The Writing Apothecary Podcast
Sep 26, 2026 · 48 min · 12 segments
Send us Fan Mail Welcome back to the Writing Apothecary and to another writing process podcast, today we have A.M Nelson also know was Ash at Raven…
A.M. NelsonGuest
Mandi KontosHost
What advice would you give to a budding writer who is trying to find what their writing process actually looks like? Like, what advice do you want to give to them?
So the best thing that you can do is just write it all out and fix it up later.
You know, I think the biggest thing as well is that everyone's first draft is shit.
advice for newbie authors is to be kind to yourself and just remember that no one's fantastic off the bat so write what you write understand it's probably going to be crap but you can go back and fix that
And what is your favorite piece of writing advice from one of the greats? I did say, you just hear you say that, you know, you shouldn't edit a blank page, which Jodi Picoult actually said.
What advice would you give to a budding writer who is trying to find what their writing process actually looks like? Like, what advice do you want to give to them?
So the best thing that you can do is just write it all out and fix it up later.
You know, I think the biggest thing as well is that everyone's first draft is shit.
advice for newbie authors is to be kind to yourself and just remember that no one's fantastic off the bat so write what you write understand it's probably going to be crap but you can go back and fix that
And what is your favorite piece of writing advice from one of the greats? I did say, you just hear you say that, you know, you shouldn't edit a blank page, which Jodi Picoult actually said.
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