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.

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• 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.

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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.)

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.

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.

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.

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.

While the Lord's Prayer and the Apostles' Creed and even little Glory Be offer the basic tenets of Christian faith, we can still add more to intensify our daily walk with Christ.

More can mean a greater understanding of the church year, such as knowing Holy Week and Bright Week. More can also mean additional readings to add to our daily devotions.

Reading through the Bible can be a challenging daily devotion, especially when we are deep into Leviticus or the minor prophets or weeping Jeremiah. Supplementing with additional small readings can make the uphill struggle of the laws or the Lamentations bearable.

The Peace Prayer of St. Francis of Assisi is one such addition.

In the Creativity for Writers segment, we consider the hardest method of all to refresh our creativity.

TIMINGS

• 00:40 Introduction
• 00:50 Bright Thursday
• 04:40 Creativity Refresh 12
• 09:05 Closing

Total Run Time = 10:30

LINKS

The Prayer As a Song https://youtu.be/ZABZroCGXTU?si=J0OYhJ763_KXJnZf

Website https://thewritefocus.blogspot.com/2026/02/more-easter-bright-thursday-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.