Introducing The Writing Coach Podcast
Rebecca L. Weber’s Writing Coach Podcast features the sustainable strategies, mindset management, and creative skills development she uses to help independent writers around the world.
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Learn, grow, and succeed as a writer by identifying and meeting the wants and needs of your editors, your readers, and yourself.
If you’ve got what it takes to make it as a freelance writer, but struggle with confidence, imposter syndrome, overwhelm, procrastination, time management, writer’s block, improving your craft, marketing, pitching, underearning, pursuing meaning in your work, or generally getting in your own way, this is the writing podcast for you.
Rebecca draws on her experience as a journalist covering social justice, the environment, international development, the arts, and travel for publications like CNN, the New York Times, Dwell, and Ebony.com. She coaches writers globally from her base in Cape Town, South Africa.
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WCP 246 First Tuesdays: Write that pitch
WCP 245 Archives: 🐶 Monday mornings on the mountain with Mishka
WCP 244: Freelance feast or famine
WCP 241 Archives: Internal and external accountability
WCP 239: You set your freelance writing rates
WCP 235: Expectations on the road
WCP 232: Podcast power with Steph Fuccio
WCP 231 Archives: Writing through grief
WCP 230 Co-writing, experiments, and timing
WCP 229 Do Good Work with Raul Hernandez Ochoa
WCP 228 Archives: Anti-racist reporting
WCP 227 You spelled/spelt it wrong
WCP 224 Archives: Best and worst clients
WCP 223 Cut-and-paste pitching
WCP 220 Archives: Don’t pay your dues
WCP 219 You can’t include it all
WCP 218 When it’s hard to let it be easy
WCP 216 Archives: Enterprise stories with Ray Joseph
WCP 211 Archives: Story ideas you can’t google
WCP 210 Authors pitching publications with Jo Buer
WCP 209 Archives: Year-end pitching
WCP 208 Archives: Freelancing while sick
WCP 206 Archives: Mother tongue
WCP 205 Everything you do matters with Allison Salerno
WCP 204 Don’t think of baby twin elephants
WCP 203 Archives XX: The $10k email
WCP 201 Interconnections with Iona Brannon
WCP 200 What I learned creating 200 podcast episodes
WCP 199 Archives IX: Favorite freelance writer resources
WCP 195 Archives XVIII: Pitching travel stories before or after the trip
WCP 194 Beautiful Writers with Linda Sivertsen
WCP 190 Archives XVII Sorting and archiving freelance articles
WCP 186 Archives XVI: Pitch anything
WCP 185 Freelance writing goals, Vol. VII
WCP 184 Human rights reporting with Sara Cincurova
WCP 182 Archives XV: Annoying pitches
WCP 181 Curiouser and curiouser
WCP 179 Pregnancy and parental leave
WCP 178 Archives, Vol. XIV: Sources who want to review your draft
WCP 177 A new answer to “Why now?”
WCP 174 Archives, Vol. XIII: 100 reasons not to pitch today
WCP 173 One night stand mindset
WCP 172 Reason why chsbgdx (aka consistency)
WCP 170 Archives, Vol. XII: Bridge thoughts
WCP 167 Organic tomatoes vs. Twinkies
WCP 166 Archives, Vol. XI: Call for pitches
WCP 164 Putting yourself out there
WCP 163 The late paying client
WCP 162 Archives, Vol. X: The research rabbit hole
WCP 160 Freelance writing goals: 5W1H goal setting
WCP 159 Resolutions, experiments, and followups
WCP 158 Archives Vol. IX: Urgency
WCP 156 Evaluations and entitlement
WCP 155 Why your pitch is too long
WCP 150 Archives: Company policies
WCP 149 Underrepresentation in journalism
WCP 148 Who is the bad freelance friend?
WCP 147 Enterprise stories with Ray Joseph
WCP 146 Archives Vol. VI: Coming attractions
WCP 144 Archives Vol. V: What’s your (writing) problem?
