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 · #259. How to Finish a Novel With Kids at Home & Limited Writing Time · 4 Aug 2026 podcast

Don't make coming back to your writing a big event. podcast-host

You don't owe your book some giant marathon session to make up for lost time. podcast-host

You don't need to reread your entire manuscript before you're allowed to keep going. podcast-host

Just sit down, open your document, read the breadcrumb note that I hope you're now leaving yourself, and add the next few sentences, okay? podcast-host

So don't make coming back a big event podcast-host

Event and give yourself a little compassion because it's not easy to write when life is so full and there are kids at home and you're busy and things like that. podcast-host

But the key takeaway here for tip number three is that missing a session, missing a week, whatever it is, it's not going to cost you your book. podcast-host

But what might cost you your book is treating that missed week as the end. podcast-host

All right. podcast-host

So don't make coming back to your desk or to your story a big podcast-host

to the event, just come back and keep going. podcast-host

In my opinion, that's the kind of consistency that matters. podcast-host

Now, tip number four is to let imperfect progress count. podcast-host

And what I mean by this one is that when you only have a short window of time to write and you don't know when the next good window of time will come, it's really easy to feel as though that time needs to produce something really good. podcast-host

And that pressure can pull your attention away from moving forward. podcast-host

So you open your document and start revising the pages you wrote yesterday, or you write a few new sentences. podcast-host

sentences, then stop to search for the perfect word, maybe rewrite a paragraph until it flows, or maybe you decide to research the exact kind of lock used in a 19th century door, whatever it is, right? podcast-host

And then by the time that your writing window closes, you may have improved a few sentences, but you probably haven't moved your draft much closer to the end. podcast-host

If you can relate, you are so not alone, I see this happen all the time. podcast-host

Now, don't get me wrong, wanting your writing to be good is completely understandable. podcast-host

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