John Helps You Write Better
John Helps You Write Better is your all-in-one better-than-college help and advice in writing and publishing your books. It's all about giving you the career as a successful author you've always dreamed of.
John Adamus
Show overview
John Helps You Write Better has been publishing since 2023, and across the 2 years since has built a catalogue of 300 episodes. That works out to roughly 130 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a near-daily cadence, with the show now in its 19th season.
Episodes typically run ten to twenty minutes — most land between 10 min and 18 min — though episode length varies meaningfully from one episode to the next. The publisher flags most episodes as explicit, so expect adult themes or strong language throughout. It is catalogued as a EN-language Education show.
The catalogue appears to be on hiatus or wound down — the most recent episode landed 1.2 years ago, with no new episodes in over a year. The busiest year was 2024, with 192 episodes published. Published by John Adamus.
From the publisher
John Helps You Write Better is your all-in-one better-than-college help and advice in writing and publishing your books. It's all about giving you the career as a successful author you've always dreamed of.
Latest Episodes
View all 300 episodesS19 Ep 20Don't fear the tropes and cliches
EIn today's episode, I want to talk you about tropes and cliches. They're nothing to overthink or fear.
S19 Ep 19I've been sick. Have a podcast episode.
EIn today's episode, I've gotten out of bed to talk to you about pushing yourself to work and being kind to yourself about doing it
S19 Ep 18You need to start AND finish AND finish what you start.
EIn today's episode, I want to talk to you about that first draft you've been working on since the dawn of time and somehow still haven't finished it yet.
S19 Ep 17You're going to need to learn to take a punch.
EIn today's episode, I want to talk to you about how you're handling rejection and the less-than-ideal feedback you might be getting.
S19 Ep 16Why do you want to rush? What's the hurry?
EIn today's episode I want to ask you why you think "taking too long" matters and why you want to go faster.
S19 Ep 15And why exactly are you using AI?
EIn today's episode, I'd like to ask you about why you're using AI to "edit" your work.
S19 Ep 14Separate your character from your plot
EIn today's episode, I want to encourage you to make your character not just the being doing the plot, but a wholly formed person who happens to be doing a plot.
S19 Ep 13Local royalty vs global royalty AKA Who's the most specialest person?
EIn today's episode, I want to talk to you about the royalty problem in your story.
S19 Ep 12Global global versus local global - Worldbuilding and scale
EIn today's episode, I want to talk to you about how a character can operate in their world versus the world of the story.
S19 Ep 11Have you been complicating your world-building?
EIn today's episode, I've got the audio from a workshop I did this past weekend on world-building. I think it'll help you.
S19 Ep 10We never know what we're doing or where we're going, and that's fine.
EAs the year ends, I want to talk you about the not-knowing of making things and how it's okay to not know how things are going to be.
S19 Ep 9Answering 27 questions from webnovelists and new writers
EIn this nearly 90-minute Q&A session, I answer 27 questions from webnovelists and new writers. I think you'll find it really useful and enjoyable.
S19 Ep 8You and your voice and trying to be like other authors
EIn today's episode, I want to talk to you about trying to ape someone else's style.
S19 Ep 7How are you feeling about your progress?
EIn today's episode, I want to talk you about your goals and what you're doing to reach them.
S19 Ep 6Let's talk about beats and scenes
EThis is the audio from a workshop I gave on 12/21 to some webnovelists and self-publishing authors about scene and beat usage in their writing. I think you'll find this helpful
S19 Ep 5What the hell happened to Superman in the Superman movie?
EIn this episode, we need to talk about Superman.
S19 Ep 4And now, a word for co-authors
EIn today's episode, I'd like to talk to you about co-authorship.
S19 Ep 3How's that fantasy going?
EIn today's episode, I want to talk you about your fantasy of being a writer.
S19 Ep 2What do you think you're doing?
EIn today's slightly cantankerous episode, I want to ask you what you think you're doing.
S19 Ep 3How Do I Make A Plot? (Audio from A Plot Building Session)
EIn this bonus audio from this past weekend, here's me talking to a group of writers about what plot is and what plot isn't and how to build an effective plot.