Write Now with Sarah Werner

About Write Now with Sarah Werner

A podcast for all writers (aspiring to professional) looking to find a healthy work/life/writing balance. Get the encouragement, honest advice, and inspiration you need to pursue your passion and write every day. Recurring themes include books, coffee, rainy days, truth, beauty, lasers, dinosaurs, and all of your other favorite things.

Publisher

Sarah Rhea Werner

Category

arts · education

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

14 Jan 2015

Latest episode

15 Jul 2026

Latest episodes

2 of 258 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   15 Jul 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Hitting Our Limits

   Sarah Werner explores human limitations, challenging the idea of pushing past them and revealing why this approach often fails.

2. 

   20 Nov 2025TRANSCRIPT

   Creepy, Cozy, & Wonderfully Weird: An Interview With Jarod K. Anderson - WN 171

   If you're sailing on stormy seas (literally, writerly, mentally, or otherwise), you're going to want Jarod K. Anderson as your guide. Author, poet, and creator of The Cryptonaturalist podcast, Jarod shares his insights with us this week on his writing process, the impact of mental health on creativity, and his unconventional path to publishing success. Thank you for listening! For show notes and a full transcript of this episode, please visit: https://www.sarahwerner.com/creepy-cozy-wonderfully-weird-an-interview-with-jarod-k-anderson-wn-171/ Watch this episode as a video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVE_VRuMDCM Find Jarod online: https://www.jarodkanderson.com/ Pre-order Strange Animals: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/798888/strange-animals-by-jarod-k-anderson/ You can support the work I do here at the Write Now podcast on: * Patreon: https://patreon.com/sarahrheawerner * Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/sarahwerner * PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/sarahwerner Or just share this episode with someone who might find it useful. :) Thank you! Thanks again for listening, and happy writing!
— Sarah

3. 

   12 Nov 2025

   The Rewriting Cycle - WN 170

   If you’ve ever found yourself stuck in an endless loop of edits, rewrites, and revisions, this episode is for you. We’ll explore how fear can sneak into our writing process via perfectionism, the difference between necessary and compulsive rewrites, and how to build gentle systems to finish your work and move forward with confidence. Thank you for listening! For show notes and a full transcript of this episode, please visit: https://www.sarahwerner.com/the-rewriting-cycle-wn-170/ You can support the work I do here at the Write Now podcast on: * Patreon: https://patreon.com/sarahrheawerner * Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/sarahwerner * PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/sarahwerner Or just share this episode with someone who might find it useful. :) Happy writing!
— Sarah

Inside a recent episode

Hitting Our Limits

Published 15 Jul 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] So pushing ourselves beyond our limitations, doing more work than one person can handle is is applauded. A company I used to work for would call out and celebrate people who answered client calls during their off hours, two, three in the morning. They would get recognized publicly for going above and beyond. […]

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

28,938

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.8 / 5

438 ratings

Spotify

4.9 / 5

70 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 80 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

90

Social presence

0

YouTube

76

Engagement

97

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