The Secrets Podcasts

The Secrets Podcasts are the audio companion to The Secrets newsletter. The Secrets is a serious tool for writers. It addresses problems writers have and provides solutions as well as inspiration. Though the podcasts only cover a fraction of the material available in the print version of The Secrets, they cover issues critical to writers at all levels of expertise and career.

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The Secrets Episode Zero (Brief intro to the series)

The Secrets Episode One (Episode One was retired 6/9/05)

Segment 1: The First Rule of Writing: Show, don’t tell
Segment 2: Where do writers get their ideas?
Segment 3: Cynanthropy

The Secrets Episode Two (Episode Two was retired 6/19/05)

Segment 1: The Second Rule of Writing: Double Duty
Segment 2: Writ e what you know.
Segment 3: Thieves’ Vinegar

The Secrets Episode Three (Episode Three was retired 6/19/05)

Segment 1: The Third Rule of Writing: Continuity Bolts
Segment 2: Outlines and drafts
Segment 3: White-eye

The Secrets Episode Four (Episode Four was retired 6/28/05)

Segment 1: The Fourth Rule of Writing: He said, she said
Segment 2: Length and editing of a novel
Segment 3: Drumble

The Secrets Episode Five (Episode Five was retired 6/28/05)

Segment 1: The Fifth Rule of Writing: Research
Segment 2: How Well should you know your characters?
Segment 3: Nuthook

The Secrets Episode Six (Episode Six was retired 7/15/05)

Segment 1: The Sixth Rule of Writing: Point of View
Segment 2: Will a magazine reject a story because I published it on my website first?
Segment 3: Comet Wine

The Secrets Episode Seven (Episode Seven was retired 7/22/05)

Segment 1: The Seventh Rule of Writing: Write before you rewrite.
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Segment 2: What do you do when real life intrudes on your writing?
Segment 3: Transi Tomb

The Secrets Episode Eight

Segment 1: The Eighth Rule of Writing: Use all your Senses.
Segment 2: Copyrights, and how you decide how big a story will get.
Segment 3: Flesh Tailor

The Secrets Episode Nine

Segment 1: The Ninth Rule of Writing: Define the Conflict.
Segment 2: How do you find a market for your book?
Segment 3: Off

The Secrets Episode Ten

Segment 1: The Tenth Rule of Writing: Sympathetic Angles.
Segment 2: How long should your book be?
Segment 3: Copywritten

The Secrets Special Edition 01: First Chapters Part One

What first chapters should have and why.

The Secrets Special Edition 02: First Chapters Part Two

What first chapters should have and why.

The Secrets Special Edition 03: Five Steps to a Career

The Secrets Special Edition 04: Career Management

The Secrets Special Edition 05: Writing Fast

The National Novel Writing Month (Nanowrimo)
I Should Be Writing

The Secrets Special Edition 06: Character Arcs

The Secrets Special Edition 07: Getting Started

The Secrets Special Edition 08: Editing, part one

The Secrets Special Edition 09: Editing, part two

The Secrets Special Edition 10: The Secret Life of Writers

The Secrets Special Edition 11: The not so Secret Life of Writers

The Secrets Special Edition 12: Things that will drive you nuts

From here you can download Issue Twenty-eight of The Secrets Newsletter.