WCP 141 Decision making for financial growth
WCP 140 Archives Vol. IV, Portfolio shame
WCP 138 Listener Q&A, Vol. VIII
WCP 137 Asking better questions with Maggie Reyes
WCP 136 Archives Vol. III: Pitch the chicken
WCP 132 Archives Vol. II: Celebrating
WCP 128 Archives Vol. I: Managing overwhelm
WCP 127 Favorite freelance writer resources
WCP 126 Listener Q&A, Vol. VII
WCP 124 3 minute marketing makeover
WCP 123 Why you don’t follow up
WCP 122 Freelancing while sick
WCP 119 I want to, I want to not
WCP 118 Best and worst clients
WCP 117 Evolve with your clients
WCP Miniseries bonus: Break the cycle
WCP 115 Pitching as a freelance superpower: Pitching triad miniseries part 3
WCP 114 Everyday dream clients: Pitching triad miniseries part 2
WCP 113 Believe me: Pitching triad miniseries part 1
WCP 112 Fifteen minutes of focus
WCP 111 Intentions and transitions
WCP 108 Default to deliberate with Judith Gaton
WCP 106: Nobody wants your pitch
WCP 104: Superstitions, underdogs, and when to pitch
WCP 102: Mother tongue with Beatriz Miranda, Agnieszka Pikulicka- Wilczewska, and Yolisa Qunta
WCP 98: 3 things your editor isn’t thinking about you
WCP 97: Setting freelance writer goals, Vol. V: Celebrations
WCP 94: Impact with Melissa Noel
WCP 83: Dateline Milan with Janna Brancolini
WCP 80: Freelancing in the time of coronavirus
WCP 77: Selling stories without being salesy
WCP 72: Internal and external accountability
WCP 70: Application opportunities
WCP 67: 3 strategies to earn more money as a freelance writer
WCP 66: Reading and advice from Margaret Atwood
WCP 63: Your relationship with your freelance writing business
WCP 59: Freelance writer goals IV: Money goals
WCP 57: Climate strikes and objectivity
WCP 55: Finding story ideas you can’t Google at live events
WCP 54: Indistractable with Nir Eyal
WCP 52: Covering social justice for passion and pay
WCP 51: Democratizing food writing with Ishay Govender-Ypma
WCP 49: When sources want to see your draft
WCP 48: 100 reasons why you shouldn’t pitch today
WCP 47: Listener Q&A, Vol. III
WCP 46: Literary Paris with Nichole Robertson
WCP 45: Setting freelance writer goals, Volume III
WCP 44: Monday morning on the mountain with Mishka
WCP Bonus: Don’t believe everything your mind tells you
WCP 42: Writers and imposter syndrome
WCP 41: Sorting and archiving freelance articles
WCP 40: Warming up to your next client
WCP 39: Listener Q&A, Volume II
WCP 37: Write locally, publish globally
WCP 35: Podcasting with Suchandrika Chakrabarti
WCP Bonus: Telling people you’re a writer
WCP 34: Investing in your writing
WCP 33: A writer by any other name
WCP 32: Setting freelance writer goals, Vol. 2
WCP 31: How do you feel about breaking into your dream publications?
WCP 29: The research rabbit hole
WCP Bonus: FB Live on Structure
WCP 26: Decolonizing science writing with Sibusiso Biyela
WCP 25: Using juicy quotes in your pitches
WCP 24: Which comes first, the pitch or the interview?
WCP 23: Company of one with Paul Jarvis
WCP Bonus: Why aren’t you earning more money as a freelance writer?
WCP Bonus: FB Live Integration Q&A
WCP 21: What if you loved to pitch?
WCP 20: Setting freelance writer goals
WCP 18: The creative process with Emma Philipson
WCP 16: Freewriting for freelancers
WCP Bonus: Freelancing (or not) when other people are on vacation
WCP 15: How Nelson Mandela taught me to write faster
WCP 14: Reporting behind bars with Shaheen Pasha
WCP 13: Setting freelance boundaries and company policies
WCP Bonus: Boost your bottom line as a freelance writer
WCP 12: How to get freelance clients to pay on time
WCP 11: Money and negotiation blocks
WCP 10: Becoming a confident writer
WCP 9: Longform articles and short documentaries with Christopher Clark
WCP 8: Backstory of a New York Times travel feature with Sarah Khan
Bonus episode: Freelance Writer Bootcamp alumni discuss what the program’s really like
WCP 6: Why you’re not pitching when you think you “should” be
WCP 4: Pitching: The perfect black T-shirt
WCP 3: Travel writing: Pitching stories before or after the trip
WCP 2: Thinking thoughts and feelings feels
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