226. Counting Down The Best Writing Tips From FWME In 2025

The best writing advice sticks because it changes how you approach the page. In this special year-end episode, I’m counting down the top 10 most impactful writing tips from Fiction Writing Made Easy in 2025, pulled from this year's most listened-to episodes.

These are the lessons writers kept coming back to. The ones that helped them stop second-guessing, get unstuck in the middle, and finally make real progress on their drafts.

In the episode, you’ll hear me talk about things like:

[07:30] Why perfectionism during drafting slows everything down, and what to do instead so you can keep moving forward.

[15:30] Why learning to write strong, focused scenes first makes plot structure clearer and helps your novel come together faster.

[18:30] How narrative drive works, why disconnected scenes stall your story, and the simple fix that creates clear cause-and-effect momentum.

[28:00] The real reason writers struggle to finish, and why process matters just as much as craft and mindset.

[31:00] Why following one complete writing method beats trying to combine multiple approaches, and how too much advice creates paralysis.

And so much more…

So grab your notebook, settle in, and let’s celebrate the writing advice that helped so many writers move closer to finishing their novel in 2025.

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