<description>&lt;p class="paragraph" style= "margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;&lt;span class= "normaltextrun"&gt;In this episode I share my Writing stats for August, September and October 2023!&lt;span style= "mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt; I give you an update on my short story collection.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt; I tell you about what I’ve been reading and I share a writing tip that I picked up along the way.   Lastly, I read and reflect on a free-writing piece, that can be found at: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href= "http://www.spuntoday.com/freewriting" target="_blank" rel= "noopener"&gt;&lt;span class= "normaltextrun"&gt;spuntoday.com/freewriting&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class= "normaltextrun"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="eop"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="paragraph" style= "margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;&lt;span class= "eop"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="paragraph" style= "margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;&lt;span class= "normaltextrun"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span lang="UZ-CYR" style= "mso-ansi-language: UZ-CYR;" xml:lang="UZ-CYR"&gt;The Spun Today Podcast is a Podcast that is anchored in Writing, but unlimited in scope.  Give it a whirl.  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class= "eop"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; 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Spun Today with Tony Ortiz

Tony Ortiz

#247 – Free-Writing Session (Dealing with Self-Doubt, Tremendous: The Life of a Comedy Savage by Joey “Coco” Diaz and more!)

NOV 9, 202344 MIN
Spun Today with Tony Ortiz

#247 – Free-Writing Session (Dealing with Self-Doubt, Tremendous: The Life of a Comedy Savage by Joey “Coco” Diaz and more!)

NOV 9, 202344 MIN

Description

In this episode I share my Writing stats for August, September and October 2023!  I give you an update on my short story collection.  I tell you about what I’ve been reading and I share a writing tip that I picked up along the way.   Lastly, I read and reflect on a free-writing piece, that can be found at: spuntoday.com/freewriting. 

 

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Self-doubt, Part 1 by Steven Pressfield: https://stevenpressfield.com/2023/07/self-doubt-1/

 

Tremendous: The Life of a Comedy Savage by Joey “Coco” Diaz: https://amzn.to/47nAg6H

 

 

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Don't Let your Song Die https://www.spuntoday.com/freewriting/dontletyoursongdie

 

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