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Welcome to 5am Writer's Club, the podcast and community for early risers to start their day with what they love. This podcast is one part support group, one part news, and one part advice column on how you can make a little bit of progress each day. Writing is what makes a writer, but habit is what…

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    • Nov 6, 2019 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 53m AVG DURATION
    • 6 EPISODES


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    Bonus: This Week In Nerd News

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 6, 2019 28:13


    Bonus: Today in the 5am Writers Club feed we're sharing another Black Nerd Problems podcast, This Week In Nerd News. Subscribe and listen every Monday for a recap of all the pop culture news from the past week. This Week In Nerd News: Comic legend John Witherspoon died; Eve L. Ewing's book Electric Arches signs a distribution deal with AMC; plus gaming news for XBox, Playstation, and Nintendo. Also, returns of My Chemical Romance, Rage Against the Machine, and Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.  Subscribe, rate, and review on Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen.

    Tuesday, November 5th: A Safe Place

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 5, 2019 57:24


    Welcome to 5am Writer's Club, the podcast and community for early risers to start their day with what they love. This morning’s writing prompt is called “A Safe Place.” What’s your character’s safest place? Was it inherently perfect to them, or did they work to make it their own? What would other people see in that place, and why does your character feel differently? What makes that place safe? Subscribe and join each morning for news, sprints, and more on #5amWritersClub, hosted by @JordanMCalhoun. Interested to be an upcoming featured writer Email hello@jordanmcalhoun.com with your name, the project you’re working on, and a sentence about who you are what you write.

    Monday, November 4th: Arbitrary Goal

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 4, 2019 57:38


    Welcome to 5am Writer's Club, the podcast and community for early risers to start their day with what they love. This morning’s writing prompt is called “Arbitrary Goal.” Life is full of arbitrary goals, but arbitrary doesn’t mean meaningless. We give our meaning to accomplishments, and we pour our effort into achieving them, arbitrary or not. So what are your character’s most arbitrary goals? How can they be summarized in their most basic way? What do they think their more arbitrary goals will bring to their lives? Subscribe and join each morning for news, sprints, and more on #5amWritersClub, hosted by @JordanMCalhoun. Interested to be an upcoming featured writer Email hello@jordanmcalhoun.com with your name, the project you’re working on, and a sentence about who you are what you write.

    Friday, November 1st: Secrets In Your Bedroom

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2019 58:15


    Welcome to 5am Writer's Club, the podcast and community for early risers to start their day with what they love. Today, our writing prompt is titled, "Secrets In Your Bedroom." Imagine someone is trying to put your life together based on what they learn from that bedroom. What would they find? What would it say about you or your character? Would what they find lead them towards truth, or further away from it? What secrets would they find in your bedroom? Subscribe and join each morning for news, sprints, and more on #5amWritersClub, hosted by @JordanMCalhoun. Interested to be an upcoming featured writer Email hello@jordanmcalhoun.com with your name, the project you’re working on, and a sentence about who you are what you write.

    Thursday, October 31st: OK, Boomer

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2019 58:37


    Welcome to 5am Writer's Club, the podcast and community for early risers to start their day with what they love. Today, our writing prompt is titled, "OK, Boomer." How would your character respond when they're slighted? Would they respond with anger? Reclusion? Dismissal? What’s their “OK Boomer”? Subscribe and join each morning for news, sprints, and more on #5amWritersClub, hosted by @JordanMCalhoun.   Little Free Library story: https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/people/article/81587-little-free-library-founder-s-family-clash-over-org-s-direction.html

    How Do I Know It's You?

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 26, 2019 58:00


    Welcome to 5am Writer's Club, the podcast and community for early risers to start their day with what they love. In this inaugural episode, learn what to expect from this daily podcast and how to participate every weekday morning. Subscribe and join each morning for news, sprints, and more on #5amWritersClub, hosted by @JordanMCalhoun.

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