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A podcast to help you overcome resistance and write with more joy, clarity, and confidence. If you’re working on a novel or memoir, stick around. Whether you haven’t written a word since your 5-paragraph essay days or you have an MFA in Creative Writing, this podcast is now your weekly coffee date on your journey to finish your first draft. Visit maryadkinswriter.com for more resources.
Episodes

Friday Apr 30, 2021
Your Best Writing Goals Based on Your Enneagram Type
Friday Apr 30, 2021
Friday Apr 30, 2021
Mary breaks down the 9 Enneagram types and evaluates different writing goals for each one. If you loathe the term "writing goals," you need to listen—you may just need a different kind.
https://tests.enneagraminstitute.com
goals.maryadkinswriter.com
![S04 E08 Your Best Writing Goals Based on Your Enneagram Type [Reissue]](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/8870179/New_Podcast_Cover_Version_2-SMALLbcd7h_300x300.png)
Thursday Apr 29, 2021
S04 E08 Your Best Writing Goals Based on Your Enneagram Type [Reissue]
Thursday Apr 29, 2021
Thursday Apr 29, 2021
This episode originally aired on 4/30/2021. Due to a technical issue with Apple Podcasts deleting our episodes, this is a repost. New episodes will not have this notice.
Mary breaks down the 9 Enneagram types and evaluates different writing goals for each one. If you loathe the term "writing goals," you need to listen—you may just need a different kind.
https://tests.enneagraminstitute.com
goals.maryadkinswriter.com

Friday Apr 23, 2021
How to Overcome Resistance
Friday Apr 23, 2021
Friday Apr 23, 2021
Here's the pep talk—and a bonus assignment—that will help you overcome resistance, if not once and for all, at least for this week.
![S04 E07 How to Overcome Resistance [Reissue]](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/8870179/New_Podcast_Cover_Version_2-SMALLbcd7h_300x300.png)
Thursday Apr 22, 2021
S04 E07 How to Overcome Resistance [Reissue]
Thursday Apr 22, 2021
Thursday Apr 22, 2021
This episode originally aired on 4/23/2021. Due to a technical issue with Apple Podcasts deleting our episodes, this is a repost. New episodes will not have this notice.
Here's the pep talk—and a bonus assignment—that will help you overcome resistance, if not once and for all, at least for this week.

Friday Apr 16, 2021
The Four Notebooks Method
Friday Apr 16, 2021
Friday Apr 16, 2021
See the Reissue episode for updated information on The Four Notebooks Method.
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Mary teaches you her signature method for handwriting your novel or memoir—The Four Notebooks Method—and tells you how you can pre-order her notebook and corresponding system. Check out www.freedownload.maryadkinswriter.com.
![S04 E06 The Four Notebooks Method [Reissue]](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/8870179/New_Podcast_Cover_Version_2-SMALLbcd7h_300x300.png)
Thursday Apr 15, 2021
S04 E06 The Four Notebooks Method [Reissue]
Thursday Apr 15, 2021
Thursday Apr 15, 2021
This episode originally aired on 4/16/2021. Due to a technical issue with Apple Podcasts deleting our episodes, this is a repost. New episodes will not have this notice.
Mary teaches you her signature method for handwriting your novel or memoir—The Four Notebooks Method—and tells you how you can download her notebook template for free. Check out www.freedownload.maryadkinswriter.com.

Friday Apr 09, 2021
Let me guess: the idea was better in your head?
Friday Apr 09, 2021
Friday Apr 09, 2021
How do we deal with the fact that our stories, once on paper, are never as good as they were in our minds? Mary offers 3 strategies for handling this situation.
![S04 E05 Let me guess: the idea was better in your head? [Reissue]](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/8870179/New_Podcast_Cover_Version_2-SMALLbcd7h_300x300.png)
Thursday Apr 08, 2021
S04 E05 Let me guess: the idea was better in your head? [Reissue]
Thursday Apr 08, 2021
Thursday Apr 08, 2021
This episode originally aired on 4/9/2021. Due to a technical issue with Apple Podcasts deleting our episodes, this is a repost. New episodes will not have this notice.
How do we deal with the fact that our stories, once on paper, are never as good as they were in our minds? Mary offers 3 strategies for handling this situation.

Friday Apr 02, 2021
How to Write Act 3 of the 3-Act Structure (Part 4 of 4)
Friday Apr 02, 2021
Friday Apr 02, 2021
Mary wraps up a four-episode series on the 3-act structure with a breakdown of her favorite of the three acts, Act 3, and talks about how to find the magic of it in your own writing.
![S04 E04 How to Write Act 3 of the 3-Act Structure (Part 4 of 4) [Reissue]](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/8870179/New_Podcast_Cover_Version_2-SMALLbcd7h_300x300.png)
Thursday Apr 01, 2021
S04 E04 How to Write Act 3 of the 3-Act Structure (Part 4 of 4) [Reissue]
Thursday Apr 01, 2021
Thursday Apr 01, 2021
This episode originally aired on 4/2/2021. Due to a technical issue with Apple Podcasts deleting our episodes, this is a repost. New episodes will not have this notice.
Mary wraps up a four-episode series on the 3-act structure with a breakdown of her favorite of the three acts, Act 3, and talks about how to find the magic of it in your own writing.