Savannah Gilbo

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3,356 appearances 13 recordings 1 series first heard May 2026 last heard 18 Aug

Savannah Gilbo’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Fiction Writing Made Easy with Savannah Gilbo | How to Write a Novel & Writing Advice · #260. Student Spotlight: From Stuck at 25k Words to a Finished Draft With Lindsay Sfara · 11 Aug 2026 podcast

And then you would switch over and go, what's my antagonist doing? matched

Talk about that. matched

I find too when you kind of zoom out and think about your antagonist, you just get so many ideas of what could happen. matched

Oh of course, not everything has to be on the page and shown because you only get so many scenes. matched

But you know, it's just like you think about what they're doing and you're like, oh yeah, then I could use this to get in the way of my protagonist or whatever. matched

Oh, absolutely. matched

Yeah, you're like, dang. matched

I love that 'cause it kinda makes organic conflict, which then makes you feel like you're kinda doing something right because it starts to feel like the books you are reading, you know? matched

Bad go for this. matched

I'm not busy. matched

Yeah, it's so funny. matched

I love it. matched

Okay, so then outlining worked better because you had some tools. matched

How long approximately do you remember how long it took you to finish that first draft? matched

Oh boy. matched

Okay. matched

You're so funny because you're like hedging like there's all these reasons why it took seven to eight months and like most people listening are like, You wrote a book in seven to eight months. matched

Like that's amazing. matched

So we gotta give you some credit here because that is amazing. matched

Well, thank you. matched

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