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Elizabeth Wilson and Stephanie Oswald get real about what can happen with your writing process when caretaking roles take over. The solution is remembering to find community. Inspired Writer Collective offers quarterly virtual writing retreats on Zoom. October 11 and 12, 2025 is the next retreat. You can find the form here to let us know you're coming.

You're invited to join us for our Virtual Writing Retreat October 11 and 12 on Zoom!

You’re invited to connect with us by joining our Embodied Writing Experience where you’ll get a writer’s retreat directly to your inbox on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays each week. Whether you’re working on a memoir, a novel, or journaling for yourself, this is an invitation to slow down, tune in, and write with embodied intention.

Join our Embodied Writing Experience where you’ll get a writer’s retreat directly to your inbox on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays each week. Whether you’re working on a memoir, a novel, or journaling for yourself, this is an invitation to slow down, tune in, and write with embodied intention.

Get on the waitlist for the Memoir Master Plan cohort here.

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This week we welcome author Jared Glenn. Jared’s second novel, Lost in the Sun, just released and he’s currently working on his third novel.

It was so much fun doing the production work on this episode that was recorded in June. Discussions around writing are timeless. You’ll find so much packed into this episode. There’s not a specific timeline for when you need to learn something or apply it to your own writing. There are opportunities all the time to find nuggets of wisdom you can apply to your own practice. Elizabeth first connected with Jared on Threads when he’d shared about having a shift in his writing process. We’re finding great connections with writers on Threads, so if you’ve been curious, we encourage you to give it a try. Since we’re always curious to learn from other writers, Elizabeth had reached out to learn more and Jared has since become an active member of our community participating in our first virtual writing retreat over 4th of July weekend and connecting us with writers.

Stephanie’s conversation with Jared offers inspiration and insight into Jared’s writing process. He's discovered how much his process changes depending on what he's working on and how the story appears to him. A recent project shifted his process from pen to paper to stream of consciousness on the computer. It’s a great reminder of how unique the writing process is to you, but also what you can learn from listening to someone else’s story. There’s always so much to learn from other writers.

Meet Jared Glenn: Jared Glenn is an author, playwright, and editor based in Long Island, New York. He has written for every medium, from screenwriting and theatre to poetry and essays. In addition to his debut love story, Left Unsaid, his work has been featured on stages around the country, including the 1619 Project Play Festival. His newsletter, The Absence of Light, focuses on the various intersections of art, creativity, and love, across all forms of media.

Books:
Left Unsaid by Jared Glenn
Lost in the Sun by Jared Glenn

You're invited to join us for our Virtual Writing Retreat October 11 and 12 on Zoom!

You’re invited to connect with us by joining our Embodied Writing Experience where you’ll get a writer’s retreat directly to your inbox on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays each week. Whether you’re working on a memoir, a novel, or journaling for yourself, this is an invitation to slow down, tune in, and write with embodied intention.

Join our Embodied Writing Experience where you’ll get a writer’s retreat directly to your inbox on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays each week. Whether you’re working on a memoir, a novel, or journaling for yourself, this is an invitation to slow down, tune in, and write with embodied intention.

Get on the waitlist for the Memoir Master Plan cohort here.

If you prefer video versions of the podcast, you can find all of them on our YouTube channel.

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Write the messy first draft. Write, write, and write some more. Let your ideas flow and don't look back until you get to the end. The first draft is about getting your ideas on paper and then you'll have something to work with. It's not the time to edit or censor yourself.

Write the messy first draft. It's normal to have self-doubt creep in and try to distract you from your writing. Keep writing.

This episode is your permission to write the messy first draft. It's for your eyes only, unless you choose to share it, so write, write, and write some more.

You're invited to join us for our Virtual Writing Retreat October 11 and 12 on Zoom!

You’re invited to connect with us by joining our Embodied Writing Experience where you’ll get a writer’s retreat directly to your inbox on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays each week. Whether you’re working on a memoir, a novel, or journaling for yourself, this is an invitation to slow down, tune in, and write with embodied intention.

Join our Embodied Writing Experience where you’ll get a writer’s retreat directly to your inbox on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays each week. Whether you’re working on a memoir, a novel, or journaling for yourself, this is an invitation to slow down, tune in, and write with embodied intention.

Get on the waitlist for the Memoir Master Plan cohort here.

If you prefer video versions of the podcast, you can find all of them on our YouTube channel.