The Writer Files: Writing, Productivity, Creativity, and Neuroscience
Hosted by Kelton Reid and Milena Gonzalez and Milena · Kelton Reid
4.5from 311 ratings
- 542
- Episodes
- 143
- Transcribed
- 311
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2015
- First episode
- 9K
- YouTube views
About The Writer Files: Writing, Productivity, Creativity, and Neuroscience
If you’re searching for a show that pulls back the curtain on the mystique of the writing life, look no further than The Writer Files. Hosts Kelton Reid and Milena Gonzalez study the habits, habitats, and brains of the biggest and brightest authors of our time. Tune in each week to learn from bestselling and acclaimed writers on how to keep the ink flowing, the cursor moving, and avoid writer’s block. Please follow The Writer Files wherever you get your podcasts, and leave us a rating or review to help other writers find us.
- Publisher
- Kelton Reid
- Category
- arts · education
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 13 Apr 2015
- Latest episode
- 22 Sept 2026
Latest episodes
143 of 542 episodes have a transcript.
22 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
How #1 NY Times Bestselling Author Jeneva Rose Writes: Part One - Redux
18 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
How Bestselling Author Ellen O’Clover Writes
17 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
How #1 NY Times Bestselling Author Jodi Picoult Writes: Part Two
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How #1 NY Times Bestselling Author Jeneva Rose Writes: Part One - Redux
Published 22 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] But I would have to only be able to write nights and weekends, and they were mainly weekends. And I would spend 12, 15 hours a day writing when I had Saturday, Sunday off. And then it evolved to when I was full-time writing Monday through Friday with my goal of hitting 2,000 words per day. And now I don't know what my writing is going to look like. I'm very nervous because now with a newborn, I don't get to just dedicate the set time to it. But my husband and I were kind of talking about it because he'll wake up around 4 or 5 a.m., our son, and then he'll wake us up to eat. But he'll go down for like another three, four hours. […]
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- Jeneva Rose
- Ellen O’Clover
- Jodi Picoult
- Jessica Goldstein
- Victoria Aveyard
Reach and audience
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- YouTube views
- 9,342
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.5 / 5
- 224 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.6 / 5
- 87 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 80 / 100
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- Quality
- 90
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 74
- Engagement
- 99
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Who hosts The Writer Files: Writing, Productivity, Creativity, and Neuroscience?
Kelton Reid and Milena Gonzalez and Milena host the show. Published by Kelton Reid.
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