- 124
- Episodes
- 20
- Transcribed
- 71
- Ratings
- Bi-weekly
- Cadence
- 2024
- First episode
About Steps to Story
The Whole Writer podcast with Nicole Meier creates space for writers to nurture both their craft and themselves, exploring what it means to write from a place of wholeness rather than depletion. If you’re an emerging author seeking guidance, this podcast is for you!
- Publisher
- Nicole Meier
- Category
- arts · education · education
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 28 Jan 2024
- Latest episode
- 18 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
20 of 124 episodes have a transcript.
18 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
119. The Hardest Part of Revision Is Letting Go
4 Oct 2026
118. The One Question That Changes Your Revision in a Novel or Memoir
22 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
117. How to Create a Compassionate Writing Practice (Even When You're Not Writing) with Charlotte Donlon
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119. The Hardest Part of Revision Is Letting Go
Published 18 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] I do too. The writers who get through a revision aren't the ones who stop feeling this pull. They're the ones who learn to recognize it for what it is and keep moving anyway. After all, a finished revision is not proof that you got it right. It's proof that you were willing to find out. I want to say that again because I mean it. A finished revision is not proof that you got it right. It's proof that you were willing to find out. Sit with that because it changes what you're actually being asked to do right now. You're not being asked to make this chapter perfect before you move on. You're being asked to trust that the rest of the manuscript needs you to, and that you won't actually know what this revision is, what it has become, until you've moved all the way through it. […]
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- Charlotte Donlon
- Karin Gillespie
- Jane Friedman
- Annie Cathryn
- Nicole Meier
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 5.0 / 5
- 50 ratings
- Spotify
- 5.0 / 5
- 21 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 65 / 100
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- Quality
- 81
- Social presence
- 94
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 77
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