta Readers If They Liked Your Book

    Stop Asking Beta Readers If They Liked Your Book
    2026/10/30
    Stop Asking Beta Readers If They Liked Your BookWhen you give your manuscript to a beta reader, what do you want to know?Most writers want to know if the reader liked it. Did they connect with the characters or ideas? Did the whole thing work? There’s a much more useful way to approach beta reading.Your job as a writer is to create an experience for your reader. You want them to feel certain things, wonder about certain things, and understand certain things at just the right moment.How do you know if you’re pulling that off?On this week’s episode of #amwriting, KJ and I are both deep in revision and talking about how we’re testing our manuscripts before sending them out into the world.KJ hired a cold reader for her new thriller—someone who knew absolutely nothing about the story. Instead of asking for an evaluation, she asked her reader to record what she was thinking, wondering, and feeling as she went. Where was she confused? What did she think might happen next? When did the momentum drag? What surprised her?I’m doing something similar with my nonfiction book, Write Big: Stop Playing Small and Step Into Your Creative Power (I changed my subtitle!) I’ve had my book coach do a final read, and now I’m taking a group of writers through the process I teach in the book to see how it actually works for them. Are the questions landing? Is the process helping them get the clarity I intend it to give them? These are different kinds of books, but we’re both trying to answer the same question: Is the experience we’re creating on the page the experience our readers are actually having?Try this with your own writingChoose a chapter and ask yourself three questions:* What do I want my reader to know?* What do I want my reader to wonder?* What do I want my reader to feel?Then find a way to test those intentions with someone who hasn’t read your work before.The gap between what you intended and what they experienced is where some of your most important revision work may be waiting.And remember: Your reader is the authority on their experience. You’re the authority on what to do with that information.In this week’s episode, KJ and I get into the nitty-gritty of how we’re approaching these final stages of revision, what we’re learning from our readers, and how we’re deciding what to change and what to keep.Whether you’re writing fiction or nonfiction, it’s a chance to think differently about what feedback can do for your book.Listen to this week’s episode of #amwriting: Stop Asking Beta Readers If They Liked Your Book.#amwriting is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.You can buy Blueprint for a Book here, or take my $19 Blueprint for a Book video course, which includes the full text of the book plus 14 video lessons that walk you through the process.Books Mentioned* Playing the Witch Card by KJ Dell’Antonia * The Secrets We Hide by Karin Slaughter* The Road to Tender Hearts by Annie Hartnett This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit amwriting.substack.com/subscribe
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    38 分
  • Half-Felt Feelings and Why They Ruin Your Writing

    Half-Felt Feelings and Why They Ruin Your Writing
    2026/10/23
    When you open a book, what are you actually looking for?Sure, we want a good story or useful information. But at a deeper level, most of us read because we’re looking for a mirror. We want someone who has wrestled with the hard, messy realities of being human and figured out something we haven’t quite articulated for ourselves yet.That’s why there’s nothing more frustrating—as a reader, as a book coach, and as a human—than reading a book where the writer holds back.In this Write Big session, I’m talking about a concept that blew my mind while listening to grief expert David Kessler on the Mel Robbins podcast. He spoke about the idea of “half-felt feelings” in relation to grief and emotional processing.The second I heard that phrase, I knew it was the exact diagnosis for what happens when a writer hesitates on the page:* In fiction, it shows up as characters who are only halfway experiencing their stakes.* In memoir, it’s a protagonist who protects themselves instead of being vulnerable.* In nonfiction, it’s an author who is so focused on sounding like a polished authority that they strip away the deep human heart of their topic.When we hold back, equivocate, or hedge our bets, we become emotionally stingy with our audience. But our job as writers isn’t just to arrange words; our real medium is human emotion.In this episode, I challenge you to look closely at your current draft and ask: Where am I settling for half-felt feelings, and where can I go deeper?The goal is to stop being afraid of what’s scary to say, step into real vulnerability, and write pages that actually resonate.#amwriting is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.You can buy Blueprint for a Book here, or take my $19 Blueprint for a Book video course, which includes the full text of the book plus 14 video lessons that walk you through the process.Resources Mentioned in This Episode* The Mel Robbins Podcast — Episode 352: “Your Grief and Heartbreak Will Get Better The Moment You Listen To This” (Featuring David Kessler).* Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle by Emily Nagoski (and Amelia Nagoski) * On Grief and Grieving: Finding the Meaning of Grief Through the Five Stages of Loss by Elisabeth Kübler-Ross and David Kessler This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit amwriting.substack.com/subscribe
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    8 分
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